Opinion
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Comment on FCC Decision to Delay Approval of AT&T-BellSouth Merger
Opinion -(October 13, 2006 - Chicago, Illinois) The FCC announced today it will delay making a decision on whether to approve the merger of AT&T and BellSouth. The proposed deal has been controversial throughout the country since its announcement last year. -
Consumer Power Report #52
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 -
Education Certification Problems
Opinion -Dear Editor: Your article "Despite a Doctorate, Top-Students Unqualified to Teach" [Oct. 11] did a fine job of calling attention to major problems in our education system's approach to teacher training and recruitment. It is truly a shame that Mr. -
Global Warming Hurricane Crisis Fails to Materialize
Opinion -The article below is by James M. Taylor, The Heartland Institute's senior fellow for environmental affairs and managing editor of Environment & Climate News. To interview Mr. Taylor, contact Michael Van Winkle at 312/377-4000. -
Statement on the NIH ‘Consensus’ Report on Tobacco Harm Reduction
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - October 12, 2006) Yesterday, the National Institutes of Health released its State of the Science conference statement on tobacco use: prevention, cessation, and control. It's available at http://consensus.nih. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #5-12
Opinion -Singer Hits the Wrong Note Singing in the shower is one thing, but singing on an airplane is another ... even if you are famed rock-and-roller Bonnie Tyler. -
New Freeze Would Pull Rug Out Under ComEd
Opinion -Illinois' business climate and all that implies for job growth, tax revenues and Illinois' future rests on a single concept: consistency. -
Consumer Power Report #51
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 -
Calif. Passes Global Warming Measure
Opinion -After more than a year of controversy and debate, the California legislature on August 31 approved Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act. The bill passed both houses of the legislature after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) voiced his support. -
California Moves to Preempt Biotech Bans
Opinion -The California legislature is considering a bill sponsored by state Sen. Dean Florez (D-Shafter) preempting individual counties from banning the growing of genetically enhanced crops. -
Incumbents Supported by Environmental Groups Lose in August 8 Primaries
Opinion -Incumbent politicians rarely lose elections in the United States, so when they do, it's significant. It is even more newsworthy when an incumbent loses a primary election. On August 8, three incumbent members of Congress lost their primary elections. -
Public Favors Nuclear Power: Poll
Opinion -Twice as many Americans support nuclear power as oppose it, according to a new poll by Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times. -
Taxpayers Asked to Subsidize Renewable Boondoggle
Opinion -U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Rep. Tim Matheson (D-CO) have proposed legislation requiring federal taxpayers to subsidize $300 million in renewable energy equipment purchases in six western states. -
Vermont Community Pushes State to Allow Aquatic Herbicides
Opinion -Invasive Eurasian milfoil, a noxious weed that can choke out virtually all other life in infested lakes and ponds, is taking over Vermont's Lake Morey, residents told state and local representatives at an August 2 town meeting. -
Nobel Laureate Offers a Solution to Global Warming
Opinion -Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Crutzen, professor emeritus at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, has set the scientific community afire with a proposal to address global warming, should it be demonstrated to endanger the planet. -
Congressional Hearings Break ‘Hockey Stick’
Opinion -Experts testifying before a Congressional subcommittee on July 20 said a graph used by some environmentalists to illustrate "unprecedented global warming in the twentieth century" is fraudulent. -
Free Enterprise Protects the Environment
Opinion -This article is the fifth 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. -
Scientists Improve Rye Grass, Rice
Opinion -Hay fever may take a diminished toll on allergy sufferers thanks to a just-announced genetic breakthrough. -
GM Crops Saving Farm Economy from Drought
Opinion -An August 11 federal government crop report shows biotechnology is saving the Midwestern farm economy from devastation in the wake of this summer's prolonged drought. The report projects 10.98 billion bushels of corn production this year, up from 10. -
Web Sites Help Consumers Shop for Health Care
Opinion -Prompted in part by the rise of consumer-driven health plans and higher deductibles, and in part by a Minnesota law requiring the development by October 1 of a public Web site on common hospital charges, several insurance carriers in Minnesota are -
Proposed Trans Fat Ban Irks Chicago Restaurants
Opinion -Is slimming down a city worth having the government intruding on private lives? That's a question Chicago has been struggling with over the past few months, since Ald. -
HPV Debate Focuses on Girls in Public Schools
Opinion -With the issue of safety settled by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Gardasil--a vaccine against sexually transmitted forms of the human papillomavirus (HPV) known to cause cervical cancer--a new area of debate is emerging: Whether public -
Census Reports Increase in Uninsured
Opinion -In late August, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual numbers on the country's income and poverty levels and health insurance coverage. -
Report: Electronic Prescriptions Needed to Reduce Medical Errors
Opinion -Doctors' indecipherable handwriting, often the punch line of jokes, has been thrust into the national spotlight by a recent study calling for sweeping legislation to curb the dangers of medical illegibility.
