Opinion
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The real story behind Europe’s support of Kyoto
Opinion -When EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman announced to the press in March that President George W. -
Catholic Schools Serve Low-Income Children in LA
Opinion -Los Angeles Catholic schools serving low-income and minority children have a much lower dropout rate (3 percent) than the city's public schools (22 percent) and send a greater proportion of their students to college, according to a new study from the San -
Panelists say access to federal lands could cure energy woes
Opinion -Any national energy policy adopted by the federal government should allow increased development of energy resources on federal lands, urged a gathering of western governors and industry experts at a House Resources Committee hearing held March 7. -
06/2001: The Galen Report
Opinion -Health Policy Consensus Group Efforts The Bush administration continues to work on its initiative to provide tax credits for the uninsured, and members of the Health Policy Consensus Group are providing advice and data to assist them with -
Private Sector Leads the Way for Defined Contributions
Opinion -The Charlotte Business Journal recently reported the founding of Empowered Benefits, a Charlotte, North Carolina firm headed by Robert Dawson, formerly with Aetna and Advica Health Resources. -
Bipartisan Health Care Brewing
Opinion -Lost amid the "Goldie Locks" talk about President George W. Bush's tax cut proposal—"is it too big, too small, or just right"—is another tax proposal built on a bipartisan foundation. -
Single Payer: Neither Simple Nor Smart
Opinion -Let's start with three facts. First, patients are unhappy and growing unhappier with the nation's medical care system. They want changes. Second, there are plenty of proposals out there. -
States Move Ahead of Congress on Rx Drug Fix
Opinion -While Congress debates and discusses, the nation’s 50 laboratories of democracy are pushing ahead with their own plans to address the issue of affordable access to prescription drugs. -
06/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -Consumer-Driven Health Care Takes OffThe defined contribution approach is increasingly being called "consumer-driven," which shifts the focus away from employer payment and toward the role of the worker/patient. -
Bush Repeals OSHA Ergonomics Mandate
Opinion -In a private ceremony on March 20, President George W. -
Market-Based Trends Noted
Opinion -One of the “perks” I receive as managing editor is the opportunity to review pending legislation. Some folks might view this activity as about as interesting as watching dandelions bloom in the lawn. -
06/2001: State Legislative Update
Opinion -Arizona A revised version of the high-risk health insurance bill (HB 2589) passed the House by a wide margin. Funding for the plan requires an insurance premium between 100 and 150 percent of the average price of an individual insurance policy and $3. -
No Thanks to Drug Companies
Opinion -The growing AIDs crisis in Africa has put U.S. drug companies in the hot seat, creating for them both an ethical and an economic dilemma. -
Just the Facts: Catholic Education in the United States
Opinion -The U.S.'s 16,288 Catholic schools and 167,000 teachers represent the largest non-government school system in the country, serving 2.6 million students, or about 5 percent of the nation's K-12 population. -
Bush stands his ground on CO2
Opinion -Swayed by science--or at least, by the fact that the science about "global warming" is by no means settled--President George W. Bush has decided not to pursue mandatory reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) output. -
Congress considers property rights protections, wise use plans
Opinion -The early days of the 107th Congress are shaping up as far more friendly to property rights advocates than the past several years. -
Court questions Clinton roadless rule
Opinion -Recreation groups celebrated an April 5 federal court decision that raised serious concerns about the Clinton administration's Roadless Rule, scheduled to go into effect on May 12. -
There’s too little power in wind
Opinion -Federal and state government officials, "wind farm" developers, and renewable energy advocacy groups have for years touted windmills as an environmentally benign and economically acceptable way to produce electricity. -
IPCC report criticized by one of its lead authors
Opinion -The Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), expected to be released sometime in 2001, is already coming under heavy criticism from various directions. -
Hoof-and-mouth crisis shows how far we’ve come
Opinion -The twentieth century was characterized by economic and technological change of unprecedented rapidity as shown by all economic indicators. -
Induced traffic: Setting the record straight
Opinion -Over the years, urban planners have increasingly accepted the view that building more highway capacity induces more highway travel. -
Risk in perspective: Radiation, reactor accidents, and radioactive waste
Opinion -Dr. Bernard Cohen is professor emeritus of physics and of environmental and occupational health at the University of Pittsburgh. Cohen's best-known scientific work has been in nuclear reactions and the structure of the atomic nucleus. -
NEWS-NEWS-NEWS
Opinion -Moratorium angers environmentalists Last November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a moratorium on new listings of alleged endangered species, saying their resources were being drained fighting lawsuits from environmental groups. -
Forget about them
Opinion -If a child is reared to believe the sky is green, and the grass is blue, he will grow to believe it to be true. The rank and file environmentalist shares the same concerns regarding the environment as we do.
