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A Valuable Roadmap for Health Care Solutions
Opinion -Redefining Health Care By Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmstead Teisberg Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2006 385 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 1-59139-778-2, $35 Redefining Health Care is both a rush and a relief. -
Utah Lawmakers Assail Agency’s Buildout Strategy
Opinion -Utah's sales tax-backed statewide fiber-optic backbone is coming under fire over what legislators see as a deliberate shift in strategy to seek new, so-called "green field" fiber-optic buildout contracts in high-end real estate developments at the -
European Court Upholds Microsoft Antitrust Ruling
Opinion -The European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg in September upheld a 2004 European Commission (EC) decision finding Microsoft illegally leveraged its dominance in PC operating systems (OS) when it bundled its Windows Media Player application with its -
Privatization Drives Telecom Growth
Opinion -Regulators and policymakers worldwide must embrace telecommunications competition and privatization to stimulate a sound climate for the growth of broadband and next-generation network (NGN) services, according to a new report from the International -
Broadband Start-Up Targets Small Markets
Opinion -Smaller cities and municipalities need not fear being overlooked for broadband services. -
AT&T Gives Parents Control Over Kids’ Phones
Opinion -Calls at all hours, lasting for hours. Text messages galore. Downloads of ring tones and movies. They all add up to big cell phone bills for tweens and teens--bills in amounts that often shock and dismay the parents who pay for them. -
Structure of Corpus Christi’s Muni Wireless
Opinion -Corpus Christi is one of two cities to which EarthLink remains committed for municipal wireless, the other being Philadelphia, which stands as EarthLink's highly visible entry into the field. -
FCC Rules Cablers Must Provide Analog Signals
Opinion -Digital broadcast television (DTV) is coming on February 17, 2009. -
FCC Eyes Ban on Condo Cable Deals
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering banning exclusive agreements between cable companies and owners of condominiums and apartment buildings, saying the practice closes off competitive choice for individual owners and tenants. -
Who Killed TV’s ‘Family Hour’? Parents Like Me!
Opinion -The nonprofit Parents Television Council (PTC) released a report in September lamenting the supposed death of broadcast television's "family hour. -
Meteorologist Documents Warming Bias in U.S. Temperature Stations
Opinion -New research suggests the temperature stations used to calculate statistics on temperatures in the United States are wrong and show more warming than has actually occurred. -
Black Mayors Oppose Tightening Smog Standards
Opinion -In a hearing before the U.S. -
Wind Power Costs Continue to Rise
Opinion -Environmental issues are not the only dark clouds dimming wind power's appeal. Demand for wind power is driving up the price of wind turbines substantially, further raising the already-high costs of wind-generated power. The U.S. -
Minnesotans Opposed to New Federal Authority
Opinion -Citizens and community leaders across Minnesota are expressing opposition to a Congressional proposal that would expand federal power to regulate local bodies of water. The proposed expansion of the federal Clean Water Act, championed by Rep. -
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 0.7º 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.
