Opinion
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Trout coalition relies on fishy science
Opinion -The Western Native Trout Campaign, an environmentalist coalition spearheaded by The Center for Biological Diversity, issued a report last November calling for the preservation of all roadless areas in the western states. -
Bush announces Kyoto alternative
Opinion -American businesses would be asked to register with the federal government to create an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and be eligible to trade emission "credits" according to a program announced by President George W. Bush on February 14. -
Unraveling DNA fear-mongering
Opinion -Managing Editor’s note: Dr. Jay Lehr, science director for The Heartland Institute, wrote the following letter to the editor of Harper’s magazine on February 15, in response to an article by Barry Commoner. -
Conservation with common sense
Opinion -Several years ago, Citizens for Responsible Zoning and Landowner Rights warned that Wisconsin state agencies were proposing an expensive new sewer code. Thousands called legislators and agencies to protest. The code was dropped, the law changed. -
Parents Rally for Vouchers at U.S. Supreme Court
Opinion -Although dismissed by school choice opponents as merely "inconsequential conduits," voucher-empowered parents from Cleveland rallied with supporters outside the U.S. -
Century-Old Voucher Programs Show Benefits of Choice
Opinion -A new report from the Milton & Rose D. -
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Federal Law Will Require Research-Based Programs
Opinion -The teaching of reading could become the first area of education to benefit from a requirement, repeated more than 100 times in the new K-12 education law, that "scientifically based research" be the linchpin of all school practices receiving federal -
A Tale of Two Government School Systems
Opinion -Although the government schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) both enjoy per-pupil funding levels higher than average for public schools run by state and local governments, the two sets of schools produce -
Radical Reform of Teacher Certification
Opinion -Do you have what it takes to be a K-12 teacher? a college degree content knowledge in the area to be taught no criminal background. -
Lessons from Houston
Opinion -"Leaving No Child Behind: Lessons from the Houston Independent School District" is a 42-page report on an October 2000 conference in Houston called "Making the Grade," where education leaders and researchers came to analyze the Houston school district's -
Education Freedom Index: 2000 and 2001 (table)
Opinion -EDUCATION FREEDOM INDEX 2000 and 2001 State EFI 2001 Score EFI 2001 Rank EFI 2000 Rank Change in Rank Arizona 2. -
Public Schools Don’t Want the Money to Follow the Child
Opinion -Last month's School Reform News noted that an organization representing 32 of Indiana's largest school districts had called for a moratorium on charter school approvals because they didn't want to lose the state funding for students who transferred out -
States Declare War on Prescription Drugs
Opinion -State elected officials across the country, hard-pressed to keep expensive promises they made during the good economic times of the 1990s, are considering legislation that would force drug manufacturers to pay “supplemental rebates”to have their drugs -
The Coming Revolution in Medicine
Opinion -In a 1901 article summarizing medical progress in the nineteenth century, Sir William Osler wrote, “… bacteriology opened unheard of possibilities for the prevention of disease. -
Is it Wrong to Remove a Child from a Failing School?
Opinion -It did not take opponents of school choice long to respond to President George W. Bush's inclusion of tuition tax credits in the 2003 budget proposal he released on February 4. -
Hawaii Won’t Certify Star Teacher
Opinion -Joan Rohrback is among the best science and math teachers in Hawaii ... but she cannot teach in the state's schools. -
New Health Threat: Litigation
Opinion -Nothing should ever come between a patient and a doctor … and especially not a lawyer. Yet today’s out-of-control legal environment is doing just that, denying patients the care they deserve. -
Oregon Community Adopts SimpleCare Approach
Opinion -McMinnville, Oregon family physician Mike Jaczko D.O. was struggling to keep his doors open. -
Senate rejects tighter CAFE as new data link program to thousands of deaths
Opinion -Efforts to toughen a federal program initiated in response to the 1973 Arab oil embargo were rejected by the U.S. -
Nevada rancher wins landmark ‘takings’ case
Opinion -A long-anticipated decision on Hage v. United States, a takings case filed by Nevada ranchers Wayne Hage and family, was issued by Senior Judge Loren A. Smith on January 29. The Hages had filed their takings claim against the U.S. -
Federal deal-making threatens citizens’ rights
Opinion -If you care about CARA, the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, and the continued management of fish and wildlife resources for the benefit of all citizens of the United States, you might be -
Individual Responsibility Is Key to Health Care Concerns
Opinion -As I read Health Care News and appreciate your excellent coverage of health care issues, it upsets me to see the conservative health care reformers falling into the health care entitlement trap—effectively assuring only government entitlements can solve -
Editorial: Bush gives Enron the last laugh
Opinion -The irony is thick. Just months after the firm imploded and during a week that saw its senior executives slapped around by Congress, Enron’s fondest dreams have been granted by President George W. Bush.For years, Enron lobbied hard for U.S.