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  • A Tale of Two Countries

    Published May 5, 1995
    Opinion -
    The Sierra Club, one of the nation's largest environmental organizations, not long ago ran a full- page ad in The New York Times deploring "the growing distance between the politicians on Capitol Hill and the rest of us.
  • The Future of Civil Rights in America

    Published May 5, 1995
    Opinion -
    The Clinton administration has set its civil rights policies on a radical course permeated by race-consciousness, brazenly breaking candidate Bill Clinton's "new Democrat" assurances that he would pursue a politics of moderation and healing.
  • ‘The Solution’ to Public Education Woes

    Published April 28, 1995
    Opinion -
    I recently received a letter from the former superintendent of a public school system in Illinois.
  • Replacing Dwarfs with Giants

    Published April 12, 1995
    Opinion -
    Balzac called the bureaucracy "a gigantic force driven by dwarfs." In our generation, his definition aptly describes public education in America. Don't get me wrong.
  • Time for a New Look at Recycling

    Published April 11, 1995
    Opinion -
    Recycling is popular. Across the country, Americans willingly separate their trash into "regular" and "recyclable" containers. New York City alone collects over 2,000 tons of recyclables per day. But there's a catch.
  • Hard Choices: Environmentalists and the Forests

    Published April 4, 1995
    Opinion -
    More than twenty years ago, I was one of a dozen or so activists who founded Greenpeace in the basement of the Unitarian Church in Vancouver. The Vietnam war was raging and nuclear holocaust seemed closer every day.
  • Hard Choices: Environmentalists and the Forests

    Published April 1, 1995
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    Policy Studies -
    More than twenty years ago, I was one of a dozen or so activists who founded Greenpeace in the basement of the Unitarian Church in Vancouver.
  • Disestablish the Green Cathedrals

    Published March 28, 1995
    Opinion -
    Could the recent Republican landslide lead to major reform of environmental policy? Will we see a dismantling of bureaucratically controlled ecological central planning in favor of local initiative and private environmental stewardship?
  • Revitalizing Public Education in Illinois

    Published March 24, 1995
    Opinion -
    There is no more important issue today than the education of our children.
  • Educational Choice: It Really Works in Vermont

    Published March 22, 1995
    Opinion -
    Since 1869, Vermont has had an educational choice system for students from towns that do not maintain their own public schools or belong to union school districts.
  • Do the Arts Need the NEA?

    Published February 7, 1995
    Opinion -
    The National Endowment for the Arts is fighting for its life, as newly empowered Republicans in Washington have targeted the NEA for extinction. Many artists are angry about this possibility and believe that only ignorance or malevolence can explain it.
  • Do the Arts Need the NEA?

    Published February 7, 1995
    Opinion -
    The National Endowment for the Arts is fighting for its life, as newly empowered Republicans in Washington have targeted the NEA for extinction. Many artists are angry about this possibility and believe that only ignorance or malevolence can explain it.
  • Bad Economics Kills 68 on Flight 4184

    Published January 4, 1995
    Opinion -
    On October 31, 1994, in a muddy northern Indiana soybean field, American Eagle Flight 4184 from Indianapolis to Chicago went down, killing all 68 passengers.
  • Angels of Mercy

    Published December 20, 1994
    Opinion -
    It was Halloween. Children were already at the door collecting candy. Then we heard the news that American Eagle flight 4184 had just plowed into a Northern Indiana cornfield.
  • Disposing of the Medical Waste Problem

    Published December 10, 1994
    Opinion -
    No terrorist could have devised a better plan to jeopardize biomedical research and deny modern medical treatments to Americans who desperately need them.
  • New Lessons for Health Care Reformers

    Published November 11, 1994
    Opinion -
    Government-run health care stood trial twice in 1994, once in Washington D.C. and again in California. It was a two-time loser. Health care in America must be reformed. There is ample evidence of waste and fraud in the current system.
  • Health Care Reform: Lessons from Missouri

    Published November 11, 1994
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    Contrary to the official "spin" coming out of Jefferson City, Missouri, special interest groups, lobbyists, and big bucks did not cause the legislative defeat of that state's far-reaching health care reform proposal.
  • No. 64 Chicago School Reform: First Annual Evaluation

    Published October 31, 1994
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    Policy Studies -
    On July 1, 1988 - the final day of that year's legislative session- the Illinois General Assembly passed school reform legislation touted by many as "far-reaching" and "nothing less than a blueprint for revolution.
  • Finding Alternatives to Higher Taxes

    Published October 21, 1994
    Opinion -
    Illinois taxpayers are about to encounter a well-orchestrated campaign for a major permanent tax increase in 1995.
  • New Hope for Regulatory Reform

    Published October 11, 1994
    Opinion -
    When Congress repealed the 55-mile-per-hour speed limit law in December 1995, the safety experts at the U.S. Department of Transportation predicted that up to 6,400 more people would die every year.
  • No. 63 How To Win Illinois’ Battle Of The Budget

    Published September 30, 1994
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    Policy Studies -
    In January 1995, Illinois' Bureau of the Budget is expected to announce that revenues for the current fiscal year will fall approximeately 3 percent short of spending, producing a "budget gap"of between $1 and $1.5 billion.
  • The Hysteria over Dioxin

    Published September 29, 1994
    Opinion -
    The popular press has given extensive coverage to the latest report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on dioxin.
  • Competition for Wall Street Means Economic Growth for Main Street

    Published September 15, 1994
    Opinion -
    New electronic systems for trading stocks could end the financial abuse suffered by investors when buying and selling small, over-the-counter (OTC) stocks. Such systems can spur economic growth, benefiting investors, business firms, and employees.
  • Prince William Sound: Getting the Story Right

    Published September 8, 1994
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    The 1989 oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound was a terrible accident. It should never happen again. The damage awards now coming out of Alaska jury rooms will encourage oil companies to make sure it doesn't.