Opinion
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Big-City Mayoral Races Focus on Education
Opinion -Last year, nearly every candidate for national and state-level chief executive posts emphasized their plans for public education. -
Massachusetts Next for Bilingual Reform?
Opinion -The introduction of separate bilingual education reform proposals by two prominent Massachusetts lawmakers has sparked speculation that the Commonwealth may become the newest addition to a growing list of states that have undertaken major reform of -
The Cayuga Heights deer dilemma
Opinion -High above Cayuga's waters, in the Finger Lake country of New York, lies the attractive little village of Cayuga Heights. Over the years, a semi-tame population of highly visible white-tailed deer has evolved there. -
NYC School Board Approves Bilingual Reforms
Opinion -The New York City Board of Education on February 28 voted to make important reforms to the city's bilingual education programs. -
Does SAT Discriminate Against Minorities?
Opinion -Although University of California President Richard Atkinson disparages the SAT I and wants to drop it as a requirement for UC admissions, other college officials endorse the test, which focuses on higher-order reading and math skills. -
Why regulating CO2 would be a disaster
Opinion -Events before and after the election have only confirmed that President George W. Bush was indeed right to put tax relief at the center of his domestic agenda. -
Government has a habit of stealing property
Opinion -Over the past 20 to 30 years, private property owners in New Jersey have been intimidated and, in some cases, threatened by environmental extremists, usually with the blessings of Trenton and Washington. -
Desert treaty ratified in dead of night
Opinion -The U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification was ratified by the U.S. Senate on October 18, 2000. But few Senators yet know it has been ratified. -
The Continuing Struggle: Howard L. Fuller
Opinion -"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. -
National Test Is Key to Bush Education Reform Proposal
Opinion -Ronald Reagan's famous watchwords for arms control were, "Trust but verify." George W. Bush's equivalent for reform of federal education spending could be, "Trust but test. -
Murkowski introduces National Energy Security Policy Act
Opinion -Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced the 325-page National Energy Security Policy Act of 2001 at a Washington, DC press conference on February 26. -
The false promise of renewable energy
Opinion -A cacophony of calumny has greeted suggestions that America begin drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Outer Continental Shelf, and other public lands, in search of oil and natural gas, to ease our spreading energy crisis and help rein -
Litigation Update
Opinion -Favorable Ruling for Arizona Tax Credits In 1999, the U.S. -
Charter Schools Week: April 30 – May 4, 2001
Opinion -The achievements of charter schools across the United States will be recognized and celebrated during National Charter Schools Week, April 30-May 4. -
Education and the American Dream: Peter Hoekstra
Opinion -Brought to Holland, Michigan, by his Dutch parents as a wide-eyed three-year-old in 1957, and now a respected leader of education reform in the United States Congress, Representative Peter Hoekstra has lived the American Dream. -
Kyoto is dead
Opinion -The Bush White House rocked Washington, DC and the world on March 28 when it acknowledged it would take no action on the Kyoto Protocol, the global warming treaty negotiated in 1997 by the Clinton administration. -
NESPA 2001 provisions
Opinion -The 325-page National Energy Security Policy Act of 2001, introduced by Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) on February 26, offers a comprehensive package of proposals, including: Extensive reporting requirements and a series of studies addressing -
Alaska oil fields and caribou
Opinion -There is growing interest in the possibility of increasing domestic U.S. oil production by beginning exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). -
John Graham set to breathe new life into OIRA
Opinion -By tapping Harvard University's John B. Graham to review the thousands of regulations issued by federal agencies annually, the Bush administration has signaled its commitment to make regulators more accountable to the public they serve. -
Charter Schools That Work
Opinion -What are charter schools? How are they created? Who runs them? How successful have they been? These questions are addressed in an hour-long program called "Charter Schools That Work," broadcast on PBS last fall. -
Some advice for Gale Norton
Opinion -The agencies in Secretary Gale Norton's Department of Interior, plus the U.S. Forest Service (under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture), together manage well over one-quarter of the land in the United States. -
Conservation easements leave an unexpected legacy
Opinion -When Augustine Natale bought farmland in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1989, he did not recognize the significance of language that had been added 22 years earlier to an older deed to the same land. -
HammerHeads celebrate achievements in marine conservation
Opinion -Another barrel is thoughtlessly thrown into the depths of the Pacific Ocean. A helpless sea otter chokes feverishly after being strangled by a plastic ring from a six-pack of soda. -
Okanogan County irrigators sue federal government for water rights
Opinion -A coalition of county officials, farmers, and ranchers in Okanogan County, Washington, announced on February 5 their intention to sue the federal government for unlawfully trying to use the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to cut off water rights protected