Opinion
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EPA: Time to Reform New Source Review
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency released on June 13 its Report to the President on New Source Review, the part of the Clean Air Act that regulates emissions from new or substantially modified factories and power plants. -
EU ratifies biosafety protocol
Opinion -The European Union took yet another step away from the rational regulation of genetically modified crop plants and foods in late June, when it became the 22nd party to formally ratify the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. -
New technology fights old pests, feeds more people
Opinion -When I started farming 30 years ago, I never dreamed of how technological progress would revolutionize agriculture. We still can’t control the weather. -
Americans believe in global warming … and psychic powers, astrology, and UFOs
Opinion -A nationwide survey conducted by the National Science Foundation concludes few Americans understand the scientific process, and many believe in pseudoscience and may be quick to accept phony science reports. -
Kyoto through the backdoor
Opinion -In an effort to circumvent President George W. -
Sierra Club attacks Ford, SUVs
Opinion -The Sierra Club is an environmental lobbying organization best known for its anti-logging stance, which has contributed to the wildfires devastating hundreds of thousands of acres of forests and wilderness areas. -
Religion and green ideology don’t mix
Opinion -“Campaign ExxonMobil” persuaded a Catholic group to introduce a resolution, which garnered just 20 percent of shareholder votes, calling on the company to produce a plan to promote renewable energy sources. -
Bush retains Clinton-Gore legacy at USFS
Opinion -Another public land squabble is shaping up in “Bush Country” with the announcement that U.S. -
Feds threaten fishing, hunting at Bear Dunes
Opinion -A controversial proposal to create a federal wilderness in a portion of Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has local residents, region-wide anglers, hunters, hikers, and other outdoor folks concerned and angry. -
NSR’s Unintended Consequences
Opinion -EPA’s Report to the President on New Source Review contains many case studies illustrating the unintended consequences of NSR. Here are just four examples. -
A Good Yarn
Opinion -a review of Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly and the Politics of Thirst Riverhead Books - August 2002 by Diane Raines Ward Water Wars is a horribly titled, terribly promoted, miserably quoted, wonderful book. -
Peter Jennings’ Bitter Mistakes
Opinion -On May 29, ABC aired an hour-long attack on the nation’s pharmaceutical industry masquerading as an objective documentary. -
Medicare Is Losing Talent
Opinion -A growing number of U.S. physicians are refusing to accept new Medicare patients, and some physicians are withdrawing from Medicare altogether. The reason: Medicare’s complex system of administrative pricing is cutting physician reimbursements by 5. -
Medicare’s Problems Affect Vets
Opinion -The challenges faced by the veterans health care system have been compounded by Medicare’s continuing crisis. Many private doctors, frustrated by low reimbursement rates, are refusing to accept new Medicare patients, including elderly veterans. -
Health Care Market Disrupted in Kansas
Opinion -State insurance officials have established a task force to find out why insurance companies are leaving Kansas and what can be done about it. -
08/2002: State Legislative Update
Opinion -ARIZONA Arizona’s Premium Sharing Program, a pilot program covering the cost of physician visits and medicines for low-income and chronically ill residents, has stopped accepting new applicants because of budget cuts. -
08/2002: The Galen Report
Opinion -As Congress investigates the investigators about what intelligence the FBI and CIA had before the September 11 attacks, we see rising concern about our lack of preparedness for the next potential attack with biological weapons. -
Medicaid Rebates on Front Burner
Opinion -On July 23, the U.S. Senate voted down both Democrat- and Republican-backed bills that would have added a comprehensive prescription drug benefit to Medicare, most likely postponing any action on the long-debated program until 2003. -
Spending on Public Schools Soars
Opinion -Although lawmakers are frequently criticized for not spending enough on public education, recently published statistics from the U.S. -
Schaffer Introduces Tuition Tax Credit Proposal
Opinion -Last year’s No Child Left Behind Act gave parents new accountability tools to keep informed about their children’s schools. -
SRN Just the Facts: Public Education Revenues Hit $400 Billion
Opinion -Total taxpayer funds flowing into public schools in the United States increased 24.5 percent over a five-year period, reaching in 2001-02 an estimated $405.8 billion: $8,529 per pupil, $135,791 per teacher. -
Paige Calls for Overhaul of Teacher Certification
Opinion -Armed with a new report showing states generally set low academic standards for entry into the teaching profession, U.S. -
Voucher ‘Experiments’ Don’t Test Competition
Opinion -Revolution at the Margins by Frederick Hess (The Brookings Institution, 2002 268 pages, $18. -
Government land acquisition: Socialism by a landslide
Opinion -If put to a vote, Americans would likely reject socialism by a substantial majority.
