Opinion
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Commentary: When Will We Tire of the Fear Mongers?
Opinion -I have noticed throughout my life that there barely has been a day the news media was not trumpeting a foreboding event, an impending environmental danger, or some risky food or technological hazard clearly intended to generate fear. -
IPCC Fourth Assessment Dampens Global Warming Alarmism
Opinion -On February 2, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released an 18-page Summary for Policymakers of its yet-to-be-published (at press time) Fourth Assessment Report on global warming. -
Ohio Governor Proposes Striking Choice from Budget
Opinion -Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) wants 3,000 students to go back to failing schools. In unveiling his two-year, $52. -
NewSchools Venture Fund Reaches $100 Million Landmark
Opinion -One year short of its 10th anniversary, NewSchools Venture Fund--a California-based organization that raises venture capital for education entrepreneurs--has raised $100 million in total over the past decade. -
Chicago Secretly Plans to Sell Assets to Fund 2016 Summer Olympics
Opinion -Months after Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley began promising taxpayers they would not foot the bill for the 2016 Olympics, the city secretly drafted a plan to sell public assets to help fund the Games and pledged to cover $500 million in any losses. -
Medicaid Spending Surges in 2007
Opinion -Medicaid spending is expected to grow more than 6 percent in 2007, according to the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office and the U.S. -
Bills to Restrict Tax Competition Draw Ire
Opinion -Two U.S. lawmakers have presented legislation attacking tax competition among nations, causing worry the legislation, if it becomes law, would damage the U.S. economy and hurt developing nations. -
Often Right: Economist Exposes Distortions, Misunderstandings about Income and Wealth
Opinion -"There is an endless flood of gloomy books and newspaper articles creating an absurdly false impression that the 1970s were the good old days while the period from 1983 to 2006 has only been good for the top 1 percent," says Alan Reynolds, author of -
Some Choose to Ignore, Deny Problem
Opinion -The amounts of money involved and the potential reaction to the tax consequences of having to fund government retiree health care and other post-employment benefits in addition to pensions are so great that some government officials are looking for ways -
Hospitals Can Lower Infection Rates
Opinion -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Massachusetts-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) have provided guidelines and suggestions that could decrease hospital-acquired infections. -
Health Care Is Not a Right
Opinion -Health care is not a right. One cannot have a right to other people's services; those must be provided voluntarily. -
Supreme Court Decision Provokes Sharp Reactions
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA provoked sharp reactions from the four justices in the minority and from legal observers. Chief Justice John Roberts, in a sharply worded dissent, noted global warming "is not a problem ... -
Greenland Glacier Survived Warmer Temperatures
Opinion -Greenland's ice sheet is no closer to melting than that of Antarctica, indicates a study reported by five scientists at Britain's University of Southampton in the March 8 issue of Nature magazine. -
Texas Schools to Receive State Grants to Improve Science, Math Teaching
Opinion -On March 9, the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Initiative (T-STEM) awarded $2.3 million in state-funded Acceleration Grants to 56 public and charter high schools, creating the T-STEM Best Practices Network. -
School District Refuses to Show Al Gore Global Warming Film
Opinion -In the weeks preceding Earth Day on April 22, schools nationwide showed Al Gore's 2006 global warming film An Inconvenient Truth--some as a club activity, as at Newtown Middle School in Council Rock, Pennsylvania; others as background for classroom -
Grassroots Help Defeat Multibillion-Dollar Rail Loan
Opinion -In a huge win for taxpayers, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has denied a $2.3 billion federal loan to the Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern Railroad (DM&E). -
A Redemptive Moment
Opinion -Despite the wrongness of her scientific claims, Rachel Carson had a very positive impact on my life. She wrote a brief publication in 1965 titled "A Sense of Wonder. -
America’s Tax Bill Tops $26,738 Per Household
Opinion -Americans paid about $3 trillion in taxes in 2004, totaling $26,738 per household, according to a new study released March 26 by the Tax Foundation. "Which Taxes Weigh Most Heavily on Americans with Different Incomes? -
Bedbug Outbreak Hits All 50 States Thanks to DDT Ban
Opinion -Bedbug infestations have nearly doubled nationwide since the year 2000, according to pesticide companies, and a ban on DDT and other effective pesticides is to blame. -
Chicago School Overcrowding Is Evidence of Funding Problem
Opinion -Dear Editor: The parents of Hurley Elementary School students have every right to be upset about their children being “multi-tracked” [“Parents, students: CPS proposal on wrong track,” March 30]. -
Georgia Passes Special-Needs Voucher Bill
Opinion -On the last day of its legislative session, April 20, Georgia joined the parade of states that have passed voucher legislation. The measure has been sent to Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) for his signature. -
Ill. Governor Adds to Record Tax Hike Plan
Opinion -Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has tacked more than $1 billion onto the record tax hike proposal he announced during his State of the State address on March 7. -
Ill. Governor Wants Nearly $33 Billion More to Spend
Opinion -Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has proposed the largest tax increase in the state's history as part of a plan to raise nearly $33 billion in new revenues, a hefty portion of which would fund a universal health care scheme. -
Oregon Should Cut Taxes Across the Board
Opinion -Dear Editor: The proposal by Oregon lawmakers to eliminate taxes on low-income persons by hiking taxes on those who earn more than $100,000 is just welfare dressed up as tax relief.