Opinion
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Crist Misrepresents Science on Global Warming
Opinion -Regarding “Emissions must be cut, Gov. Crist tells climate change summit” (July 12), Charlie Crist is doing Floridians a grave disservice by misrepresenting the science regarding global warming. -
The School Choice Solution
Opinion -In June 2007, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that most states have set testing standards well below those of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the "Nation's Report Card. -
Greener Future Unlikely
Opinion -The title of the Times’ July 11 article, “Crist unveils greener future,” is quite ironic. Carbon dioxide is essential to plant life, and reducing it certainly will not make for a “greener” planet. -
School Reform Thorny Issues for Candidates
Opinion -Regarding Ruth Marcus’ July 11 column, “From Barack Obama, Two Dangerous Words”: In fairness, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton uttered two words that National Education Association activists deem almost as dangerous as Obama’s version of merit pay: -
SCHIP Forgot About the Children
Opinion -Mary Schmuck’s “No excuse for children without health care” (July 8) misrepresents the success of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). -
Origins of Environmental Religions
Opinion -Conventional religions have been under attack for some years from liberals who have drifted into secular humanism and away from any devout belief in God. -
Consumer Power Report #86
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 -
Charter Schools Can’t Fail
Opinion -The debate over charter schools should not be about whether a particular charter school may fail to live up to Indiana’s testing standards [“Charter school progress unclear,” July 11]. -
Banished: Reason and Logic and Racial Comity
Opinion -The recent article about the heralded death and interment of the infamous N-word (“Banished, Thousands say Good Riddance To N-word,” July 10) highlights how the Democratic Party is the only hope for much-maligned and verbally impugned American blacks -
The Hijacking of Children’s Health
Opinion -Like pirates lurking on the high seas looking for victims, politicians probably wear their best buccaneer smirks whenever a new program to help children becomes accepted into law. -
Mock Funeral Needed For the Fake Black Roses of Detroit
Opinion -The Chicago Sun-Times dutifully reported on the symbolic burial of the N-word at the NAACP’s recent annual convention in Detroit. -
Bald Eagle Balderdash Continues in 2007
Opinion -Kent Jackson’s recent article about how Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, visited Hawk Mountain to collect data to support her allegation that the bald eagles’ reproductive prowess was being decimated by use of DDT (“Hawk Mountain data helped save -
Global Warming Alarmism Ousts Common-sense
Opinion -The July 2 article “Warming may impact Asia-Pacific region” should have provided some critical inquiry regarding self-serving claims by the World Health Organization (WHO). -
Environmental Fanatics Must Become The New Dodo Birds of Today
Opinion -A recent editorial about American bald eagles and their resurgence in population (“Big Birds Make Big Comeback”, July 3, 2007, Post-Bulletin) recounts how environmentalists led by author Rachel Carson, of Silent Spring fame, impacted public -
Global Warming Scapegoat
Opinion -Regarding “Officials discuss health, climate change” (July 2), it is amazing how global warming is becoming this generation’s version of UFOs; anything that a cursory analysis doesn’t immediately explain must be a UFO… or global warming. -
Washington State’s SCHIP Woes
Opinion -Scott Armstrong’s article “Health-care Reform, Washington Style” (June 26) describes Medicare Advantage, an interesting program that bridges private non-profit goals and government objectives to aid seniors. -
Health Agendas For The Birds
Opinion -On June 27, the Benton Crier ran an Associated Press article by H. Josef Hebert (“U.S. bald eagle numbers making a recovery”) that extolled the virtues of the ban on DDT due to its role in allowing the birds to increase to 10,000 breeding pair in 2007. -
Ohio Moves Towards Universal Coverage
Opinion -"Child Health Insurance Comes at a Price" (June 29) describes a frightening move towards universal health care coverage. -
Alarmists Straddle the Fence
Opinion -Christopher Appelt’s July 2 column is a perfect illustration of the global warming shell game asserted by environmental extremists. -
Innovation Missing in Democrats’ ‘Innovation Agenda
Opinion -In recent years, corporate leaders have so overused a perfectly good word, "innovation," as to render it meaningless. Now, they're being joined in that effort by the majority party of the U.S. House of Representatives. On April 30, U.S. -
Global Warming Hurricane Scare Exposed as Hot Air
Opinion -Two new studies of historical hurricane patterns have slammed the door on claims that global warming has caused unusually strong and frequent hurricanes during the past few years. -
The Paint Industry Fights Back
Opinion -The paint industry is engaged in a battle for its life. Virtually unnoticed, except by a few Wall Street analysts, the paint industry is under an attack that rivals the one successfully launched a decade ago against "big tobacco. -
A Productive Response to Illegal Immigration
Opinion -The recent immigration legislation crafted by a coalition featuring Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and President George W. Bush failed because it just didn't make sense to a significant majority of Americans. -
Ky. Candidates Debate Ideas for More Gambling
Opinion -Proposals to expand gambling at Kentucky's famous horse racing tracks became the talk of the just-completed gubernatorial primary.
