Opinion
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Environmentalists Pour Wrath on Biofuels Mandate
Opinion -(CHICAGO, Illinois - December 4, 2007) - Prominent environmentalists around the world are preparing to battle global warming alarmists at a United Nations conference on climate change taking place in Bali, Indonesia on December 3 to December 12. -
‘Values Education
Opinion -Schools where students learn: Pitts makes the case for successful charter schools as models for excellence in education. -
Massachusetts Governor Hopes to Balance Budget with Casino Gambling
Opinion -Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has rolled the political and economic dice with a new plan to boost state government revenues. In September he announced a proposal to bring three large casinos to Massachusetts. -
Cigarette Tax Rates Are Rising Faster than Revenues
Opinion -Congress voted in late September to reauthorize and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), with $35 billion in new funding to come from an increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco. President George W. -
Little Money Would Go to Kids’ Health
Opinion -Proponents of Measure 50, which would put a cigarette tax into the Oregon constitution to fund children's health insurance, contend the measure will boost Oregon's anti-smoking programs and will provide "100,000 children under the age of 19 with access -
Minnesota Disclosure Law Sparks Controversy
Opinion -A law passed in 2006 requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose financial connections to Minnesota medical practitioners is stirring controversy in the state's medical community. -
Experts Praise SCHIP Veto
Opinion -Paul J. Gessing, president of the Rio Grande Foundation, says it's a welcome change: "I'd take the big-picture view that it is great news that President Bush has decided, even if belatedly, to embrace fiscal conservatism. -
Proposed Interstate Compact Would Lower Costs, Uninsurance Rates in Maine
Opinion -On September 7, The Maine Heritage Policy Center released a model bill it says would lower health insurance and health care costs statewide by making a greater range of insurance products available to the state's residents. -
Critics Raise Questions Over Textbook Accuracy in California
Opinion -Is the Rio Grande California's southern border? Not likely, since the river never comes close to the Golden State. -
Wisconsin Covenant Lacks Needed Structure, Funding
Opinion -A new Wisconsin program designed to raise college awareness and opportunity has prompted a partisan clash over funding and priorities. The first year's student signers of the Wisconsin Covenant started ninth grade this fall with Gov. -
Prof. Spreads False Warming Stories
Opinion -University of Montana forestry professor Steven Running has interjected himself into the global warming debate by actively lobbying for expensive greenhouse gas restrictions and criticizing those who oppose his view. -
Public Policy World Shocked by Death of John Berthoud
Opinion -On September 27 the public policy community lost one of its most brilliant and capable leaders when 45-year-old John Berthoud passed away unexpectedly due to natural causes. -
Chicago-Area Transit Band-Aids Won’t Stop the Bleeding
Opinion -Hemorrhaging red ink, the Chicago-area mass transit system has avoided yet another threatened "doomsday" of fare increases and service cuts ... by borrowing against future revenues and digging itself a deeper hole. As Illinois Gov. -
Ohio Attorney General Says Charters Violated Charitable Trust Laws
Opinion -Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann (D) has taken action against three underperforming charter schools in the Dayton area. -
Does Government Funding = Government Strings?
Opinion -A common argument against public funding of parental choice of K-12 education is the claim it would result in government regulations harmful to nongovernment schools. -
North Carolina’s Site-Based School Management Program Is Faulted
Opinion -A site-based management program implemented in Wake County, North Carolina gives school principals too much power, according to a comprehensive investigation by a team of independent auditors. -
Evolution of a Big-Government Nightmare
Opinion -Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education By Neal P. McCluskey Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 209 pages, $19. -
Small Districts in Maine Outperform Larger Ones
Opinion -A report released by The Maine Heritage Policy Center on October 23 finds bigger school systems may be cheaper to run but the state's smallest school districts outperform them. The report, "Is Bigger that Much Better? -
Gore Film Is Partisan, Riddled with Errors, U.K. Court Rules
Opinion -Former Vice President Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth, is partisan, political, and riddled with misleading exaggerations and factual, a British High Court ruled. -
New England Ozone Levels Are Improving
Opinion -The number of days on which ozone levels in New England states exceeded federal standards continued a long-term decline this year, according to information released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on October 1. -
Heritage Act Targets Private Property
Opinion -Property rights supporters rallied in opposition to a proposed law that would increase federal government power over private lands. -
Antarctic Sea Ice Sets Records in Oct.
Opinion -Antarctic sea ice set a new record in October 2007, as photographs distributed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed penguins and other cold-weather creatures able to stand farther north on Southern Hemisphere sea ice than has -
Anatomy of a Fake Consensus
Opinion -The August 13 issue of Newsweek featured an article on its front cover titled "Global Warming Is a Hoax. -
Idaho Governor Lobbying Hard for Nuclear Power
Opinion -Pointing out that solar and wind power are heavily subsidized and expensive, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (R) is stumping across the state for nuclear power.