Opinion
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New Report Decries Eco Scare Tactics
Opinion -Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop has urged lawmakers and regulators to ensure that policies aimed at protecting children are scientifically sound. -
EPA Regulation Impedes Oil-spill Cleanups
Opinion -Several months after the oil tanker Prestige foundered and sank off Spain’s Galician coast, spilling 20,000 tons of fuel oil, it is clear the catastrophe is one of the worst in history. -
Congress Revises Bush Energy Plan
Opinion -Furious debate and closed-door maneuvering are shaping the fate of President Bush’s energy plan. The President suffered a setback as the Senate narrowly rejected legislation to allow oil recovery in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). -
Business Roundtable Launches Climate RESOLVE
Opinion -The Business Roundtable (BRT) announced on February 12 a large-scale initiative to voluntarily reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its member companies. -
ALEC Offers Guidebook on State Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Opinion -With the failure of the Kyoto Protocol at the federal level, several states are advancing so-called “son-of-Kyoto” legislation at the state level to eliminate affordable hydrocarbon-based fuels--such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas--from -
SARS Lessons for U.S.
Opinion -It’s been almost two months since SARS, the Asian “mystery pneumonia,” burst onto the world scene, yet already so much has changed. The causative agent is now believed to be an especially virulent form of a common cold virus--the coronavirus. -
Heart Problems Reported in Smallpox Vaccine Recipients
Opinion -Two women, both first-responder health care workers in their 50s, have died of heart attacks suffered after receiving vaccinations against the smallpox virus. -
Market-based Health Care Reform Can Spur the Economy
Opinion -The federal government released data in January showing the United States spent $1.4 trillion--$5,035 per capita--on health care in 2001. This year, spending could increase to nearly $1.7 trillion. -
05/2003 Scandlen at Large: Consumer Choice Matters
Opinion -The National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) are in the forefront of opposition to Association Health Plan (AHP) legislation now before Congress. -
Malpractice Reform Takes a Hit
Opinion -While the war in Iraq has distracted Congress from medical malpractice reform, it appears legislators remain focused on Medicare reform and the creation of a workable prescription drug benefit program for seniors. -
Two Hairy Stories
Opinion -A public school policy that a judge regards as “stupid” nevertheless provides two lessons for private schools who wish to maintain their independence: It is vitally important--even in the absence of vouchers--to adopt and communicate written policies -
Accountability Requirements of Existing School Choice Programs
Opinion -Independence Institute researcher Marya DeGrow has compiled an informative list of the accountability requirements of current voucher and tax credit programs, from tuitioning in Vermont and Maine to the latest tax credit and voucher programs in -
School Choice Would Encourage Parental Involvement
Opinion -Although education-related organizations like the National PTA, the American Federation of Teachers, and the National Education Association all promote the idea of parental involvement, they are rigidly opposed to one proven method for encouraging -
Just the Facts: Parents and Student Achievement
Opinion -According to a study by Brian D. -
The Killings Can Be Stopped
Opinion -An April 29, 2003, editorial in the Chicago Sun-Times, “Where’s the outrage over violence against our kids?” spoke volumes about the lack of basic priorities of black leadership in Chicago. -
Federal Appeals Court Won’t Delay New Source Review
Opinion -Nine Democratic state attorneys general have failed in their efforts to delay implementation of reforms to the Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Review (NSR) program. On March 6, a two-judge panel of the U.S. -
Business Groups Support Voluntary GHG Reductions
Opinion -Several leading business organizations have shown their support for President George W. Bush’s Voluntary Action Initiative on global warming by voluntarily agreeing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. -
State AGs Sue EPA to Compel CO2 Regulation
Opinion -Seven Democratic state attorneys general announced on February 20 plans to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the agency’s failure to list and regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) as a pollutant. -
05/2003 The Friedman Report: A Bostonian Takes on the Blaine Amendment
Opinion -When asked how he became interested in the school choice movement, Cornelius “Con” Chapman talks about the Fall of 1957, when federal troops could be seen on TV each night, forcibly integrating public schools in Arkansas. -
Corporate Tax Credits Work in Pennsylvania
Opinion -A report on Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program shows the two-year-old initiative is producing benefits not only for parents and students but also for the public school system and taxpayers. -
Rethinking Health Insurance
Opinion -Managing Editor’s Note: Milton Friedman, recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize for economic science, wrote this almost two years ago. His sage observations then are even more meaningful today. -
How the President’s Health Care Plan Covers the Uninsured
Opinion -Millions of Americans are without health insurance. President George W. Bush has proposed a number of positive policy initiatives that can reverse this situation and make health care coverage more affordable for millions of individuals and families. -
Faulty Statistics Plague IPCC Report
Opinion -The former president of the International Association of Official Statistics (IAOS) has challenged the statistical basis for climate change fears, contending the global warming scenarios developed by the United Nations’ International Panel on -
EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Attempt to Define ‘Wetland’
Opinion -The Bush administration appears poised to re-define what constitutes a “wetland” for purposes of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
