Opinion
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IT Deregulation Is Key to Economic Growth
Opinion -Bret Swanson of the Progress & Freedom Foundation and George Gilder of the Discovery Institute predict the U.S. Internet of 2015 will be at least 50 times larger than it was in 2006. -
Experts Say ‘Demand-Side’ Policies Needed to Close the Broadband Gap
Opinion -Current broadband policy is directed too much toward infrastructure development at the expense of demand-side initiatives that prove better at closing the gap in broadband adoption between the general population and certain demographics, particularly -
Crime Concerns Spur St. Louis Sales Tax Hike
Opinion -Voters in St. Louis have approved a half-cent sales tax increase to fund firefighter and police pensions and place more police officers on the streets. -
Tax Hikes Often Fail to Generate Expected Revenues
Opinion -State lawmakers are increasingly turning to tobacco taxes to balance state budgets and, they say, fund public health programs. -
January Weather Was Exceptionally Cold, Snowy
Opinion -January 2008 has been an exceptional month for winter weather, not only in North America but across the globe, according to numerous indicators. -
Climate Change Policy Must Encourage Innovation
Opinion -Participants at the United Nations climate change conference last December in Bali produced a roadmap for future negotiations and an agreement to complete by 2009 negotiations for a post-Kyoto climate change agreement. -
Baltimore Is Paying High School Students to Study
Opinion -The Baltimore school system has joined the ranks of districts experimenting with a controversial pay-based incentive plan to improve student test scores--but this time, it's not for teachers. -
School Choice Is Benefiting All Ohio Students
Opinion -In the past three years, more than 1,000 families throughout Youngstown, Ohio have taken advantage of the state's open-enrollment law, charter schools, and new statewide voucher program for students in chronically failing schools. -
Curricular Standards and Parental Choice Are Fully Compatible
Opinion -The idea of a split in the school choice movement has fascinated the mainstream media recently. -
Excessive, Discriminatory Taxes on Wireless Hurt Consumers, Business, and U.S. Economy
Opinion -Just as road and railroad building were critical to the economic viability of towns, cities, and states in the 1800s and 1900s, the data rates and carrying capacities of telecommunications links are equally critical to a community's being and remaining -
Switch to Digital Television Causing Confusion
Opinion -The federally mandated national changeover to digital television is less than a year away, meaning the end of analogue broadcast signals and more demand among consumers for digital programming. -
Cigars Would Be Cigarettes; Hard Lemonade a Distilled Spirit
Opinion -To raise more revenue, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) proposes redefining little cigars as cigarettes and "hard" lemonade and other flavored alcohol drinks as liquor instead of beer. -
Activists Sue to Block ESA Wolf Delisting
Opinion -Environmental activist groups have filed suit to block a federal government plan to allow state management of wolf populations in the Northern Rocky Mountain region. -
Science Organizations’ ‘Consensus’ Statements Do Not Reflect Members’ Views
Opinion -The American Geophysical Union, the world's largest organization representing earth and space scientists, has issued a new statement on the causes and consequences of recent climate change and possible responses. -
College Students Take Issue with Bottled Water
Opinion -College students across the nation celebrated Valentine's Day by kicking off a celebrity-judged "I Heart Tap Water" student video contest. -
Wisconsin’s Virtual Schools Could Close this Summer
Opinion -The Wisconsin State Senate has voted to limit the number of students allowed to enroll in the state's 18 virtual charter schools, after Gov. Jim Doyle (D) promised to veto any virtual schools legislation that did not include such an amendment. -
Georgia Legislature Considers New Help for Charter Schools
Opinion -Georgia charter schools--which are public schools of choice--must be approved by a local school board or the Georgia Board of Education, but that might change if a bill passed by the state House of Representatives on January 31 becomes law. -
Milwaukee Voucher Program Students More Likely to Graduate than Others
Opinion -A new report documents a significant difference in graduation rates between low-income Milwaukee children using vouchers and those enrolled in Milwaukee Public Schools. -
‘Cloud Computing’ Is Changing Web
Opinion -"Cloud computing" is becoming an increasingly popular term, but many people aren't quite sure what it means. It refers to an important and long-term trend: computing over the Internet. -
Net Neutrality and Spectrum Auctions
Opinion -The just-completed FCC auction of key 700 MHz spectrum has generated intense controversy in the past months, and more than its fair share of political infighting and surprises. -
To Strengthen State Economies, Ease Tax Burden on Wireless
Opinion -Wireless consumers continue to pay excessive and burdensome state and local taxes on their wireless service, even though economists and policymakers agree there is no rational economic basis for excessive taxation of the industry and its consumers. -
Missouri Bill Would Allow Voters to Cut Tax Rates
Opinion -Legislation that would permit a fire protection district's board of directors to place a proposed tax rate cut before voters has been introduced in the Missouri legislature by state Rep. Walt Bivins (R-Oakville). -
Bush Offers Record Budget of More than $3 Trillion
Opinion -One sign of how rapidly government spending has been growing in recent years is the $3.1 trillion federal budget President George W. Bush introduced in February. When Bush took office in 2001, the federal budget was under $2 trillion. -
Alaska Is Latest of Several States to Post Government Spending Online
Opinion -Alaska has become the latest in a string of states to boost government spending transparency by posting information online. Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has announced the state has put its check register online.