Opinion
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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. -
Citizens Protest Wind Farm Plan for Maryland
Opinion -Seven hundred Maryland residents showed up at hearings at the state capitol and in western Maryland to protest an industrial wind farm proposal they say would despoil the region's mountaintops. -
Laurel, Maryland Considers Ban on Dry Cleaning Chemical
Opinion -The city of Laurel, Maryland is considering a ban on the most efficient and inexpensive dry cleaning chemical, even as a similar ban in California is chasing dry cleaners there out of business. -
After Parents Protest, Montana Town Cancels Speech by Warming Alarmist
Opinion -Tired of having their children subjected to one-sided assertions regarding a controversial scientific issue, parents in Choteau, Montana convinced their school superintendent to cancel a scheduled January global warming presentation by University of -
Missouri Parents Lobby Hard for Tax Credit Plan
Opinion -After falling short in previous legislative attempts to enact private tuition tax credits in Missouri, reformers are cautiously optimistic about the prospects of a proposal for a program targeted to special-needs students. -
Internet Traffic May Grow 50-Fold by 2015
Opinion -New technologies are dramatically transforming the Internet and could boost Internet protocol (IP) traffic in the United States more than 50-fold within the next decade, according to "Estimating the Exaflood: The Impact of Video and Rich Media on the -
A Needed, but Inadequate, Critique of Antitrust and Reform Proposals
Opinion -The Antitrust Religion By Edwin S. Rockefeller Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 2007 124 pages, $16.95; ISBN-13 978-1933995090 The Antitrust Religion, by Edwin S. Rockefeller, convincingly documents myriad problems with government antitrust policies. -
Burdensome Regulations Kill Kentucky’s Bid for New Business
Opinion -The State of Kentucky recently learned economic development wars between states aren't just about tax incentives. A burdensome regulatory climate can often outweigh any tax advantages. This became clear when Medco Health Solutions Inc. -
Consumers, Industry Battle Back Against Cell Phone Tax Increases
Opinion -Recent evidence suggests state and local policymakers are not getting the message that it is bad tax policy to single out one industry for excessive taxation, and bad economic policy to impose burdensome taxes on an industry that is investing in -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-06
Opinion -I Feel Your Pain ... Now Sign Here The practice of signing up clients for potentially lucrative contingent fee lawsuits when they’re traumatized seems to have reached a new low in south Texas. -
Unions Allowed Back Into Utah’s Payroll System
Opinion -Big Labor struck back against Utah's Voluntary Contributions Act by convincing the state's 10th Circuit Court unions have the right to collect political contributions of members through the state and local payroll systems. -
Property and Casualty Insurance: Massachusetts Ranks Worst in the Nation
Opinion -Consumers in Massachusetts are paying higher premiums for homeowners insurance than necessary thanks to ill-advised regulation, according to a new report card jointly released by The Heartland Institute and Competitive Enterprise Institute. -
Gore Cites False Consensus on Warming
Opinion -Does a consensus among the world's climate scientists exist on the extent of global warming and how serious the threat might be?
