Opinion
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Link between deaths and climate weakening over time
Opinion -Proponents of catastrophic global climate change theory predict increased deaths as temperatures warm—by now a familiar litany: On a warmer planet, intense heat waves alone are by 2050 likely to result in increases in death by cardiac arrest and -
Europeans’ fear puts Midwest farmers in limbo
Opinion -Midwest farmers face tough, possibly costly, decisions as debate rages in Europe over whether to treat genetically modified (GM) crops differently from others in the European food marketplace. -
Congressman calls for resignation of top Interior Department officials
Opinion -U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer (R-Colorado) has called for the resignation of two Interior Department officials for their failure to remove U.S. -
Looks like old times
Opinion -The computer models that started all the fuss about global warming predicted the entire bottom 40,000 feet of the atmosphere would be warming around 0.7°F (0.4°C) per decade by now. That hasn’t happened. -
Government’s power over the environment threatens our liberty: an interview with Walter E. Williams
Opinion -“We as Americans . . . do things that are wrong, but we ultimately, sooner or later, seem to get our act together. And I think we better get about getting our act together while we still have the liberty to do so.” Dr. Walter E. -
‘There They Go Again, Bashing Vouchers’
Opinion -When a commentator reports on a problem in the public schools or proposes an alternative to the current means of delivering public education, defenders of the public school system are quick to characterize such commentary or proposals as "bashing -
Clinton Education Programs Promote Mission Creep
Opinion -With the 1994 approval of the Clinton administration's education policy vehicles--Goals 2000, the School-to-Work Act, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)--the U.S. -
Catholic Schools Outperform Lower Class Sizes
Opinion -Do Catholic schools really outperform public schools? -
Governors’ Panel Calls for School Choice
Opinion -In a clear indication of how school choice has become accepted as a key strategy in the public policy debate over education reform, a blue-ribbon panel that advises state officials says parental choice in education could help improve and strengthen -
‘Excuse’ Factories vs. Training Centers
Opinion -While schools that can turn poor and minority children into high achievers are generally credited with having visionary leaders and top-notch teachers, those in charge of failing schools frequently seem to view the students themselves as the major -
Schools Fail to Meet Goals for 2000
Opinion -Unlike the end of the 1960s, when a decade of "can-do" effort had achieved President John F. -
Barking up the Wrong Tree: an interview with William A. Fischel
Opinion -“The reason that this [anti-property tax] movement, starting with Serrano, has been so bad for education is that it's barked up the wrong tree, and incidentally destroyed the good things about the local property tax without really addressing the -
Gore Schools Plan: More Dollars, More Demands
Opinion -A proposal by Vice President Al Gore to boost federal spending on public schools by $115 billion over the next 10 years was criticized by House Education Committee Member Rep. -
Lessons for Choice Legislation
Opinion -Claudia Rebanks Hepburn's report for The Fraser Institute, The Case for School Choice: Models from the United States, New Zealand, Denmark, and Sweden, contains a wealth of information about the benefits that school choice has brought to different -
Teachers Not Academic Stars
Opinion -National Education Association president Bob Chase complained that John Stossel's 20/20 program, "Public Schools in Bad Shape," was "a shocking attack on America's public school teachers, portraying them as poorly educated, incompetent, and dim. -
The Cleveland Voucher Program
Opinion -History: The Ohio Legislature enacted the Cleveland Voucher Program as a pilot scholarship program in 1995, in the wake of a U.S. District Court-ordered takeover of the administration of the Cleveland City School District by the state. -
Study Shows Choice Benefits [Canadian] Public Schools
Opinion -Just two months before the National Commission on Governing America's Schools called for more school choice in the U.S. -
The Face of Education Reform
Opinion -In a June 14, 1998 cover story, the New York Times magazine declared Jersey City ground zero in the national battle for education reform. On November 22, 1999, Jersey City unveiled the face of education reform in America. -
Environmental journalism: A little knowledge is dangerous
Opinion -“With an impressive-sounding name for your environmental organization, you can scare people out of a lot of money,” wrote columnist Paul Harvey in 1996. -
International attempt to control U.S. mining fails
Opinion -An attempt to place U.S. mining under international control, made by the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in Marrakesh, Morocco in December, was soundly rejected by the U.S. State Department. The department’s strong stand for U.S. -
The Green’s Ear-ie Ad
Opinion -“Who plays God in the 21st century?” is the rhetorical title of a recent full-page advertisement in The New York Times attacking genetic engineering. -
Planting the seeds of misinformation
Opinion -The Food and Drug Administration has been holding hearings across the country on the safety of genetically engineered plants as food for humans. -
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Opinion -Ben & Jerry's ice cream has a reputation for being the most politically correct item in your freezer. For years the company has decried the dangers of even trace levels of "toxins" in food. -
Kyoto’s chilling effects: Can the United Nations dictate scientific outcome?
Opinion -The former head of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which bills itself as the “consensus of scientists,” has finally made it official: If your research indicates global warming isn’t such a big