Opinion
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Consumer Power Report #85
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 -
Media Statement: Heartland Senior Fellow Supports FTC Staff Report on Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy
Opinion -(Chicago IL - June 27, 2007) Today, the Federal Trade Commission released a report on guidelines that may be used in the regulation of broadband Internet access and network neutrality: http://www.ftc.gov/reports/broadband/v070000report.pdf. -
Smoking Ban Discounts Individual Liberties
Opinion -In the June 26 article, “Senate Acts to Curb Phila. Smoking Ban,” Sen. Charles Mcllhinney (R- Bucks) was spot on when he stated that a statewide smoking ban “should not discount individual liberties. -
Subprime Lending Needs No Further Regulation
Opinion -Your article “Deed Trouble” (June) gives a balanced description of the subprime lending situation in Minnesota and other states. However, the article’s call for more regulation is misguided. -
Why Won’t Al Gore Debate?
Opinion -CHICAGO, IL: In recent months, former vice president Al Gore has become the world’s most recognized advocate of the theory that human greenhouse gas emissions are altering the world’s climate and could cause catastrophic damage if not -
U.S. Supreme Court Rules DC Gun Ban Is Unconstitutional: Experts Comment
Opinion -The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution codifies the inherent human right to "keep and bear arms" for self-defense. -
Welfare By Any Other Name Won’t Save Rural Black America
Opinion -The Chicago Tribune recently ran a Washington Post story about USDA racism in its allocation of farm assistance resources in Mississippi (“Racial disparity found in aid to stricken state,” June 20). -
Media Statement: EPA Proposed Rule Changes Standard With Little Public Benefit
Opinion -(June 22, 2007 Chicago, IL) On June 21, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to release a proposed rule recommending the eight-hour ozone standard be lowered from its current 85 parts-per-billion (ppb) to a range of 70-75 ppb nationwide. -
Utah: Ground Zero for School Choice
Opinion -Howard S. Rich makes a good point about the coalition-building value of school choice supporters going after big wins instead of incremental ones. (“School-Choice Strategy,” weekend edition). -
Welfare Reform Success Fails in Wisconsin
Opinion -Your article “Court Setback for Wisconsin Welfare Reform” (June 19, 2007) reminds us that important public policy decisions do not belong in the hands of judges. -
Poverty, Not Policy Deters Saving Among Poor
Opinion -The editorial “When a Penny Saved Is Taxed” is correct to point out that incentives matter. Surely there are ways the tax code can be altered to encourage saving among lower-income individuals--and everybody else. -
Patient/Doctor Choice Will End FDA Monopoly
Opinion -Dear Editor:Scott Gottlieb justifiably yearns for a return to patient/doctor control of medical treatment. His June 19 article, “Uncle Sam, M.D.,” points out the fundamental problem with FDA. -
Ethanol Not Viable Alternative to Gasoline
Opinion -Dear Editor: “Ethanol Producers Expect Consolidation” (June 18) illustrates just a few of the problems with large-scale ethanol production. A poor harvest can send prices soaring with little warning. -
State Law Restricts Charter School Admissions
Opinion -Dear Editor: Jamie Berndt asks, “What do we do with the kids who are not accepted by private schools and charter schools ... ?” [“Letter: Tolerant schools,” June 20] It is a popular misconception that charter schools have selective admissions. -
Local Land Use Causes Glacier Retreat in Africa
Opinion -An article in the July-August issue of American Scientist sheds an important new light on the May 23 Dispatch article regarding the global warming presentation by Al Gore followers at York College. -
Daley Just Talks the Talk
Opinion -Dear Editor: “Daley’s city not so ‘green’” (June 18) illustrates the difference between talking the talk and walking the walk regarding greenhouse gases. -
The Retreat of Kilimanjaro
Opinion -Dear Editor: As someone who hopes to visit Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro someday, I really enjoyed your May 15 article on David Boone’s trip to Kilimanjaro. The article did an excellent job of conveying Kilimanjaro’s beauty and Mr. -
Should FDA Regulate Tobacco Products?
Opinion -Proposals to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory control over tobacco are getting a serious hearing in Washington these days. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, sponsored by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and Rep. -
Ethanol Not Viable Alternative to Gasoline
Opinion -Dear Editor: “Ethanol Producers Expect Consolidation” (June 18) illustrates just a few of the problems with large-scale ethanol production. A poor harvest can send prices soaring with little warning. -
Time to End FDA’s Killing Ways
Opinion -Forever etched in golf fans' memories is not the remarkable 65 shot by Tom Watson in the first round of the 2003 U.S. Open, but the courage of his caddy, Bruce Edwards. -
NASA Global Warming Soap Opera Takes Dramatic New Twist
Opinion -The NASA global warming soap opera heated up again May 31 with another plot twist that would have viewers shaking their heads in disbelief if it were a fictitious television program. -
Energy Bill Requires Scientific Fact, Not Courage
Opinion -Dear Editor: The lead editorial in the June 14 Washington Post [“The Senate Energy Bill”] contains several misguided statements, but the one that made me re-read a few times says, “What Congress should do is find the courage to put a price on carbon -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-7
Opinion -Beating Up on Taxpayers It's a classic rite of passage into manhood. Schoolyard bully beats up boy. Boy develops muscle and courage. Boy beats up bully. Justice triumphs. But in 2007, it's the school, and ultimately taxpayers, who get beat up. -
Media Statement: Arizona School Voucher Programs Ruled Constitutional
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - June 14, 2007) On Wednesday, June 13 an Arizona Superior Court judge ruled the state's 2006 special-needs and foster-care voucher programs constitutional.