Opinion
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Greater Choice, Satisfaction Would Result from System Reform
Opinion -Excerpt from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, coauthored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, and Joe Barnett. What would life be like in the U.S. -
Energy Price Schemes Helped Doom Bailout Firms
Opinion -Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, two of the highest-profile failures in the ongoing financial system bailout crisis, share a mistake with their disgraced cousin-in-bankruptcy Enron. -
Congress Rejects Conyers Proposal to Criminalize Horse Slaughter
Opinion -Environmental activist groups often propose well-meaning laws that sound good but would ultimately have negative real-world consequences for people and the environment alike. Responding to just such a proposal, the U.S. -
Vouchers Gain Legislative Momentum in Georgia
Opinion -Buoyed by growing participation in his state’s existing school choice programs and with public opinion surveys showing vast support for vouchers, Georgia state Sen. -
Online K-12 Schooling Gaining Popularity
Opinion -Online learning is picking up steam as a viable option for public school students nationwide. -
To Cut Waste, Ban Teachers Strikes
Opinion -One of the more common myths circulated by teacher unions is the need to pay teachers higher salaries if we want to be able to hire enough of them to meet our needs. This is simply not true. -
Hawaii Drops Universal Children’s Health Care Plan
Opinion -An economic downturn and ensuing budget cuts have forced Hawaii to abandon the nation’s first universal health care program for children, Keiki Care, after only seven months. Gov. -
School Choice Is Saving Money in North Carolina
Opinion -School choice is cutting costs for taxpayers in North Carolina, according to a top state official, as parents of more than 169,000 students send their children to nonpublic schools or teach them at home. -
Libraries Pose Systemic Financial Risk?
Opinion -The American Library Association has joined the swelling list of institutions lining up for federal financial crisis handouts. -
No Great Depression II Likely, Profs Say
Opinion -The U.S. economy faces many dangers and uncertainties, but a return to conditions resembling those of the Great Depression of the 1930s does not appear to be on the horizon. -
Special Interests Push for Sports Stadium Subsidies
Opinion -With Washington state facing a projected $3. -
New Indianapolis Stadium May Already Need Bailout
Opinion -Taxpayers in Indiana may already be on the hook for a financial bailout of Lucas Oil Stadium, the new home of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League and reputedly the most heavily subsidized professional sports stadium in the nation. -
Film Companies Enjoy Huge State Tax Incentives
Opinion -The film and television production business is booming in many areas of the country as some 40 states offer the industry tax incentives on everything from catering expenses to studio construction. -
Land-Use Laws Bode Continuing Mortgage Crisis
Opinion -Among the many theories about what caused the housing crisis, the standard line is that more-liberal credit increased demand, which increased prices. -
Maine Voters Repeal Dirigo Tax Increase
Opinion -Voters in Maine will have a slightly smaller tax burden this year after passing a ballot initiative in November repealing a tax increase implemented earlier in the year to fund an expansion of Dirigo Care, the state’s taxpayer-funded health -
Hawaii’s Keiki Crash Offers Lesson for All
Opinion -Hawaii just had a vivid lesson in health care economics, learning that if you offer people insurance for free—surprise, surprise—they’ll quickly drop other coverage to enroll. -
Medicaid Spending to Double by 2017, CMS Officials Say
Opinion -State and federal spending on Medicaid is projected to increase by more than 7.9 percent per year over the next decade under current Medicaid plans, according to a report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Office of the Actuary. -
Obama Pledges to ‘Skyrocket’ Electricity Prices
Opinion -President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to force electricity prices to “skyrocket” and to “bankrupt” any new coal-fired power plants in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -
Grass Roots Oppose Federal ‘Land Grab’ Measure
Opinion -A letter signed by 111 national and state organizations from across the country was delivered to the U.S. Senate on November 10 requesting the Senators join them in opposing the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008. -
Bailout Bill’s Carbon Audit Promises More Pain
Opinion -An ominous carbon audit of the U.S. -
Montanans Want Choice
Opinion -A new survey has raised awareness of public support for school choice in Montana—but lawmakers say legislative success is not likely to come in the near future. -
Nevada Pushes for Single Charter School Authorizer
Opinion -After the Nevada Board of Education ended an eight-month moratorium on new charter schools in early August, the state’s Department of Education is now proposing the legislature create an independent charter school authorizing group in 2009. -
Maine Parents United for School Choice
Opinion -Parents and voters in Orland, a small rural town in northeastern Maine, have decided to preserve their right to school choice through a narrow 671-644 vote. -
Private Options for Mortgage Recovery Offered
Opinion -In an effort to relieve taxpayers of the enormous financial obligations the recent Wall Street bailout involves, economists and other analysts are offering alternatives to government takeovers of troubled loans. Costly Loan Modifications Sheila C.
