Opinion
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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 -
Policy Experts Reject Proposal to List Polar Bears as Threatened
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - December 27, 2006) U.S. -
Rip Van Winkle Would Be Shocked
Opinion -Dear Editor: Your reporters must not have visited a modern-day public school before penning their December 18 article, "How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century. -
Milwaukee Making Big Mistake
Opinion -To the Editor, Milwaukee is being incredibly short-sighted in halting a multi-million-dollar fiber-optic upgrade in an effort to grasp for a few extra tax dollars ("City sues AT&T over Internet TV offering," Dec. 21, 2006). -
Consumer Power Report #61
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 -
Experts Say Importation Plan Would Reduce Innovation
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - December 21, 2006) This morning, Rep. -
Free-Market Advocates Applaud New Tax Law
Opinion -On December 20, President George W. -
Snowe and Rockefeller Criticized for Opposing Free Speech
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - December 19, 2006) In a pointed letter sent Monday to Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-MA), Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount of Brenchley, challenged the senators to resign over their October 30 letter demanding -
Legal Expert Says Tort Reform Helping, But More Abuse Looms
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - December 15, 2006) Two reports released this week assessing the legal environment in the United States are giving tort reform advocates cause for optimism. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #5-15
Opinion -PlayStation 3 Is Defective--In Supply In a case of alleged product liability gone amok, the mayor of Boston is threatening to hold Sony Corp. liable for not producing enough of its new PlayStation 3 systems, the Boston Herald reported. -
Consumer Power Report #60
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 -
More of the Same Won’t Help
Opinion -Dear Editor: I was surprised Mayor Bloomberg did not cite mayoral control as the solution to the problems of U.S. public education ("Flabby, Inefficient, Outdated," Dec. 13). That's what he said would work for New York City's schools -- but it hasn't. -
Transit Publicity Not the Problem
Opinion -Dear Editor: The $1.25 million "Drive Less, Live More" program announced by Chicago-area transit agencies ("Campaign Pushes Car-Less Commute," December 15) says a lot about what is wrong with mass transit in the area. -
UN Revises Worst-Case Climate Change Scenarios
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - December 12, 2006) On Sunday, the UK's Sunday Telegraph reported that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is significantly revising some of its climate change estimates for the coming century. -
Michigan Passes Telecom Reform, Giving Consumers Reason to Smile
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - December 13, 2006) On Wednesday, December 13, both houses of the Michigan state legislature passed a key piece of telecommunications reform legislation, H.B. 6456, creating a universal statewide franchise fee for service providers. -
Consumer Power Report #59
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 -
Medicare Worries?
Opinion -Dear Editor: Robert Pear's report, "Renewed Worries on Medicare Drug Plans" (December 5), was startling. -
The Patient Safety Crusade–a Phony Crisis
Opinion -The American health care system is the biggest business sector in the country. As a result, it is a very attractive target for ambitious politicians and policymakers, with more than $2 trillion a year in expenditures. -
Experts Available for Comment On Direct-To-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - December 5, 2006) The U.S. Government Accountability Office is expected to release a study on direct-to-consumer advertising (DTC) of prescription drugs in the coming weeks. -
YouTube Response to Al Gore
Opinion -Chicago, Illinois - December 5, 2006) Al Gore and Laurie David (wife of Larry David of Seinfeld fame) have teamed up against the National Science Teachers Association for its decision not to accept 50,000 copies of Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth for -
Congress Should Go Slow on Net Neutrality
Opinion -The advocates of network neutrality have become distressingly, stridently apocalyptic, rallying all good liberals against (the following is a fair composite quote): “Those with the deepest pockets ... -
Moving Too Fast on RFID?
Opinion -RFID and Drug Safety Issue Expected FDA mandate to track prescription drugs Better supply chain visibility Solution RFID item-level tagging Reader for tracking product through packaging and shipping Results Compliance with future -
Giving Chase in Cyberspace
Opinion -Identity theft, viruses, spam, spyware, and other online insults routinely make the news, and many of us feel overwhelmed.
