Opinion
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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. -
Microsoft Format Fails in Bid for ISO Approval
Opinion -Microsoft's attempts to compete for state contracts took a hit in early September when it failed to win an open standards designation from a major international standards body for a file format used with its latest line of office software. -
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Santa Barbara Rejects Global Warming ‘Blue Line’
Opinion -The City of Santa Barbara, California rejected a college professor's proposal to paint 68 city streets with a wavy blue line to indicate where global warming alarmists claim future sea levels might be. -
Crandall Canyon Mine Had Very Good Safety Record
Opinion -In the wake of the August 6 coal mine collapse that killed six miners (and later, three rescuers) at Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah, the news media were filled with sensational allegations of a poorly run mine with an even worse safety record. -
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. -
A Strong Case for Limited Government, Self-Reliance
Opinion -America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It By Mark Steyn Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc. 2006 224 pages, hc, $27.95, ISBN: 0-8952-6078-6 I cannot recommend this bestselling book too highly to those who treasure our way of life. -
Americans’ Access to Broadband Grows
Opinion -Some 47 percent of adult Americans said they had some sort of broadband connection at home as of early 2007--a 5 percentage point increase from a year earlier, according to the most recent survey of about 2,200 citizens conducted by the Pew Internet & -
Controversy Surrounds NAS Selection of CAFE Panelists
Opinion -The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is at the center of controversy for its selection of committee members charged with reviewing the nation's Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. -
Corpus Christi Shows Way to Muni Success
Opinion -A successful municipal wireless operation requires top-to-bottom understanding of the applications, costs, and limitations of the technology plus committed buy-in from departmental stakeholders from the earliest phases, Corpus Christi, Texas officials -
‘Disclosure’ Becomes Pharmaceutical Industry Watchword
Opinion -In late August, Boston residents were rocked by a report that insurers were paying local doctors $100 every time they switched a patient from Lipitor to a generic cholesterol-lowering drug--usually without patients knowing why the switch was being -
Federal Investment Tax Change Bill Worries Investors
Opinion -On June 22, Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) introduced a bill (HR 2834) that would drastically alter the taxation of carried interests held by managers of investment funds and real estate ventures.
