Opinion
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Politics threatens Appalachian Trail
Opinion -Fox News recently reported a conflict between a granite quarry and hikers on a stretch of the Appalachian Trail in western North Carolina. -
Seven myths about sprawl
Opinion -American newspapers print articles on the perils of low-density suburbs--"sprawl"--almost every day, and urge instead "smart growth," meaning higher densities and mixed-use developments. -
Species extinctions may be due to disease, not man
Opinion -"Biologists usually blame pollution and predation for species extinction, but the real culprits may be humans spreading disease, according to the New Scientist. -
State Education Roundup
Opinion -Arizona New Rorschach Test? Philip Morris Cos. have sent 13 million free illustrated book jackets to schools nationwide. -
The Lone Mountain Compact
Opinion -The phenomenon of urban sprawl has become a major controversy throughout the United States. The Political Economy Research Center (PERC) recently brought a number of scholars and writers to the Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky, Montana to address the issue. -
Timber giant and snowmobile groups sue over roadless plan
Opinion -Several snowmobile groups and a giant timber company sued the federal government in early January, seeking to overturn the controversial roadless forest initiative signed by then-President Bill Clinton the week before. -
Vermont Suffers Under Health Insurance Illusion
Opinion -Calvin Coolidge once said, “Laws do not make reforms, reforms make laws. We cannot look to government. We must look to ourselves.” He easily could have been talking about health care reform in Vermont. -
Why We Need Market-based Health Care Reform: Part 1 of 2
Opinion -The United States does not have a properly functioning market for health care, and the financing system needs to be reformed. The market is distorted by a tax policy that is mistargeted, miscalibrated, and open-ended. -
Implementing English Immersion in Arizona
Opinion -As Arizona school districts begin to develop strategies for complying with the newly passed Proposition 203, which eliminates the state's K-12 bilingual education programs, one obvious place to seek information on successful strategies would be -
For-Profit Education Firms Report Record Results
Opinion -The November 8 announcement of record results from the two most significant players in the for-profit K-12 schools marketplace was completely overshadowed by Vice President Al Gore's refusal to concede defeat to Texas Governor George W. -
Education on a National Scale
Opinion -Although in a number of U.S. cities the teacher unions may rail against the privatization of public schools, two announcements from Edison Schools, Inc. -
Will global warming increase El Niños?
Opinion -During the height of El Niño mania in 1998, a few scientists, most prominently Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, began pushing a theoretical El Niño-global warming linkage. -
God knows where the wild creatures belong
Opinion -Introductions of new species or restoration efforts can be construed as quite presumptuous. -
Mastering the Problem of Environmental Quality: an interview with Dr. S. Fred Singer
Opinion -Dr. S. Fred Singer, president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project, has achieved great renown for pioneering research in atmospheric and space physics. -
An atmospheric valentine for you
Opinion -With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, we thought we’d stop and smell the carbon dioxide-enhanced roses. What fate does forsythia face? Dare we hope for daffodils? Will the wisteria whither? -
Bush nominates Norton, Whitman to cabinet posts
Opinion -According to many New Era Environmentalists, the partnership of Carol Browner at EPA and Bruce Babbitt at the Interior Department has been a long nightmare for rural Americans, advocates of sound science, and market-based environmental policies. -
California’s energy crisis: Not an accident
Opinion -California’s electricity supply drama continues. In Sacramento, Governor Gray Davis ceremoniously turned on the State Christmas Tree’s lights early in December . . . and moments later switched them off. -
Debate rages over future of Green Party
Opinion -Ralph Nader's Green Party arrived on the scene last summer with a big bang. Many people feel it left with a whimper when the dust settled on the strangest of all national elections. -
ACLU challenges anti-protester rules
Opinion -From a tea party in Boston Harbor to Vietnam War marches, protesting against government is firmly rooted in the American psyche. -
Court Rejects Cleveland Vouchers
Opinion -While the Ohio state legislature may have intended $2,250 vouchers to serve as a lifeline for low-income parents desperate to get their children out of the dysfunctional Cleveland public schools, a federal appeals court sees the program differently. -
U.S. Students Trounced in Int’l Science Match
Opinion -The continuing lackluster performance of U.S. -
Improving Science Education
Opinion -After the results of the Third International Math and Science Study were released in 1998, raising concerns about the declining performance of U.S. -
How Dropout Rates Hit the Radar Screen in California
Opinion -In June 1998, the California Department of Education issued a press release claiming California's dropout rate had fallen to 3.3 percent, a figure printed in more than 35 California daily newspapers. -
Ballot Errors Linked to Illiteracy
Opinion -Although Jesse Jackson claims racism is behind the disproportionate disqualification of black votes in Florida in the recent national elections, the fact that illiteracy levels are disproportionately higher in Florida's black-majority congressional
