Opinion
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Edison Reports Extraordinary Test Score Gains
Opinion -On June 28--the same day the local school board voted not to revoke the Edison charter school in San Francisco--Edison Schools, Inc. announced extraordinary gains on recent standardized tests at a number of its schools across the nation. -
Scully, Thompson Wrestle with Medicare Payments
Opinion -Thomas Scully, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), told members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health the Bush administration will help Congress revise the formula used to set reimbursement rates for -
More Catholic Schools to Close
Opinion -As part of Cardinal Edward M. Egan's efforts to control spending, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in February announced the closing of John A. Coleman High School in Hurley, the first school the archdiocese had closed since 1994. -
Appeals Court Rules Exxon Valdez Award Was Excessive
Opinion -A federal appeals court has thrown out a $5.3 billion punitive damages award against Exxon Mobil Corporation for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, concluding the award was excessive. -
Is Maryland Following in TennCare’s Wake?
Opinion -Soaring administrative costs, rich benefits, ineligible enrollees, general health care inflation, and underfunding have combined to create a $150 million pool of red ink around HealthChoice, Maryland's Medicaid program. -
Parents are the best guarantee
Opinion -The "accountability" demand by school voucher foes ought to be called what it really is: a demand for government regulation of private schools. -
Court Got It Right
Opinion -The decision by the Appeals Court of Maryland to allow Allstate to stop writing policies along the Atlantic Coast, while unpopular, was done for the right reason ("Court Upholds Hurricane Insurance Decision", Jan. 27). -
The Fed’s Ticking Inflation Bomb
Opinion -Larry Kudlow, as usual, said it best. Writing in Investor's Business Daily on September 14, he said:About 30 years ago, Paul Volcker launched a monumental monetary effort to bring down inflation. -
Yes, Reggie, This Is What Global Warming Looks Like
Opinion -Every few months or so, global warming alarmists revise their talking points and march like lemmings off a cliff with a new media catch phrase. The Official Global Warming Catch Phrase of Summer 2012 is “This is what global warming looks like. -
Allow Tennessee Teachers to Embrace Scientific Controversies
Opinion -Tennesseans have been subject to scads of misleading rhetoric about the state’s new academic freedom law for science teachers, largely from outside organizations hoping to construct a national warning sign so other states will beware. -
Yes, Virginia, Obamacare Is Already Raising Your Insurance Premiums
Opinion -First as a candidate and then as president, Barack Obama repeatedly promised his administration would “have a health care plan that would save the average family $2,500 on their premiums,” with his campaign promising this would be accomplished by the end -
Payroll Tax Cut Another Cynical Vote-Buying Gesture
Opinion -When the federal government’s accumulated debt already tops $15.4 trillion, another $101 billion this year may not sound like much.And when Social Security has a $21. -
Mortgage Deal Hurts Honest Borrowers
Opinion -If you have a home mortgage and have dutifully paid it each month, as you promised you would do when you signed the loan papers, you’re a chump. -
Hawaii Teachers Union Dares Obama Administration to Yank $75 Million Grant
Opinion -Last week, Hawaii teachers revolted against their union leadership, governor, and the Obama administration by overwhelmingly rejecting a contract containing flimsy merit pay and annual evaluations to which they objected. -
Parents Should Heed Ben Franklin’s Vaccination Story
Opinion -New data indicate increasing conflict between parental rights advocates and vaccination experts. To avoid the return of preventable disease, both sides would be wise to begin a more open and educational dialogue with each other. -
Soviet Union’s Fatal Flaw Is Repeated Here
Opinion -Even today, almost exactly 20 years after it happened, Westerners asked to explain the rapid collapse of the Soviet Union tend to serve up theories that flatter preconceived ideological biases. -
Getting the Enron Story Straight
Opinion -The stories about the failure of Enron that appeared in The Wall Street Journal of October 17, 2011 missed out on several interesting points in law and economics. -
Democrats Should Stop Protesting and Start Communicating
Opinion -We may never know exactly what happened between Wisconsin Supreme Court justices David Prosser and Ann Walsh Bradley on that infamous day in June in Bradley’s office. -
Democrats Should Stop Protesting and Start Communicating
Opinion -We may never know exactly what happened between Wisconsin Supreme Court justices David Prosser and Ann Walsh Bradley on that infamous day in June in Bradley’s office. -
Obama Hints at New Mortgage Refinance Program; Expect More Failure
Opinion -President Obama apparently has noticed home mortgage interest rates are at or near record lows. Hints from the White House suggest he may soon announce a new mortgage refinancing program for people who owe more on their loans than their houses are worth. -
Obama Hints at New Mortgage Refinance Program; Expect More Failure
Opinion -President Obama apparently has noticed home mortgage interest rates are at or near record lows. Hints from the White House suggest he may soon announce a new mortgage refinancing program for people who owe more on their loans than their houses are worth. -
Democrats Should Stop Protesting and Start Communicating
Opinion -We may never know exactly what happened between Wisconsin Supreme Court justices David Prosser and Ann Walsh Bradley on that infamous day in June in Bradley’s office. -
Clever Words Sustain the Bloated U. S. Government
Opinion -Politicians live on words. They are the politician’s true currency. It’s no secret the currency is debased nearly to worthlessness because politicians so often act in ways that belie their words.Example: Rep. -
Yellowstone Tragedies
Opinion -During July 2011, I visited Yellowstone National Park. It was a month of disasters. A fly fisherman from Iowa was swept away in the rapidly moving Yellowstone River north of the park on July 14 and was later found dead.
