Opinion
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Smallpox Vaccine Controversy Grows
Opinion -The Bush administration is about to announce a major shift in policy regarding vaccinating the general population against smallpox in case of a terrorist attack. -
Floridians Battle Bureaucrats to Save Their Homes, Property
Opinion -Ten years ago, Hurricane Andrew blasted the coast of Southeast Florida with the force of a Level Five hurricane, only one of three of that magnitude to hit the United States during the twentieth century. -
Global Warming: a Status Report
Opinion -The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-9) convenes in New Delhi in November 2002 to discuss implementation of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. Where do things stand? The U.S. and Australia have opted out. -
Joint Letter on ANWR Drilling
Opinion -September 24, 2002 The Honorable Billy Tauzin Chairman Conference Committee on the Energy Policy Act of 2002 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Tauzin: We write to express our support for the provision in the House -
Bush Picks His Man
Opinion -After a long delay, President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Mark McClellan, a senior White House health policy advisor, to serve as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
Smallpox Health Facts
Opinion -Smallpox spreads from person to person, primarily via droplets or aerosols expelled from the throat of infected persons, by direct contact, and via contaminated clothing and bed linens. It is fatal in perhaps a third of previously unvaccinated victims. -
Joint Letter on the Energy Policy Act of 2002
Opinion -September 24, 2002 The Honorable Billy Tauzin Chairman Conference Committee on the Energy Policy Act of 2002 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Tauzin: We strongly support your efforts, as Chairman of the Conference -
Naturally Occurring Mutagens and Carcinogens Found in Foods and Beverages
Opinion -Acetaldehyde (apples, bread, coffee, tomatoes)—mutagen and potent rodent carcinogen Acrylamide (bread, rolls)—rodent and human neurotoxin; rodent carcinogen Aflatoxin (nuts)—mutagen and potent rodent carcinogen; also a human carcinogen -
Debunking the Solar Energy Myth
Opinion -The Solar Fraud: Why Solar Energy Won’t Run the World by Howard C. Hayden, PhD Vales Lake Publishing, paperback, 224 pages Howard Hayden, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Connecticut, is the Mr. Wizard of alternative energy. -
Proposed Bush Medicare Reform Plan Anticipates State of the Union Address
Opinion -Where Congress failed, the Bush administration has succeeded: It has found a way to initiate Medicare reform and offer prescription drug coverage to senior citizens. The three-year demonstration project doesn’t require the approval of Congress. -
Should the Medicare Bureaucracy Manage a Drug Benefit?
Opinion -Many Members of Congress want the current Medicare bureaucracy to manage a new Medicare prescription drug benefit. But a major government-wide survey of federal managers, conducted by the U.S. -
Rx Reimportation: A Legislative History
Opinion -In the absence of any Congressional action on a Medicare prescription drug benefit, some states have focused instead on immediate, incremental measures such as drug discount cards and drug reimportation. -
10/2002 State Legislative Update
Opinion -While preparing the November update, I kept running into the numerous convulsions over sharply increasing medical malpractice insurance rates. -
Bad Medicine for America
Opinion -Prescription drugs and their costs are high on political agendas this campaign season. Unfortunately, many candidates are seeking to score cheap points by attacking the nation’s pharmaceutical industry, the most innovative in the world. -
California Defies Federal Stem Cell Policy
Opinion -On September 22, California Gov. Gray Davis signed into law a bill that encourages stem cell research using embryos from fertility clinics or embryonic cloning. The measure takes effect January 1, 2003. -
Energy Bill Hangs in Balance
Opinion -The future of America’s energy supply hung in the balance as the fall Congressional term neared its end. As this publication went to press, negotiators from the U.S. -
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
Opinion -The Kyoto Protocol on global warming is an amendment to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), more popularly known as the Rio Treaty. -
Oregon Health Initiative Offers Wrong Prescription
Opinion -Oregon residents will go to the polls November 5 to decide whether to be the laboratory for testing the nation’s first broadly applied single-payer health system. -
Solution to High Prescription Drug Prices
Opinion -CHICAGO: High prescription drug prices and what to do about them have become major issues in state and federal political races in Missouri. But advocates of having the government “do something” to lower prices may be overlooking a far simpler solution. -
An International Perspective on Smoking
Opinion -After a day at work in Stockholm, Sweden, Lene heads for a nearby lounge where she knows her friends will be, for a big cup of mocha, a snifter full of single malt, and the rich smell of a friend’s cigar. -
Avoid Environmental Sensationalism
Opinion -There may be lessons from the Montreal Protocol and ozone depletion to be applied to the Kyoto Protocol and global warming, but they are not the ones suggested in your editorial. One important lesson is to avoid environmental sensationalism. -
Correct Lessons from Shrinking Ozone Hole
Opinion -I agree with the title of your editorial ("The sky is not falling" Oct 12, 2002) but wish to correct some of the scientific information: The Antarctic Ozone Hole (AOH) was never "theorized" but discovered in 1985 and explained only much later; By -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-11
Opinion -Take that, Mississippi! Mississippi may rank last among the 50 states in per-capita income, but it ranks first in lawsuit abuse. Since 1995, Mississippi courts have awarded plaintiffs some $1. -
Asbestos Litigation Is Bankrupting America
Opinion -What does Bubble-Wrap™, the popular packing material that many kids (and more than a few adults) love to “pop,” have to do with asbestos? If you answered “nothing,” you are right.
