Opinion
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Hurricane Intensity Trends Are Natural, Not Manmade
Opinion -Florida has the dubious distinction of holding several not-so-enviable records when it comes to hurricane strength, frequency, deaths, and damages. -
Geo-Engineering Seen as a Practical, Cost-Effective Global Warming Strategy
Opinion -Geo-engineering the Earth's atmosphere with reflective aerosols presents the most cost-effective and reliable means of keeping the Earth's temperature within a desirable range, David Schnare, senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Thomas -
Inefficiencies Deter Widespread Use of Solar Power
Opinion -This article is the third in a series outlining technological and economic obstacles to the widespread use of solar power. -
Book Explains Why the Good Old Days Are Now
Opinion -It's Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years By Stephen Moore and Julian Simon Cato Institute, 2001 293 pages, $29. -
AT&T Battles Attorney General’s Ruling on U-verse Video Service
Opinion -A Connecticut Superior Court is considering an AT&T appeal of contradictory state policy decisions that kept the telecom company from using a legal fast-track for introduction of U-verse, an Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) service. -
Michigan Legislature Approves Income Tax Hike, New Sales Tax
Opinion -In the early morning hours of October 1, while Michigan's state government was officially in the process of shutting down for lack of a legal budget, a few Republicans essentially capitulated and gave Democrat Gov. Jennifer Granholm a $1. -
Oregon Voters May Put Cigarette Tax Hike into Constitution Permanently
Opinion -Taxpayers in Oregon are faced with an unprecedented measure on the November 6 ballot. Measure 50 would permanently place a tobacco tax increase into the state constitution. -
Unions’ 2006 Campaign Money Buys Legislative Attention for Big Labor
Opinion -The State of Labor 2007 report by the Labor Policy Center of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation notes Big Labor's heavy investment in the Democratic Party's takeover of Congress in the 2006 elections has succeeded in buying attention from lawmakers. -
A Primer on the Economics of Carbon Taxes and Cap-and-Trade Systems
Opinion -The two most prominently mentioned schemes for curtailing carbon dioxide emissions are carbon taxes and a cap-and-trade system. There are pros and cons to each. Cap-and-Trade Shortcomings The trading of carbon credits is troublesome. -
Missouri Taxpayers Defeat Billion-Dollar School Lawsuit
Opinion -Three members of the board of directors of the Show-Me Institute, a free-market think tank, helped make Missouri the latest state to strike down a lawsuit claiming inadequate funding for education. -
New Jersey Returns Some Control to Newark
Opinion -Newark's public schools took their first steps back to local control in mid-October when the state Board of Education approved a resolution to return limited management power to the district after more than a decade of state control. -
NCLB Reauthorization Stalls on Capitol Hill
Opinion -The Bush administration and Congressional Democrats continue to pledge their commitment to seeing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorized during the 110th Congress. -
Report Asks: Should Super-Rich School Districts Receive State Aid?
Opinion -An October report by a respected budgetary watchdog group in New York has shed light on enormous differences in local wealth available to support public education. -
Teacher Sexual Misconduct Runs Rampant in U.S. Public Schools
Opinion -A seven-month investigation by The Associated Press revealed a disturbing amount of sexual misconduct by schoolteachers--usually toward students--in American schools. -
Return of Control Does Not Mean Newark Public Schools Are Improving
Opinion -While the state of New Jersey decided in October to return some control of schools to the Newark School District, one expert says the move doesn't necessarily mean student achievement is rising. -
Do Rural Telecom Subsidies Slow Broadband Growth?
Opinion -After a day at the annual Rural Telecom Conference, or Rural TeleCon, advocates of free-market policies had reason to emerge downcast. -
FCC Set to Revisit Cross-Ownership of Media
Opinion -The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is floating several proposals for changing certain media ownership rules in the United States. -
Congress Seeks ‘Bill of Rights’ for Wireless Users
Opinion -Under fire from consumer action campaigns and political pressures, Congress is considering legislation calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate terms of wireless user contracts, including early termination fees (ETF) and other -
RICO Suits Treat Companies Like Gangsters
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court in October refused to review a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing a RICO suit against Microsoft and Best Buy to proceed in civil court. -
Microfinance Gets Online Presence
Opinion -A San Francisco-based Internet start-up is shaking up the microfinance world by offering online loans from individual volunteers. -
Pharmacy Reimbursement Bill Stalls in Congress
Opinion -Community pharmacy owners nationwide watched with concern this autumn as U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) delayed scheduling hearings for federal legislation that may make or break their businesses' future. -
Study Identifies States’ Health Policy Reform Successes … and Mistakes
Opinion -On September 4, a public policy research group in Kansas released a study showing which health care reforms are--and are not--working in other states. -
Cancer Society Turns Ad Campaign Toward Politics
Opinion -Faces of Americans flash across the television screen as a narrator says, "This is what a health care crisis looks like to the American Cancer Society: People with cancer but without insurance, countless others with insurance, just not enough to cover