Opinion
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Trade Group: Don’t Let FCC Regulate Privacy
Opinion -The Interactive Advertising Bureau is urging the Federal Communications Commission to refrain from regulating Web privacy when it reveals its national broadband plan, due in mid-March. Such regulation, says the IAB, could harm innovation on the Internet. -
Unmasking the Global Warming Belief System
Opinion -Climatism: Science, Common Sense, and the 21st Century’s Hottest TopicBy Steve GorehamNew Lenox Books, 2010, 480 pagesISBN-13: 9780982499634If you care about twenty-first century society, you must read Steve Goreham’s new book, Climatism. -
Pipe Corrosion an Avoidable Budget-Buster
Opinion -The public rarely sees piping in government buildings or other infrastructure, but they do see its costs in the taxes they pay, because piping has a significant impact on government budgets. -
Institute of Physics Chastises IPCC Scientists, Calls for Widespread Reforms
Opinion -The Institute of Physics, a worldwide scientific body devoted to increasing the practice, understanding and application of physics, has sent a stinging letter to the British Parliament calling for widespread reforms in the climate science community. -
New Obama Tax Would Cost Connecticut
Opinion -A proposal buried on page 161 of the Obama administration's 2011 budget could cost Connecticut millions of dollars over the next few decades. -
Cigarette Tax Hike Would Harm Illinois
Opinion -Anti-smoking advocates want a $1 per pack hike in Illinois' cigarette tax on top of the 62 cents per pack federal excise tax increase that took effect just last year (Feb. 11, "Anti-smoking group wants another $1-per-pack tax"). -
Oklahoma Seeks Special-Needs Scholarship Program
Opinion -When the Oklahoma Legislature convened on February 1, a bill creating a voucher program for autistic and other special-needs students was on the agenda.The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Jason Nelson (R-Oklahoma City) and state Sen. -
2010 March Environment & Climate News (full text PDF)
Opinion -The March 2010 issue of Environment & Climates News reports that the release of emails and scientific documents from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in Britain has triggered a cascade of revelations that could spell the end of -
Report: Special-Needs Scholarships Save Money
Opinion -Making it easier for Virginia’s parents to place their special-needs children in private school would not only help families faced with the daunting task of paying for the private education and unique services their children’s disabilities -
Virginia, New Jersey Governors Tap School Reformers for Top Positions
Opinion -School reform advocates were thrilled in January when two new GOP governors in New Jersey and Virginia tapped school choice advocates for the top education jobs in their respective states. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-5
Opinion -The American Academy of Pediatrics wants warning labels on hot dogs, carrots, grapes, and apples because kids could choke on them, Associated Press reported. Labels, of course, are a means of avoiding litigation for failure to warn of dangers. -
Oklahoma Seeks Special-Needs Scholarship Program
Opinion -When the Oklahoma Legislature convened on February 1, a bill creating a voucher program for autistic and other special-needs students was on the agenda.The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Jason Nelson (R-Oklahoma City) and state Sen. -
Report: Special-Needs Scholarships Save Money
Opinion -Making it easier for Virginia’s parents to place their special-needs children in private school would not only help families faced with the daunting task of paying for the private education and unique services their children’s disabilities -
Wisconsin Reforms Miss First Race to the Top Deadline
Opinion -The Wisconsin Legislature failed to approve two of several education reforms Gov. Jim Doyle (D) urged to boost the state’s application for $254 million in federal funds by the January 19 deadline. -
Michigan House Reforms Legislators’ Pension Plan
Opinion -The Michigan House of Representatives recently passed a bill to stop covering retirement health care benefits for future legislators age 55 and older, a measure seen as symbolic burden-sharing by the legislature. -
Interview: Government Statistics Hide National Bankruptcy
Opinion -Do you believe everything the government tells you? Economist and statistician John Williams sure doesn't.Williams, who has consulted for individuals and Fortune 500 companies, now uncovers the truth behind the U.S. -
Phony Sales-Tax Reform From Gov. Rendell
Opinion -The proposal by Gov. Rendell to broaden the state's sales tax would make things worse, not better, for the state's economy and budget. There may be an economically sound policy argument for broadening the sales-tax base, but he doesn't make the case. -
TSA Visited Bloggers Who Posted Threat Memo
Opinion -U.S. Transportation Security Administration agents went to the homes of two bloggers after the writers published an unclassified TSA memo outlining new security precautions in the wake of the Christmas Day bombing attempt on a flight over Detroit. -
Pikas Aren’t Endangered, Agency Rules
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied extending endangered species protection to the climate-sensitive American pika, a small, mountain-dwelling mammal. -
Two-Billion-Dollar ‘Stimulus’ Created No U.S. Wind Power Jobs
Opinion -Despite promises that stimulus money directed to the wind power industry would create plentiful "green" jobs for unemployed Americans, the American Wind Energy Association reports no increase in overall U.S. -
Study: High-Tech Tax Subsidies Do Little Good
Opinion -Pennsylvania’s attempts to lure high-tech companies by offering big tax incentives have brought only marginal gains, according to a new study. -
Bipartisan Revolt against EPA’s Proposed Warming Regs
Opinion -Bipartisan groups of legislators in both the U.S. House and Senate are attempting to pass legislation to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed greenhouse gas regulations. -
States Declare Opposition to EPA Proposal
Opinion -In challenging EPA’s proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congressional leaders are following the lead of several states that have mounted their own challenges. -
Saying Bayh to the Third Way
Opinion -The retirement of Indiana Senator Evan Bayh marks the end of an era in national politics—and may be emblematic of what might have been had President Barack Obama chosen a different approach to governance.