Opinion
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Prominent Canadian Economist Offers a Temperature-Linked Carbon Tax Plan
Opinion -Ross McKitrick, a professor of economics at Canada's University of Guelph, has proposed a conditional carbon tax he hopes will break a global warming policy stalemate. -
The Year the Global Warming Hoax Died
Opinion -When did the global warming hoax die? Historians are likely to pinpoint 2007. -
Skeptics Shed Needed Light on Truth
Opinion -When global warming alarmists condemn skeptics as "deniers," that is an unscientific and socially dangerous characterization. Skeptics are not the enemy. On the contrary, they are crucial to science because they help us search for truth. -
Our Moderate Climate Crisis
Opinion -Ours is a truly strange global warming crisis. The warming has been only about 0.7ยบ C, spread over 150 years. Our ancestors lived through much more dramatic climate changes. -
Improving Human Health and Safety through Elimination of Insect Pests
Opinion -I live in a log home deep in the woods of Ohio. It is a beautiful place we must share with countless insidious insects that would threaten the very foundation of our home, its superstructure, and our personal health if we let them. -
Mystery Science 90210
Opinion -Parts Per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School by Joy Horowitz Viking Adult, 2007 442 pages, $25.95, ISBN 978-0670037988 available through Amazon.com "The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School" is a provocative yet clear title. -
Drivers, Taxpayers Steaming Over New Virginia Fees, Taxes
Opinion -The summer driving season has drawn to a close, but the political heat wave over Virginia's new "abusive driver" fees and transportation taxes shows little sign of abating. -
Pharmacies Fear Coming Change to Medicaid Reimbursement Rule
Opinion -Neighborhood pharmacy owners are paying close attention to federal legislation making its way through Congress that many say could make or break their businesses. -
New Medicare Rule on Specialty Hospitals Will Hurt Patients, Doctors, Experts Say
Opinion -A stringent new Medicare rule barring doctors from referring patients to specialty hospitals in which they have a financial stake has some experts crying foul. -
GAO Predicts Huge State, Local Budget Deficits
Opinion -State and local governments will have to raise taxes 17 percent or cut spending 14 percent to keep their operating budgets in balance over the next decade, according to a report issued July 18 by the federal Government Accountability Office. -
More U.S. Households Are Now Wireless-Only than Landline-Only
Opinion -Wireless devices have surpassed landline phones as the favored voice calling system in the United States. Surveys of U.S. users conducted earlier this year by Mediamark Research Inc. -
Choosing a Regulatory Model
Opinion -With the emergence of next-generation networks (NGN), regulators must decide whether to implement an ex post regulatory model or maintain ex ante regulation. -
Washington Governor Forces Wind Farm Over Local Objections
Opinion -Residents of Kittitas County, Washington are expressing their outrage at Gov. Christine Gregoire's (D) September 18 decision to overrule county officials and allow 65 new, towering wind turbines to be built on hillsides surrounding the town of Ellensburg. -
Montana Task Force Weighs the Evidence For and Against Global Warming Theory
Opinion -The Montana Environmental Quality Council, a bipartisan committee consisting of the governor, state legislators, and members of the general public, convened on September 13 at the state capitol to weigh the evidence regarding global warming. -
China Balks at Proposed Ozone Timetable
Opinion -The Bush administration is proposing to speed up the timetable for phasing out chemicals alleged to contribute to ozone thinning in the upper atmosphere, but it is encountering stiff opposition from China and other developing nations. -
Charity Rejects U.S. Food Aid to Protest Farm Bill
Opinion -One of the world's largest charities has rejected millions of dollars of U.S. government financing because of its objections to U.S. farm policies. -
Treasury Dept. Conference Highlights Need for Corporate Tax Reform
Opinion -The U.S. Treasury Department held a conference July 26 regarding the growing uncompetitiveness of the U.S. corporate tax system. Scholars and heads of large corporations have been pointing out the serious problems with the U.S. -
Texas Legislates Medical Price Transparency
Opinion -Texas passed legislation in June that will require health care providers to give consumers statewide greater access to price information for medical services and billing procedures. -
New Jersey Proving it Can Overtax Economic Activity
Opinion -New Jersey has secured another dubious distinction. It is the first state in the nation to experience a decline in cigarette tax revenues after increasing the cigarette tax. This fact illustrates it is possible to overtax an economic activity. -
Record Overtime Session Brings Lawsuit, Insults to Illinois Legislature
Opinion -September saw Illinois lawmakers move into their fourth month of overtime in a budget battle that has included a lawsuit filed by the governor against the Speaker of the House, almost $500 million in vetoes that critics say were brazenly political, and -
Santa Barbara Defends Its Property Values Against Global Warming ‘Art’
Opinion -Even in Santa Barbara, California--arguably the birthplace of the modern environmental movement--environmentalists can go too far. -
New Jersey Defies President on SCHIP
Opinion -Though the conflict between President George W. -
Illinois Smoking Ban Goes into Effect January 1
Opinion -Smoking is no longer allowed in Illinois--at least, not in public. On July 23, Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) signed a statewide public smoking ban. -
Providing Health and Safety through Insect Elimination
Opinion -I live in a log home deep in the woods of Ohio. It is a beautiful place we must share with countless insidious insects that would threaten the very foundation of our home, its superstructure, and our personal health if we let them.