Opinion
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Canadians Wait Longer for Medical Care
Opinion -In recent years, patients treated by the Canadian health care system have increasingly experienced lengthy waits to see providers. -
E-voting Upgrades America’s Ballot Box
Opinion -On Election Day 2006, more than 65 million Americans voted using direct recording electronic (DRE) machines. -
False Spring in Long-Term Care Winter
Opinion -Savvy public policymakers know that funding long-term care (LTC) will be a long, cold slog. -
First Amendment Score: Gamers 10, Censors 0
Opinion -When are state and local lawmakers going to stop wasting taxpayer dollars with unnecessary regulatory enactments and fruitless lawsuits aimed at censoring video games? -
In the News
Opinion -Telco Broadband Catching Up In 2007, telephone companies may surpass cable providers for the first time in high-speed Internet subscriptions, an analyst at Fitch Ratings told Bloomberg News Service in December. -
Local Institutions, Attitudes Crucial to Small Businesses: NFIB Poll
Opinion -Small business owners consider local institutions and attitudes toward enterprise to be key factors contributing to a small firm's success, according to a new National Federation of Independent Business Small-Business Poll on local business climates. -
Minneapolis Busts Taxi Cartel
Opinion -Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) has signed reforms to the city's taxi ordinance that remove the government-imposed cap on the number of taxis legally operating within city limits. -
Minneapolis Taxi Reform Knocks Down Three Hurdles
Opinion -Until the reform law's passage, three nearly insurmountable government-imposed hurdles stood in the way of operating any taxi business in the City of Minneapolis: 1) the "taxi vehicle" license cap, by which the city arbitrarily limited to 343 the -
More Higher Ed Funding on Congressional Agenda
Opinion -Higher education programs are expected to take center stage in the 110th Congress. The Democrats campaigned aggressively in 2006 on a platform of increasing federal subsidies for higher education. -
NCLB Spurs Growth in Online Tutoring Options
Opinion -Information technology is changing the way most professions do business, and education is no different. -
New Jersey Proposes Tighter School Security
Opinion -New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) has proposed a new safety initiative for New Jersey schools in response to recent incidents in other states. -
Organized Labor Supports Democrats with Biggest Voter Mobilization Ever
Opinion -The labor movement geared up for its "biggest political blitz ever" in the November 2006 elections, according to the Capital Research Center. -
Plan to Fix ‘Structural Deficit’ Will Do No Such Thing
Opinion -Make no mistake about it. Come spring session, a massive tax hike is going to be on the table in the General Assembly. It will be billed as "education funding reform." It might even be called a "tax swap. -
Report Critiques Net Neutrality Assumptions
Opinion -A new report warns network neutrality would legislate an outmoded Internet business model, hurting users and businesses because it would relegate service provider networks to a role of “dumb pipes” prohibited from adding any quality, value, or -
Schools Turn to Private Firm to Meet NCLB Reporting Requirements
Opinion -Much like taxpayers using the TurboTax computer application to simplify their filings, schools are turning to a computer system called SchoolMAX to decipher complicated reporting metrics required under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which turns -
Single-Sex Public Schools OK: Education Department
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Education has given school districts nationwide the power to create single-sex public schools and classes. -
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Maine Case
Opinion -On November 27, eight families in Maine lost their last opportunity for equal treatment by the state’s school tuition program when the United States Supreme Court refused to hear their appeal. The decision ended a decade-old court case. Anderson v. -
Targeted Incentives Hinder Economy
Opinion -Despite Pennsylvania's poor economic record, many elected officials say they support economic development by targeting select businesses for taxpayer-financed grants, loans, and tax credits. -
Taxes, Fees Increase Illinois Electricity Prices
Opinion -As Illinois politicians, citizens, and power companies across the state spar over whether to extend a nine-year freeze on electricity rates that is set to expire in January, they should consider the impact of taxes on electricity prices. -
Tobacco Settlement Challenged in Court
Opinion -In early November, a Louisiana federal district court judge ruled the Competitive Enterprise Institute's (CEI) lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Multistate Settlement Agreement (MSA) on tobacco may proceed to trial. -
U.S. Benefits from International Tax Competition
Opinion -The beneficial effects of international tax competition continue, 25 years after President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain reduced personal income tax rates. -
Violent Crime Falls
Opinion -According to a 2005 joint annual report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics, violent crime in schools declined from 48 violent victimizations per 1,000 students in 1992 to 28 in 2003. -
National Public Radio to Address Tobacco Harm Reduction
Opinion -On Sunday, December 31, "All Things Considered" on National Public Radio (NPR) with Debbie Elliott will air a segment on the relative and comparative risks of cigarettes versus smokeless tobacco products, and the issue of harm reduction nicotine -
Consumer Power Report #62
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
