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Testimony to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Asbestos Litigation
Opinion -To: Senator Orrin Hatch Chairman Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate Dear Chairman Hatch: Please accept the following comments to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary pertaining to the meeting scheduled for March 5, 2003, on -
On NSR, Bush Should Ignore Knee-Jerk Opposition from Left
Opinion -As was demonstrated by the November election, there aren’t many issues that give Democrats an edge over Republicans. So the Democrats are trying to make the most of the few they do have, including the environment. -
Congress Battles Itself Over Affordable Energy
Opinion -Two Congressional events held on January 8--a news conference supporting more federal funding to help the poor pay their winter energy bills and a Senate hearing on a bill to fight global warming--may at first blush appear completely unrelated. -
Lieberman, McCain Introduce Climate Change Measure
Opinion -Senators Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) and John McCain (R-Arizona) have introduced the Climate Stewardship Act of 2003, a far-reaching measure that would establish nationwide limits on greenhouse gas emissions, launch a greenhouse gas permit trading -
Cap and Trade: The Moral Equivalent of Bamboozle
Opinion -At the start of the 108th Congress, Senators John McCain (R-Arizona) and Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) held a hearing on climate change in preparation for legislation they have since introduced. -
Private Companies Take Action Against Global Warming
Opinion -Private companies are taking the lead in researching climate change and funding projects that could mitigate the effects of greenhouse gases on the Earth’s climate. Several recent efforts are particularly noteworthy. -
Taken By Storm
Opinion -Taken by Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming by Christopher Essex and Ross McKitrick Key Porter Books, November 2002 320 pages paperback Taken by Storm should be required reading for anyone--including the media and -
EPA Reexamines Clean Water Act
Opinion -Responding to a 2001 Supreme Court ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency overstepped their bounds in enforcing the Clean Water Act, EPA has gathered and is now evaluating public comments regarding the scope of the -
Norton Intervenes in Western Water Feud
Opinion -Interior Secretary Gale Norton cut back California’s Colorado River water supply, making good on a promise to intervene in a regional water dispute if California could not reach a water-use agreement with six other Colorado River states. -
Texas Hot over U.S.-Mexico Water Agreement
Opinion -Texas government officials and South Texas farmers are furious that a new water agreement between the U.S. and Mexico fails to address years of broken promises and the latter country’s failure to abide by earlier water treaties. -
Madison Commuter Rail: Let Taxpayers Beware!
Opinion -How would you feel if you bought a fancy new DVD player for Christmas, only to find the next day the same store was selling another DVD player just as good--but at one-fourth the cost? -
Animal Rights Group Admits Funding Domestic Terrorist Group
Opinion -WASHINGTON, DC September 19, 2002 -- “We did it. We did it. We gave $1,500 to the ELF,” said the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Lisa Lange, on Tuesday, September 17, 2002. -
First Step to What?
Opinion -It was a treaty even Bill Clinton was afraid to submit to the Senate for approval. Clinton's own Department of Energy figured it would lower GDP by $397 billion and double the cost of energy. WEFA Inc. -
Voucher Lessons from Sweden
Opinion -School choice has come to Sweden in a big way over the past 10 years, confounding widespread perceptions of the Swedes as statists and providing inspiration for supporters of market-based education reform in the U.S. -
In UNICEF Ranking, U.S. Teens Come in 18th
Opinion -The Educational Disadvantage League Average Rank in Five Measures of Absolute Educational Disadvantage 1.4 Korea 2.2 Japan 4.4 Finland 5.0 Canada 6.2 Australia 8.2 Austria 9.4 UK 10.2 Ireland 10.8 Sweden 12.2 Czech Republic 12. -
Boost for DC Charters; Tax Credits Grab Early Attention
Opinion -As the ice on the Potomac River reached its thickest level in a decade, the 108th Congress settled in to undertake its first round of school reform. -
Washington Archdiocese Sets Record Straight
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A Work in Progress: State Compliance with NCLB
Opinion -When President George W. -
TAA Contains Health Benefits with State Implications
Opinion -Last August, President George W. Bush signed into law the Trade Adjustment Act of 2002 (TAA), helping eligible individuals maintain their health insurance if they lose their jobs due to trade arrangements. -
Are We Eating Ourselves to Death?
Opinion -Is there or is there not an epidemic of obesity? Should you worry about that growing cummerbund around your waist? Of course not. We all perished 10 years ago in the global famine, so confidently predicted by the environmental apocalyptics of the 1970s. -
03/2003 State Update
Opinion -Arizona * Colorado * Kentucky * Maryland Massachusetts * Michigan * Missouri * Nevada North Carolina * Pennsylvania * Tennessee * Vermont * West Virginia ARIZONA Drug Price Controls Governor Janet Napolitano (D) launched through an executive order a -
03/2003 The Galen Report
Opinion -Nobel laureate Milton Friedman has long been interested in health policy and the importance of reforms that will promote greater individual freedom. -
Dems Attack NSR Reform
Opinion -The Bush administration’s recently announced plans to reform the New Source Review provisions of the Clean Air Act are under assault by activist environmental groups and several northeastern state attorneys general. -
A Picture Book for Socialist Warriors
Opinion -Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture by Andrew Kimbrell, editor Island Press, July 2002 396 pages cloth So in conclusion, the intent of this coffee table picture book containing fraudulent essays by socialist pseudo-scientists is to