Opinion
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Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-08
Opinion -Plunder Road A Philadelphia traffic court judge is charged with bringing his office into “disrepute,” but not because he’s piled up 55 traffic tickets leading to fines of $11,427. -
California Decision Has Roots in Age-Old Bias against Homeschooling
Opinion -Though California's constitution guarantees citizens freedom, independence, and privacy, the state regularly invades those rights--albeit with the consent of the governed. But don't tread on homeschoolers. -
Wyoming Charter School Proposal Falls One Vote Short in Legislature
Opinion -A bill to allow greater freedom to establish charter schools in Wyoming fell one vote short of approval by the state House Budget Committee on February 14. House Bill 152, sponsored by state Rep. -
College Awareness Ad Campaign Takes its Message Directly to Kids
Opinion -According to a report released in March by the Consortium on Chicago School Research, only half the students in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system who have aspired to attend four-year colleges since 2004 have done what it takes to get there, largely -
The Health Fork: Why Government-Centered Reforms Don’t Work
Opinion -Do you think it's possible to demonstrate with a single graph the fallacy behind every wrong-headed solution to the problem of rising health care costs? See the accompanying figure. -
Outdated Employee Benefits Law Needs Revision, Not Further Judicial Interpretation
Opinion -The recent decision of a three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. -
A Plan for Real Health Reform
Opinion -Excerpted from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, and Pamela Villarreal. Part 3. Five reforms could solve the problems of cost, quality, and access in health care. -
Banks Offer Health Savings Accounts to Meet Customer Demand
Opinion -Customers have been asking financial institutions for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and according to a survey conducted by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services (WKFS), banks and credit unions are beginning to respond to those requests. -
Kansas Legislature Was Wise to Reject Carbon Tax
Opinion -The Kansas Legislature has wisely written a proposed tax on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions out of this year’s energy legislation. That’s the good news. -
Climate Change Conference Invigorates Global Warming Debate
Opinion -The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, hosted by The Heartland Institute and more than 50 cosponsors, brought together more than 500 attendees and 100 expert speakers presenting the message that global warming is not a crisis. -
Utah Legislature Aims to Protect Land Use Rights
Opinion -Both houses of the Utah state legislature have registered their opposition to proposals by environmental activist groups to have the federal government lock away more than 9 million acres of public lands in Utah. -
Seattle Imposes Stricter Mandate for Recycling
Opinion -The City of Seattle has announced a new program requiring residents to increase recycling of food scraps, plastics, and other materials not currently covered in the city's recycling mandate. -
Momentum to Continue
Opinion -In his concluding remarks at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change hosted by The Heartland Institute and more than 50 cosponsors, Heartland President Joseph Bast laid out an agenda for future collaboration. -
Kentucky Bills Would End Moratorium on Nuclear Power Plant Construction
Opinion -Three Kentucky legislators have introduced legislation in the state House and Senate to end a 25-year moratorium on nuclear power plant construction in the state. -
California Science Requirements
Opinion -Sixth graders in California are supposed to learn about hard science in their science classes. -
California State Senate Approves New Global Warming Curriculum
Opinion -Climate change issues would become a required part of the public school curriculum and textbooks in California under legislation recently approved by the state Senate. -
Low-Income Groups Fight California Global Warming Law
Opinion -Low-income community groups in five California cities have launched a statewide campaign against any global warming regulation that allows industries to trade carbon emissions, saying it would amount to "gambling on public health. -
Southern Baptists: Our Position on Global Warming Was Misrepresented
Opinion -The Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative has issued a Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change that global warming activists are using to give the false impression of a major split among Southern Baptists over global warming. -
Georgia Legislators Propose New School Choice Programs
Opinion -If legislators and parent activists succeed in passing two key pieces of legislation, Georgia--which for decades offered few options for parents to determine the best schools for their children--may quickly become the state with the most private school -
California Court to Reconsider Homeschooling
Opinion -California's Second Appellate District Court of Appeals touched off a firestorm when it issued an opinion that parents have no right to homeschool their own children--a firestorm so great that on March 25, a full month after issuing its decision, the -
Florida Committee Chairman Seeks to Expand Voucher Program
Opinion -A Florida lawmaker says unmet student needs and a tight budget call for expansion of an established school choice program targeted at families in poverty. State Sen. -
Federal Education Budget Becomes Focus of Debate
Opinion -Budget resolutions passed by the U.S. Senate and House include significant boosts for education spending in FY 2009. Both budget resolutions were passed in March largely along party-line votes. -
Missouri Fire District Finds Success in HSAs
Opinion -A fire district in St. Louis County, Missouri has shattered the myth that tax increases are the only way to cure health care ills in the public sector by setting its 2008 health care budget at its lowest cost since 1999. -
Florida Improves Test Results in Key Areas, Student Subgroups
Opinion -A leading education researcher says a closer look at national test scores makes the case for other states to follow the reform programs implemented in Florida by former Gov. Jeb Bush (R). Dr.