Opinion
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California’s energy crisis: Government, not market, failure
Opinion -New York Times columnist Paul Krugman calls it "a warning about the dangers of placing blind faith in markets." Los Angeles Times commentator Robert Scheer says it's yet another sign that "capitalism is falling apart. -
Norton confirmation is boon for common-sense environmentalism
Opinion -President George W. Bush made an outstanding choice when he selected Gale A. Norton to be Secretary of Interior. Norton is qualified, having served previously in the Interior Department and for eight years as the Attorney General of Colorado. -
Global warming theory faces real-world test . . . and loses
Opinion -For two weeks last fall, 170 national delegations met in the Netherlands to negotiate how to implement 1997's Kyoto global warming accord. -
Bush Reforms Stress Results
Opinion -Just three days into his administration, President George W. Bush kept his campaign promise to stress academic results above all in elementary and secondary education. -
What would Julian Simon have said?
Opinion -How many times, in just the past few months, have the headlines called that question to mind? When electricity brownouts disrupted California, and gasoline shortages caused panic in the Midwest. -
Grazing rights trigger showdown between ranchers, BLM
Opinion -Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument sprawls for 1.9 million acres, its slick rock canyons, spectacular red and white benches, and cliffs rising nearly a mile from the desert floor. -
Chemical toxicity: A matter of massive miscalculation
Opinion -An introduction to toxicology The toxicology testing laboratory dates back to the 1930s, but the science of toxicology in the United States can be traced more realistically to the formation of the Society of Toxicology in 1961. -
Prevention Better than Cure for Medication Problems
Opinion -By applying the timely tincture of common sense, it is possible to reduce the risks presented by medications. Avoiding medication problems is better than managing them later. -
When Patient Protection Backfires
Opinion -It was not so many years ago that managed care in general, and HMOs in particular, were hailed as the solution to ever-rising health insurance costs. President Clinton made HMOs the cornerstone of his elaborate managed competition proposal. -
Myths about Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Opinion -For more than 50 years, America has relied on employers as the primary source of health insurance coverage. For the most part, this has been a successful approach, providing coverage in 1998 to 155 million people, compared to only 15. -
Unlimited Prescription Drug Coverage May Endanger Seniors
Opinion -"Hazardous to seniors' health." That could be an appropriate warning label to attach to proposals being made for unlimited prescription drug coverage under Medicare. -
America’s Teaching Crisis: Sandra Stotsky
Opinion -Last November, the Massachusetts Board of Education unanimously approved new regulations for licensing teachers to practice their profession in the state's K-12 public schools. -
The Defined Contribution Revolution
Opinion -An idea that has greatly benefitted over 55 million Americans holding 401(k) retirement plans may also be the best idea for making health insurance more available and affordable. That idea is "defined contributions. -
Doctors Long for Simple Care, Too
Opinion -Let's not kid ourselves. Becoming a physician today requires more than altruism. It requires courage. Thanks to the shift from fee-for-service care to third-party insurance, caring for patients has become a day-to-day battle with managed care companies. -
IRS Raises Questions as Charter Schools Mature
Opinion -After almost a decade of growth, the charter school movement has produced more than 2,000 new public schools across the country that serve more than a half-million students. -
Despite Barriers, ‘Edupreneurs’ Flood into Education Marketplace
Opinion -A new study from the Cato Institute reports that large numbers of education companies, or "edupreneurs," are entering the education marketplace with creative, cost-efficient products and services for students of all ages. -
Boehner to Lead House Education Committee
Opinion -When the House of Representatives' Republican leadership chose Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio) to head the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the 107th Congress, they had done their homework. -
Buses Advertise the Failure of DC Schools
Opinion -The message that went rolling through the streets of Washington, DC in the first days of the New Year was hardly one to inspire confidence in the capital city's public schools. -
Bush Plan ‘a Good Start,’ But Not Enough, Says Nobel
Opinion -Nobel Learning Communities, Inc., the nation's largest operator of private schools, welcomed President George W. Bush's education reform package as a strong beginning to a reform of the U.S. public school system . . . -
FDA’s Pediatric Rule Hurts Public Health
Opinion -A physicians' association and two public interest groups filed suit in federal court, challenging the validity of the Food and Drug Administration's "Pediatric Rule. -
Fee-for-service Health Care Makes a Comeback
Opinion -Remember when you could choose to go to any doctor, pay a reasonable fee for your medical service, and not worry about co-pays, deductibles, and some distant stranger authorizing or denying the care prescribed by your physician? -
Heartland science director teams with McGraw-Hill
Opinion -Heartland Institute Science Director, and Environment & Climate News managing editor, Jay Lehr was selected by McGraw-Hill publishers in 1997 to produce a new Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health & Technology for the twenty-first century. -
Heartland to direct production of water encyclopedia
Opinion -John Wiley & Sons, one of the world's leading publishers of science and technical books, has selected Heartland Science Director Jay Lehr, managing editor of Environment & Climate News, to serve as editor-in-chief of a four-volume Encyclopedia of Water -
Is smart growth anti-poor and anti-black?
Opinion -The national movement to combat the alleged ills of urban sprawl is guilty of false advertising.
