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California Supreme Court Expands Coastal Commission Challenge
Opinion -In an increasingly unusual legal scenario, the California Supreme Court agreed on April 9 to review rulings issued by the Sacramento Superior Court and the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District, both of which had determined the California -
Congress Mulls Reform of Teacher Training
Opinion -A strong bid is under way on Capitol Hill to use the pending reauthorization of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to pressure universities, their professional schools of education, and state departments of education to reform how teachers -
EPA’s Particulate Matter Standard Challenged
Opinion -A recent study by Competitive Enterprise Institute Adjunct Scholar Joel Schwartz challenges the scientific basis of the Bush administration’s Clear Skies Initiative and Senator Jim Jeffords’ (I-Vermont) Clean Power Act. -
Inhofe: Chemical Security Is ‘Top Priority’
Opinion -Underscoring the need to provide the greatest possible protection against terrorist attacks to the nation’s more than 1,500 chemical facilities, Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) has introduced the “Chemical Facilities Security Act of 2003. -
Maryland Launches New High-risk Pool
Opinion -Beginning this month, Maryland will offer a new health insurance program to residents unable to obtain private insurance because of high risk and preexisting medical conditions. -
My Turn: Lies My Mother Never Told Me
Opinion -The nature of a lie is such that if you repeat it often enough it takes on a life of its own, always at the expense of truth. -
Poverty: Public Enemy #1
Opinion -The Real Environmental Crisis: Why Poverty, not Affluence, Is the Environment’s Number One Enemy Jack M. Hollander University of California Press, Berkeley, 2003 251 pages, cloth, $27. -
States Tackle Liability Reform
Opinion -Legislative proposals offered recently in three states illustrate the types of solutions policymakers are reaching for in an effort to control runaway medical malpractice insurance premiums. -
Voucher Wars Will Continue
Opinion -Four recently published books neatly describe the bitter struggle facing many education reformers who have been advocating parental choice using school vouchers. -
Is Recycling Worth Doing Or Is It A Waste?
Opinion -HEARTLAND IN PRINT Tampa Tribune and Times Tampa, Florida June 29, 2003 circ. 302,417 Two decades ago the government of Michigan determined that it had a major problem--besides Detroit--and that something had to be done. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-7
Opinion -Lawyers Rank Last in American Confidence The June 1 issue of American Enterprise magazine carried the results of a Harris Interactive poll that asked people how much confidence they have in various American institutions. Not surprisingly, the U.S. -
Greetings from the Sausage Factory
Opinion -The old saw is if you like sausage or legislation, avoid watching either being made. Here’s a case in point. -
AEI to Host June 25 Conference on Smokeless Tobacco
Opinion -On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, the American Enterprise Institute will host an afternoon conference addressing the topic "Can Smokeless Tobacco Reduce the Health Consequences of Smoking?" The program begins with registration at 1:15 p.m. -
Heartland President Interviewed on Enter Stage Right
Opinion -Joseph L. Bast, president of The Heartland Institute, was recently interviewed by Bernard Chapin for the conservative e-journal Enter Stage Right. Chapin had previously reported on the 2003 Chicago Conservative Conference for this Web site. -
Senate Drug Plan a Hard Pill to Swallow
Opinion -As the details of the U.S. Senate plan to create a Medicare drug benefit emerge, it becomes apparent that the plan is about as bad as one can imagine. -
Maine Health Plan Creates Firestorm of Controversy
Opinion -First-year Democratic Governor John Baldacci on June 19 signed a bill delivering something he asked for more than two months ago, in early May: universal health care. -
Bush’s Medicare Plan Is Hillary Clinton’s Triumph
Opinion -This week, at President Bush's urging, the GOP-controlled Congress is likely to approve a bill that severely restricts seniors' freedom of choice in health care. -
Flawed Drug Benefit Bill Heads to Senate Floor
Opinion -Senate Finance Committee Chair Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana), the committee's ranking Democrat, have reached agreement on a $400 billion, 10-year Medicare reform proposal. -
Debunking Friday the 13th: 13 Myths about Health Care Reform
Opinion -If you cross the path of a black cat this Friday the 13th, you’re about as likely to experience bad luck as you are likely to win the lottery. That’s a fact. But facts often give way to myth. -
13 Zero Tolerance Horror Stories
Opinion -It is a common conceit of many reformers and lawmakers that the problems of society can be solved simply by passing a law--then another, and another. The Volstead Act of 1919 is the best example of such hubris. -
Debunking Friday the 13th: 13 Myths of Urban Sprawl
Opinion -Simply described as the geographical spreading out of urban areas, “urban sprawl” has become the stuff of public policy hysteria. A well-financed movement blames sprawl for everything from a lack of community spirit to obesity. -
Bipartisan Prescription Drug Plan Represents Best of Both Worlds
Opinion -Chicago, IL - According to The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank based in Chicago, Illinois, the recent bipartisan agreement reached by several key U.S. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-6
Opinion -Guess $2,500/Hour Just Isn’t Enough The U.S. Senate recently defeated a tax bill amendment that would have limited the amount of money plaintiffs’ attorneys could receive out of the $200+ billion 1998 national tobacco settlement. -
DC Leaders Announce Support for Vouchers
Opinion -A new day is dawning for K-12 education in the nation’s capital.