Opinion
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Record April Freeze Hits U.S.
Opinion -Hundreds of cities across most of the eastern United States suffered record cold and snow throughout much of April. Analysts pointed out the unexpected cold spell illustrates the unpredictability of both weather and longer-term climate conditions. -
Oregon Considers Adopting Costly Renewable Power Mandate
Opinion -The Oregon legislature is currently considering Senate Bill 838, which would force consumers to purchase 25 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2025. -
Great Lakes Water Compact Foundering
Opinion -An agreement by the governors of eight Midwestern states to champion an interstate compact that would treat the Great Lakes as a shared resource unavailable to communities outside the Great Lakes drainage basin is struggling to remain afloat in regional -
Commentary: British Documentary Counters Gore Movie
Opinion -Al Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth (AIT) has met its match--a major documentary recently shown on British television. -
Study: ‘Global Warming’ Making Northern Hemisphere Greener
Opinion -Rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, together with moderately warming temperatures, have caused a substantial greening of the Northern Hemisphere. -
Temperate Forests Warm the Planet, Scientists Report
Opinion -While tropical forests exert a cooling influence on global climate, forests in northern regions exert a warming effect, researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reported in the April 17 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. -
Zoo Must Kill Baby Polar Bear, Animal Rights Extremists Argue
Opinion -A baby polar bear born in the Berlin Zoo should be euthanized rather than be subjected to the humiliation of being raised as a domestic pet, animal rights activists have argued in recent weeks. -
Organic Foods Putting Human Health, Environment at Risk
Opinion -The Truth About Organic Foods By Alex Avery Henderson Communications, 2006 231 pages, $19.95, ISBN 0978895207 http://www.amazon. -
Rachel Carson’s Dire Unintended Consequences
Opinion -Courage for the Earth: Writers, Scientists and Activists Celebrate the Life and Writings of Rachel Carson edited by Peter Matthiessen Houghton Mifflin, 2007, 224 pages, $14. -
4,000 Rally in Florida for Tax Credit Scholarships
Opinion -More than 4,000 school choice supporters traveled from as far as Miami and Ft. -
Teachers Union Is Key Obstacle to Good Education, Ad Campaign Says
Opinion -An advocacy group's creative outreach has attracted unfavorable attention to the teachers union in one New Jersey city, the first stop in a planned national campaign. -
Florida Launches Improved Performance Pay Plan
Opinion -Florida's merit-based pay program for teachers, previously known as Special Teachers Are Rewarded (STAR), has been modified and now encompasses the missing components that ignited a lawsuit by the Florida Education Association (FEA) late last year. -
Pennsylvania Legislator Wants Schools to Teach Founding Documents
Opinion -Freshman state Rep. Todd Rock (R-Franklin) introduced a bill this spring that would make Pennsylvania the second state to require public schools to teach foundational American documents as part of its American History requirements. -
Students: Some High Schools Teach History Well, Others Do Not
Opinion -Some political science students say they have learned enough about American history in high school. -
West Virginia Salary Posting Raises Unions’ Ire
Opinion -A decision to post teacher salaries on the Internet has irked the teachers union in West Virginia, but an experienced reformer said such policies are needed to expose the current education system's ineffectiveness. -
Bill Would Require Greater Accountability from Texas Charter Schools
Opinion -Texas's high-achieving charter schools could receive more money, and charters statewide could be required to be more accountable for their finances, if state Senate Bill 4 is approved. The bill was introduced by state Sen. -
Information Counts for School Choice Parents
Opinion -Anyone familiar with debates about school choice proposals knows both sides agree parents need accurate information to be effective choosers. What is not agreed upon is whether it is realistic to expect parents to be well-informed. -
North Carolinians Rally for School Choice
Opinion -More than 1,000 North Carolina parents, children, legislators, community leaders, and clergy met to express their desire for more choice in their children's education in North Carolina at a Raleigh church on March 6. -
City Council Not Equipped to Regulate Taxi Fares
Opinion -Dear Editor: Regarding Ald. Pat O’Connor’s call for hearings on taxi fare hikes, am I the only person in Chicago wondering why the City Council should be setting cab fares in the first place? -
Chicago-Area School District Privatizes Student Bus Service
Opinion -One of the largest public school districts in Illinois has decided to hire a private company to run the district's student bus services. -
Cost of Chicago Hiring Corruption: $12 Million
Opinion -The City of Chicago has announced a $12 million settlement to pay damages for illegal hiring practices that rewarded political insiders and workers who helped with the campaigns of Mayor Richard M. Daley and candidates he supported. -
Retail Health Clinics Pick up Momentum in Tx.
Opinion -Retail health clinics are becoming increasingly popular nationwide, and the movement got a boost in Texas on February 15 when Baylor Health Care System and MedBasics announced a formal collaboration. -
Identifying the Uninsured
Opinion -Excerpted from Understanding the Uninsured and What to Do About Them, by the Council for Affordable Insurance, March 2007--the first of a several-part series. Every year, the U.S. Census Bureau reports the number of uninsured has grown--reaching 46. -
Supreme Court: EPA Must Explain Why Carbon Dioxide Is Not a Pollutant
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must either regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases or give a reasonable explanation for why it cannot or will not do so, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on April 2 in a 5 to 4 decision.