Opinion
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Announcement: Dennis Avery On Hannity & Colmes
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - March 5, 2007) If you are at home this evening tune into The FoxNews Channel at 8:00 p.m. CST (9:00 p.m. EST) for Hannity & Colmes. -
Consumer Power Report #71
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 -
Forgetting the Consequences of Totalitarianism
Opinion -Many states are now considering a statewide ban on smoking in public places. These bans have widespread support from local policy makers and opinion leaders. But they are based on bad science and even worse public policy. -
Utah House Passes Universal Voucher Bill
Opinion -On February 2, the Utah House of Representatives passed, by a 38-37 vote, a landmark measure that would give Utah the nation's first statewide universal voucher program. The Parent Choice in Education Act, H.B. -
State Court Won’t Take Up Az. Vouchers
Opinion -On January 9, the Arizona Supreme Court declined to hear a legal challenge to the state's newest educational voucher programs--one for foster children, the other for special-needs children. -
Illinois Teachers Seek Independence from State Union, Meet Resistance
Opinion -A decision by some Illinois teachers to seek independence for their local union has succeeded despite resistance from the state teachers union. -
Poll Shows Statewide Support for Choice in Arizona
Opinion -A strong majority of Arizonans support school choice, according to a poll released in early January on the eve of the state supreme court's decision not to hear the case against Arizona's newest educational voucher programs. -
Iowa Ponders Allowing Outside Experts to Teach
Opinion -School reform advocates are increasingly calling for schools to allow people with stellar experience and knowledge in fields such as math and science to teach in public schools without education degrees. -
Kansas School Offers Classical Catholic Education
Opinion -At Padre Pio Academy in Shawnee, Kansas, Catholic education is being redefined. Students in kindergarten through ninth grade are taking Latin and advanced mathematics, and the school community prays together thrice daily. -
Illinois Taxpayers Shouldn’t Pay for Tazewell County Schools
Opinion -Dear Editor: Critics are wrong to say Tazewell County's Central School District can't generate sufficient funds from local property taxes and thus suffers academically versus a "wealthy" district like Lake County's Rondout School District ["School -
Ill. Town Hires Private Firefighters
Opinion -The village of Lakewood, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, has hired a private company to provide fire protection and emergency medical services as part of a long-term program to protect taxpayers and homeowners. -
W. Virginia Launches Pilot Wellness Effort
Opinion -As the cost of health care continues to skyrocket, many health insurers are looking for ways to avoid using the health care system by keeping their clients healthy. -
ESA Listing Not Needed for Polar Bears
Opinion -Despite healthy polar bear populations upwards of 20,000 bears worldwide, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced on December 27 the Bush administration's plan to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. -
Climate Alarmist Quits British Government
Opinion -Sir Nicholas Stern, author of a controversial October 2006 report alleging global warming will wreak havoc on the global economy, on December 11 resigned his position as second permanent secretary in the British treasury department after the government -
Supreme Court to Rule on School Integration
Opinion -On December 4, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education. -
Democrats Pledge: No Vouchers in NCLB
Opinion -With Democratic majorities taking control of the U.S. -
Report: Texas Needs More Effective Teachers, Better Tests
Opinion -In early January the Texas Governor's Business Council (GBC)--100 Texas business leaders who provide advice on education, transportation, and economic development--released a plan to "bolster teacher effectiveness" in its report on "Excellence in the -
School Choice Alliance Appoints New Leader
Opinion -The Alliance for School Choice and Advocates for School Choice will experience their first leadership transition in April, when President and General Counsel Clint Bolick will be replaced by Charles Hokanson, Jr. -
New California Teacher-Transfer Law Has Benefits, But Ambiguities as Well
Opinion -Teachers unions and school administrators might agree that nothing affects students' achievement more than the quality of their teachers. -
Court-Ordered Funding Increases Are No Remedy for Ailing Schools
Opinion -State courts have taken an increasingly active role in addressing the failures of America's public schools--a role education reformers say is not best for students. -
Value of Teacher Certification Bonuses Is Questioned Again
Opinion -As the number of teachers winning certification from the privately run National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) continues to grow, so do the doubts of some state government leaders about the program's effectiveness. -
ALEC Calls for Relaxed Drug Recycling Regs
Opinion -When patients die or their prescriptions change, possibly billions of dollars' worth of unopened and unexpired drugs are thrown away--a waste of valuable medicine that creates an environmental hazard. -
Rhode Island to Mandate Lower-Cost Health Plan
Opinion -You may have to pay extra to see the doctor of your choice, and you'll have to pursue "wellness initiatives" to avoid large out-of-pocket costs. -
Medical Database Launches Online HSA Tracker
Opinion -Responding to the growing national interest in consumer-driven health care products, an online medical marketplace began offering users a health savings account (HSA) tracker in November.
