Opinion
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Tennessee Smokers Are Under Duress
Opinion -Tom Humphrey captured the angst of Tennessee smokers now being targeted by Department of Revenue agents for buying cheaper cigarettes in neighboring states (“Cigarette Surveillance Program Begins Today,” September 27). -
Soaking Smokers to Fund Child Health Insurance Is All Wet
Opinion -Coverage of the latest partisan deliberations on Capitol Hill about children’s health insurance reveals the futility of expecting sound public policy to emerge from purely political processes (“House Passes Children’s Health -
Schools Lower Standards to Show Progress
Opinion -No Child Left Behind has increased the federal government’s involvement in K-12 education, but at least in its current form it keeps faith with federalism by permitting states to set their own standards and adopt their own tests. -
Congress Taxing Poor People for Middle-Class Votes
Opinion -Richard Wolf captures the essence of political pandering to parents and children of the middle class (“House Passes Kid’s Insurance Bill Despite Veto Threat,” September 26). -
Technologists Misinformed on Global Warming
Opinion -Sascha Segan should stay focused on technology and steer clear of politics and ideology. His October column, “Reduce, Reuse, That’s It,” demonstrates a woeful ignorance of environmental policy issues. -
Spilt Milk, Anchor Babies, High Grocery Bills
Opinion -As we cry over spilt milk and “anchor babies” separated from undocumented parents who are deported, maybe some tears should be shed for our American agriculture policies which subsidize milk production and regulate dairy prices (“A Bust -
Help Mineral Consumers: Deep-Six the Sea Law Treaty
Opinion -The Wall Street Journal announced on August 22 that “U.S. Resistance to Sea Treaty Thaws.” That is bad news, not good news. -
SCHIP Needs to Focus on Children
Opinion -“Schip Legislation: Not good enough” (Sept. 26) fails to address what reauthorizing the State Children’s Health Insurance Program actually means. -
Consumer Power Report #98
Opinion -Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory -
City Governments Scrap Universal WiFi
Opinion -It should be no surprise that many city governments are giving up plans for government-run universal WiFi service. (USA Today, Sept. 21). -
Retailer Misses Job Targets Again
Opinion -For the second year in a row, outdoor retailer Cabela's missed job targets set by its performance contracts with the state of Texas. -
Destroying the Rationale for Government Growth
Opinion -Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't by John Lott Regnery Publishing, Inc. (June 4, 2007) 256 pages, hardcover ISBN 596985062, $27. -
Economic Choices Have Long-Term Consequences
Opinion -Bulls Don't Blush, Bears Don't Die Barry Asmus AmeriPress, 2006 365 pages, $44. -
Science Refutes Fla. Governor’s Climate Alarmism
Opinion -While Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) faces growing opposition to his plans to force greenhouse gas restrictions on Florida citizens, science is calling into question the primary reasons Crist uses to justify his expensive restrictions. -
Louisiana Fails to Approve School Choice Measures
Opinion -Though Louisiana legislators tried to give tax deductions to parents who want to enroll their children in private schools, their efforts fizzled this summer after one bill was vetoed and another was voted down. -
A Valuable Primer for Education Reporters
Opinion -From Contracts to Classrooms: Covering Teachers Unions New York: Hechinger Institute, April 2007 36 pages, paperback download available at http://cms.ceoi.summitqwest.com/assets/hechinger/pdfs/Hechinger_Union_Primer.pdf. -
Social Networks Increase Their Online Security
Opinion -Legislative efforts to make Internet social networking sites safer may be lagging the market's own incentives to do so, experts say. -
Congress Ponders Bills Promoting Telework by Federal Employees
Opinion -Reflecting an effort to fight traffic congestion and conserve fuel in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Congress is crafting legislation that will direct federal agencies to encourage and bolster telecommuting programs for government employees. -
Wherever Ye May Roam …
Opinion -Wireless service providers must provide automatic roaming services to other carriers upon "reasonable request," the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered in August. -
More Freight Rail Could Reduce Road Congestion
Opinion -State and national policymakers are missing an important part of the solution to reducing traffic gridlock: putting more trucks on trains, according to the author of a soon-to-be-released report from The Heartland Institute. -
Court Strikes Down California Video Game Law
Opinion -State efforts to regulate the sale of video games took another hit late this summer when a United States District Court in California granted a permanent injunction against a state law designed to prevent the sale of violent video games to minors. -
Changes to Wiretap Law Stoke Controversy
Opinion -Changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the law that governs wiretapping of communications involving parties outside the country, have come under fire from both technology advocates and free-market analysts. -
What Are They Smoking?
Opinion -Federal tax increases on cigarettes to pay for children’s health insurance shows politicians’ willingness to exploit children while creating more holes in their own operating budgets due to less revenues collected from cigarette smokers( -
We Are Already Behind In Math And Science, So Why Try To Exceed In English?
Opinion -Linda Wertheimer exposes the mediocrity in American academia, which continues to dumb down our next generation of college students (“Many Colleges Ignore SAT Writing Test”, September 20).
