Opinion
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Economic Rewards of Dual Tracking
Opinion -Author's note: The current U.S. political environment is unsuitable for implementing a system permitting patients to use late-stage experimental drugs if they choose. -
Clinic Cares for the Uninsured–Without Government Strings
Opinion -Dr. Alieta Eck prefers to practice medicine with as little government involvement as possible, and she sets a good example for those who are concerned about health care for the uninsured. -
Why Not Socialize Legal Care in America?
Opinion -Americans have a curious notion: Everything that's good should be a right, and everything that's bad should be a crime. The notion is probably more appropriate to a three-year-old's worldview than the running of a civilization. -
Wash. Voters Want Discipline, Not Tax Increases
Opinion -Based on the results of the November election, 2007 may go down in history as a year of mini-tax revolt in Washington State. -
Cook County Commissioners Consider New $4 Phone Tax
Opinion -Cook County, Illinois households and businesses could be slapped with a $4 tax on all wireline and wireless phone lines, but local telephone service providers, consumer advocates, and a local utilities watchdog group are slapping back. -
1,750 Illinois State Programs, Zero Up for Consolidation
Opinion -Much of what Illinois state government does remains a mystery to Illinois Auditor General William Holland, who on November 1 reported the state has no master list of programs. His office surveyed state agencies and found about 1,750 programs. -
Gasoline Tax Hikes, Misappropriation Trouble Voters
Opinion -Over the past century, Americans have witnessed a marked increase in mobility through safe and reliable roadways. This improvement has undoubtedly increased the overall quality of life in the United States. -
Property Taxes Stir New Revolt in Utah
Opinion -Utah legislators are facing a serious tax revolt at a time of huge taxpayer-funded surpluses. Before a packed hearing room during a September 19 meeting of the Joint Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee, state Sen. -
Democrats Speak Out on Health Care Plans
Opinion -According to the Democratic presidential candidates, the current U.S. health care system ought to focus more than it does on disease prevention to save billions of dollars in treatment costs. -
Third-Party Payment Is the Main Problem Facing U.S. Health Care
Opinion -In September, the ABC TV program 20/20 ran an hour-long special on health care. -
Book Has Meaty Message, Cheesy Delivery
Opinion -Noble Vision by Gen LaGreca Chicago: Winged Victory Press, 2005 338 pages, hardcover, ISBN 0-9744579-8-1, $27. -
School Administrators Under Fire for Protecting Female Modesty
Opinion -School administrators nationwide are in a quandary about how to deal with the new freak dancing--or “juking”--craze going on at high school dances and proms. -
Teachers Union, Superintendent Demand Court Close Virtual School
Opinion -I represent students and parents who are defendants in Johnson v. -
Dueling Studies Debate Advantages Offered by Private High Schools
Opinion -According to a report from the Center on Education Policy (CEP), a pro-public school think tank, public high schools educate low-income students as successfully as private schools. -
Green Dot Charter Schools Help Revolutionize Los Angeles District
Opinion -When the 2008-09 school year begins this fall, Green Dot Public Schools--an organization that runs 12 small charter schools in some of Los Angeles’s poorest neighborhoods--will turn its attention to a new one, Locke Senior High School in Watts. -
Hispanic Support for School Choice Is High
Opinion -Hoping to secure Latino votes, presidential candidates are talking much about immigration reform. -
Hormesis: A Potential Cure for Chemophobia
Opinion -Medicine, science, and public policy are driven by competing theories about how our bodies react to various substances. The U.S. -
Nevada Teacher Works to Oust NEA
Opinion -A renegade teacher and a rival union are leading charges against one of the National Education Association’s (NEA) largest local affiliates, opening up a legal dispute and a debate over who best represents the interests of teachers. -
New York City Launches Nation’s Largest School Bonus Program
Opinion -New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled a new program designed to reward teachers who increase student achievement at high-needs schools. -
Philanthropy Watchdog Says Choice Donors Do More than Give Money
Opinion -A report by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) offers an inside look at the organizations funding school vouchers and tax credit efforts nationwide. -
School Choice Still Popular
Opinion -Despite the defeats in referenda, school choice advocates point to the movement’s enduring popularity with voters. -
State Rep. Polly Williams Honored at Group’s Fifth Anniversary Benefit
Opinion -The Faith First Educational Assistance Corporation honored Wisconsin state Rep. Annette Polly Williams (D-Milwaukee) at its fifth annual Anniversary Banquet in Philadelphia in early November. -
Voucher Movement Alive and Well Despite Recent Setback in Utah
Opinion -On November 6, the nation’s first statewide universal voucher program was defeated in Utah by a referendum vote. -
In Mortgage ‘Asylum,’ Inmates Are in Charge
Opinion -Your page-one article "Mortgage-Relief Plan Divides Neighbors" (Dec. 17) reveals the continued mismanagement of the economy by the Federal Reserve and the federal government.
