Opinion
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Principles of State Health Care Reform
Opinion -Excerpted from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, and Pamela Villarreal. -
Over Time, Nuclear Power Skeptic Becomes Advocate
Opinion -Power to Save the WorldBy Gwyneth CravensKnopf, 2007464 pages, $27. -
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fall in U.S., Rise in Europe
Opinion -Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States fell by 1.8 percent in 2006, compared to a 0.3 percent increase in emissions in the European Union (EU), according to newly released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. -
Scientists Recommend Stronger Action to Decrease Bird Kills
Opinion -After years of trying to get wind farm operators to act voluntarily to reduce bird deaths at the Altamont Pass, California wind farm, environmental groups have filed multiple lawsuits in an effort to change the way the plant operates. -
Emissions Trading, Carbon Taxes–or Fuhgetaboutit?
Opinion -Tony Soprano, the celebrated television philosopher, has the right answer: "Fuhgetaboutit." Other, less-distinguished policy analysts are divided between emissions trading and a carbon tax to deal with the possibility of global warming. -
Prediction: Arizona Tax Credit Program Will Stand
Opinion -The plaintiffs in Winn v. -
Mo. Legislature Takes Up Education Reform Bills
Opinion -Two education bills filed in Missouri during the 2008 legislative session offered a striking contrast between bottom-up school reform approaches emphasizing parental choice and top-down policies that further increase the government's role in education. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-05
Opinion -Flight Risk A man prevented from parachuting off the Empire State Building last year by the building’s security guards is suing the building owners for $30 million for unlawfully imprisoning him and causing him emotional distress. -
Greenpeace: A Long History of Poor Judgment
Opinion -Greenpeace Internationals' Cool Farming report is just the latest in a long line of claims by the organization that have proven unwise and incorrect. -
Virtual Schools Win Support of Wisconsin Parents, Children
Opinion -Parents, children, school choice advocates, and some lawmakers in Wisconsin are banding together in an effort to keep a choice option available to the state's families after a controversial state court decision. -
Special-Needs Scholarships Bill Is Moving Ahead in Ohio
Opinion -Most parents of children with special learning needs have few educational choices. They can make use of the services offered by their local public school or, if they are financially well-off, can send them to a private provider of special-needs education. -
Improving Graduation Rates Can Cut Crime
Opinion -Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and other local law enforcement leaders have unveiled a report linking low graduation rates with violent crimes such as homicide and aggravated assault. -
Supreme Court Backs Railroad, Throws Out Tax Assessment
Opinion -In a decision establishing stronger protection for railroads from discriminatory state taxes, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of CSX Transportation, a national railroad company that was hit with a huge jump in property taxes in Georgia. -
High Taxes Drive People and Jobs Out of States
Opinion -Just as nations compete economically, so do the individual states within the United States. In fact, states are much more likely to lose jobs and people to other states than to other nations. -
Altamont Pass Settlement Fails to Reduce Bird Kills
Opinion -A January 2007 settlement agreement intended to reduce the number of bird deaths from wind turbines at Altamont Pass, California is failing, scientists report. -
Bedbugs Taking A Bite Out of New Yorkers
Opinion -New York City is feeling the biting effects of anti-chemical laws as a bedbug epidemic has infested every part of the city. The city received 7,000 bedbug infestation complaints in 2007, more than 10 times the number recorded as recently as 2004. -
EPA Dodged a Bullet … For Now
Opinion -Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began drafting a proposed rule that would simultaneously implement President George W. -
Federal Court Hears Challenge to Arizona Tax Credit Program
Opinion -The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard a three-year-old challenge to Arizona's individual tax credit scholarship program in late January, but gave no indication as to when it might render a decision. -
New Jersey Lawmakers Revamp the State’s School Funding Formula
Opinion -New Jersey is changing the state's formula for dispersing education funds, news heralded by advocates of education reform, and increased annual school funding by more than a half-billion dollars. -
NEA Gave $12 Million to Advocacy Groups
Opinion -If you ran a liberal political, advocacy, or research organization and you went to the National Education Association last year with your hand out, chances are good you came away with a fistful of dollars. -
2006 ISO Fix Penalizes Productivity, Skilled Work
Opinion -A provision of the 2006 legislation addressing unintended tax penalties on incentive stock options (ISOs) under the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) is proving counterproductive, because it limits overpayment refunds to employees with incomes above AMT -
A Look at Rich States, Poor States
Opinion -Rich States, Poor States, by Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore, ranks states' economic competitiveness based on policies that have been shown to cause people and investment capital to move into and out of states. -
AMT ‘Patch’ Saves Millions from Higher Taxes
Opinion -Federal income tax refunds for millions of taxpayers could be delayed this year, but higher income tax bills for millions of taxpayers will be avoided as a result of Congressional action to "patch" the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).