Opinion
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Conn. Passes Controversial Law Mandating Emergency Contraception
Opinion -Deb Heinrich was 18 when an acquaintance raped her. -
Consumer Power Report: To Mandate, Or Not to Mandate
Opinion -Debate is underway within politically conservative circles between those who think people should be forced to buy health insurance coverage and those who think freedom includes the liberty to go without health insurance. -
Cutting Costs or Cutting Corners?
Opinion -As the debate over school size continues, it's up to educators and policymakers to maintain the delicate balance between what's best for students and what's best for the bottom line. -
DDT Is Urgently Needed to Prevent Malaria, Activists Say
Opinion -May 27 marked the 100th birthday of Rachel Carson, author of the 1962 bestseller Silent Spring, a book that significantly influenced the modern environmental movement. -
Experts Warn Against Socialized Health Care
Opinion -A panel convened in Minnesota by a financial consulting service on June 14 called universal health insurance coverage "an economic and moral imperative. -
Florida Law Aims to Curb Childhood Obesity
Opinion -Under a law signed by Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on May 17, Florida elementary schoolchildren will participate in 150 minutes of physical education each week. The law also encourages Florida district school boards to provide 226 minutes of P.E. -
Gardasil’s Dangers, Limitations Are Reported
Opinion -Gardasil, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that several state legislatures are considering mandating girls must receive to attend school, may be more dangerous than consumers have been led to believe, a public-interest group reported in late May. -
How Can We Find the Optimum Regulation for Prescription Drugs?
Opinion -The following is an excerpt from the booklet More Choices, Better Health: Free to Choose Experimental Drugs, by Bartley J. Madden--the third in a several-part series. The complete booklet is also available online at http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm? -
Illinois All Kids Plan Attracts Immigrants
Opinion -Nobody knows exactly how much health care for the children of illegal immigrants costs Illinois taxpayers, but some say it's too much. -
Illinois Seeks to Regulate Retail Clinics
Opinion -As low-cost, convenient retail health clinics grow increasingly popular nationwide, a political backlash against them is gaining momentum. -
Indiana State Fair Bans Trans Fat
Opinion -Indiana State Fair officials announced on June 26 that all food vendors at this year's fair must eliminate trans fat cooking oils from their deep fryers--a first for any such fair nationwide. -
North Carolina Supreme Court Will Decide if Lottery Is Really a Tax
Opinion -The North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments on May 22 in an appeal of a ruling in a lawsuit that argues the state's education lottery is really a tax that lawmakers enacted illegally. -
Politicians Hand More to Public-Sector Unions
Opinion -The expansion of public-sector collective bargaining is happening again, this time in New York and Missouri. -
Retail Clinics Expanding Nationwide
Opinion -One of the leading operators of retail health clinics nationwide, MedBasics, announced on May 22 an agreement with USA Drug to open five additional retail clinics in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee by the end of this year. -
SCHIP Reauthorization Bill Moves Forward
Opinion -On July 19, the U.S. -
School Choice Saves Money, Report Shows
Opinion -An April 2007 report from the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation estimates the 12 voucher and tuition tax credit programs in operation nationwide before the 2006-07 school year will produce a 15-year cost savings of $444 million. -
Schools Spend All They Can Get, Study Shows
Opinion -In conducting a study to determine whether consolidating school districts would save Michigan taxpayers money, a researcher found evidence showing school officials spend as much money as they can. -
‘Sick and Sicker’ to Counter Michael Moore Film
Opinion -If you go to see Michael Moore's new film, Sicko, you will probably leave the theater wondering why nobody ever presents the other side of the story. -
CAFE Battle Rages on Capitol Hill
Opinion -Fuel economy standards are being vigorously debated in Congress. Competing corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards threaten to reduce consumer choice among family vehicles and impose significant new financial and safety costs on U.S. consumers. -
President Right to Question SCHIP Expansion
Opinion -President Bush is right to question a proposed expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program(“Bush: No Deal on Children’s Health Plan,” July 19) for low-income uninsured children. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-9
Opinion -Moral Question A Massachusetts man claims his religious scruples caused him to flunk the state's bar exam. -
Governor Fails to Learn from Experience
Opinion -The Chicago Tribune was correct to point out the problems and failures of plans to expand government-subsidized health insurance programs in California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and other states (“A healthy dose of reality,” July 19). -
Pants Lawsuit Is Symptom of What’s Wrong with Tort System
Opinion -Roy Pearson, the Washington D.C. judge who sued his dry cleaners for $54 million over a lost pair of pants, has become the poster child for frivolous litigation. His notoriety is well-deserved, and his case is important. On June 25, the D.C. -
Discovery Refutes Alarmist Warming Claims
Opinion -As even proponents of global warming concerns admit, the facts about warming and its causes should drive public policy about it. But in declaring the argument "closed," they are finding it increasingly necessary to ignore the facts.
