Opinion
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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. -
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.
