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Biotech Can Eliminate 2 Million Annual Diarrhea Deaths
Opinion -New advances in biotechnology are offering hope for sub-Saharan Africa and poor areas of Asia and Latin America where diarrhea is a prolific killer. -
Simple Facts Counter RFID Hysteria
Opinion -As of the middle of last year, at least 17 states were considering legislation to limit the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, up from 12 in 2005, according to an article “Rage Against RFID” in Washington Technology. -
New York Town Kills Cell Tower
Opinion -In a move that broadband advocates fear is part of an increasing trend, a small grassroots group forced the town government in the Westchester County suburb of Lewisboro, New York to back out of a deal with the governing board of a local church that had -
Consumers See Franchise Reform Benefits
Opinion -As of December 2006, 11 states had approved video franchise reform legislation. Eight of those states--California, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas--created statewide video franchising processes. -
Provo Broadband Stumbles
Opinion -After only two years, the municipal broadband system in Provo, Utah has begun to show the pattern of losses and declining net asset value experienced by other cities that have mounted expensive fiber optic networking projects, according to a report -
Can Congress Tell a Virtual World from the Real One?
Opinion -Some say online virtual reality operations like “Second Life” have attained the stage of evolution that blogging and the Internet itself occupied several years ago. -
It’s Video By Any Other Name
Opinion -In December, Comedy Central announced plans to air on prime time TV a show first produced by start-up wireless carrier Amp’d Mobile Inc. -
Medicare Book Informs and Amuses
Opinion -Medicare Meets Mephistopheles By David Hyman Washington, DC: Cato Institute Press, 2006 138 pages, paperback, ISBN: 1930865902, $9.95 The road to hell, we're told, is paved with good intentions. -
A Detailed Look at the Atlanta Traffic Proposal
Opinion -The joint Reason Foundation-Georgia Public Policy Foundation report on ways to reduce traffic congestion in Atlanta includes the following recommendations: Build a network of variably priced toll lanes to be added to the entire freeway system, instead -
Media Advisory: Experts Criticize IPCC Decision to Withhold Global Warming Report
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - February 1, 2007) On Friday, February 2, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is expected to release a summary of its Fourth Assessment Working Group 1 Report, which is expected to revise previous assessments -
Princeton President Caving in to Global Warming Junk Science
Opinion -In the 50 years since receiving my degree in geological engineering, I have tried to stay on top of climate change issues. -
Acid Rain, Nitrogen Scares Debunked
Opinion -This article is the eighth in a continuing series excerpted from the book Smoke or Steam: A Guide to Environmental, Regulatory and Food Safety Concerns, by Samuel Aldrich, excerpted and abridged by Jay Lehr. -
Pocketbook Issues Were Key to November 2006 Election
Opinion -In politics, election results usually are known within a few hours after the polls close, but the real story often takes more time to emerge. So it has been with the November 2006 contest. -
Newest Sin Tax Targets: Soft Drinks, Vending Machines, Drive-Throughs
Opinion -West Virginia lawmakers passed a series of bills during a special session in November 2006 that would raise the sales tax on soft drinks and vending machine items to 6 percent while reducing the food tax to 3 percent by 2008. -
Restaurants Sue to Block S.F. Mandate
Opinion -The Golden Gate Restaurant Association (GGRA), a nonprofit trade group representing the restaurant industry in the San Francisco area, filed a federal lawsuit on November 8 to strike down a San Francisco city ordinance passed in July 2006. -
AHIP Recommends Universal Health Accounts
Opinion -Health care analysts say a push for a federal universal health insurance program is increasingly likely as Democrats have assumed control of Congress. -
Florida Commission Upgrades Manatee Status
Opinion -In response to successful efforts in recent years to protect and expand the state's manatee population, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on November 10 released a draft management plan overseeing the reclassification of manatees from -
British Lord Demands End to Climate Science Censorship
Opinion -Lord Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount of Brenchley and a member of the Upper House of the British legislature, has sent a letter to Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and John D. -
Little Ice Age May Return Soon, Russian Scientists Say
Opinion -A gradual decline in global temperatures will begin by 2015, with temperatures bottoming out in Little Ice Age conditions during a 60-year period beginning around 2060, researchers with the Russian Academy of Sciences have concluded. -
ALEC Offers Model Bill on Tower Siting
Opinion -The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Model Wireless Communications Tower Siting Act sets guidelines and limits for municipalities on the regulation of new and existing wireless towers and antennas. -
Locals Set Example for State on Telephone Taxes
Opinion -This past election day, two key cities in Silicon Valley voted to reject sky-high telephone taxes. If state lawmakers don’t heed the rising voice of residents, they may have to answer to a new telephone tax revolt in California. -
New Jersey Pension System Needs ‘Serious Restructuring’: Governor
Opinion -Soaring government pension costs have prompted New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) to call for "serious restructuring" of the state's government employee pension system. In a December 19 interview with reporter David W. -
Illinois Pension Debt Deepens
Opinion -A year after allegations of a huge extortion and kickback scheme against Illinois' government pension system grabbed headlines across the state, the state's pension system has slipped deeper into financial trouble, according to a prominent state senator -
Consumer Power Report #67
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
