Opinion
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Arsenic a “hot button” for Senator Clinton
Opinion -Senator Hillary Clinton on July 19 lashed out at the Bush administration for failing to quickly reduce arsenic levels in drinking water. -
Bush’s environmental record is a far cry from media portrayals
Opinion -It is very subtle, but it is persistent. Listen to the language used by the media to describe President George W. Bush's approach to environmental issues. The language speaks volumes. -
Voucher Proposals Flourish Nationwide
Opinion -Although school vouchers were pronounced dead and buried by gleeful opponents after two initiative defeats last November--and also squeezed out of President George W. -
Parents Support Teachers in Maryland Test Scandal
Opinion -School officials in Montgomery County, Maryland are hoping this current school year turns out better than the last one, when comments from two students at a low-scoring middle school led to the unearthing of the district's second major cheating scandal -
‘Public’ Meetings Not for the Public
Opinion -Most local government bodies have some provision for members of the public to bring new items of concern--non-agenda items--to the attention of their elected officials at regularly scheduled meetings. -
Michigan Seniors Enroll in State’s Rx Program
Opinion -Low-income seniors already enrolled in the state of Michigan’s prescription drug assistance programs will be given the first opportunity to sign up for a new one, says a state health official. -
Litigate, or Regulate?
Opinion -The managed care political debate was lost when free-market advocates failed to address the feelings of disempowerment held by individual consumers. -
Western states facing new endangered species inquiries
Opinion -Environmental groups have begun pressing the case of three western species they claim are in danger due to human development. The new actions have the potential to create a severe impact on economies up and down the Pacific coast. -
Polar ice cap studies refute global warming
Opinion -A series of recent studies shows that the polar ice caps, which should be shrinking if dire global warming theories are correct, are maintaining their mass and in fact growing slightly. -
Regulating CO2 as a pollutant: Costly in more ways than one
Opinion -President George W. Bush has taken a beating in the press for walking away from the United Nations' global warming agreement, reached at July's conference of the parties in Bonn. -
Teacher Unions Resist Introduction of Competition
Opinion -"It is better for the public to procure at the market whatever the market can supply; because there it is by competition kept up in quality, and reduced to its minimum price. -
How Schools ‘Manage’ Parents
Opinion -Why is it that parents who give a mediocre grade to public schools in general almost invariably have a favorable impression of the performance of their local public school? -
State Legislative Roundup
Opinion -CALIFORNIA Break-Up Movement Threatens L.A. Unified A "break-up" movement in Los Angeles has the potential to completely dismantle the status quo in large urban school districts nationwide. -
Doctors Sue to Stop HIPAA Privacy Regulations
Opinion -On July 31, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) announced it had filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to halt implementation of new medical privacy regulations. -
10/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -It's not been easy getting back to work after the events of last month. We have all been affected by the attack, directly or indirectly. Before the attack, something as simple as the sudden closing of National Airport would have seemed a catastrophe. -
Hudson River project only the beginning
Opinion -The massive dredging ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency will be the largest dredging project ever ordered and will make the upper Hudson River the nation's most expensive EPA Superfund site. -
Researchers announce breakthrough on salt-tolerant crops
Opinion -Agricultural researchers have announced they have genetically engineered tomatoes that can grow in salty water. -
CARA double-talk prevails
Opinion -Montana's new Congressman, Denny Rehberg, recently faced a tough vote. He had to choose between fulfilling campaign promises or fitting in with the dominant culture in Washington, DC: the liberal elite big-government crowd. -
California District Renews Fast ForWord Contract
Opinion -After reading teacher observations and reviewing student scores on state and district reading and math tests, school officials in Fontana, California, decided to renew the Unified School District's site license for the Fast ForWord® family of language -
Don’t Mess with Texans: Susan Sarhady
Opinion -In the struggle to advance parental choice in education, the battles that take place in affluent suburban communities are fundamentally different from those in low-income inner-city neighborhoods. -
Group Supports Black Homeschooling
Opinion -Although black non-Hispanic students make up 16.0 percent of the 1999 student population, they make up only 9.9 percent of students in homeschooling families. -
10/2001: State Legislative Update
Opinion -California HMOs are leaving rural California, and residents are being forced to pay higher premiums or go without coverage. At least 16 rural counties have lost some or all of their health maintenance organizations. -
10/2001: The Galen Report
Opinion -The magnitude of the losses for our country and the sadness, grief, and anger that all of us have experienced since September 11th’s incomprehensible tragedy have been extraordinarily difficult to bear.