Opinion
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School Choice Advocate Defeats Incumbent Congressman
Opinion -An incumbent congressman from Michigan lost his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on August 4 in his state's Republican primary race. Rep. Joe Schwarz was defeated by political unknown Tim Walberg, who received 53 percent of the vote. -
The Once and Future Voucher
Opinion -Liberty & Learning: Milton Friedman's Voucher Idea at Fifty Robert C. Enlow and Lenore T. Ealy, editors Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 2006 166 pages, paper, ISBN: 1-930865-86-4, $11. -
Court Rejects Mont. Challenge
Opinion -A federal judge in Montana took less than four months to throw out two environmental activist challenges to a forest management plan in the Bitterroot National Forest. In an August 1 decision, U.S. -
Analysis: Environmental Activists Just Don’t Get It
Opinion -America's entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are passing up a chance to earn billions of dollars by investing in technologies to reduce California's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. -
Earth’s Climate Is Always Warming or Cooling
Opinion -Roger C. Altman (WSJ op-ed, June 16), a Treasury official in the Clinton administration, says he is no climatologist, but then calls for energy policies that assume catastrophic global warming from carbon dioxide emitted in fossil-fuel burning. -
Next Up in Maryland: Universal Health Mandate?
Opinion -Since a federal court struck down its "Wal-Mart law" in July, Maryland has been considering other ways of making sure all of the state's residents have health insurance--including the possibility of adopting a universal health coverage mandate like that -
NM Governor Proposes Massive Medicaid Expansion, Universal Coverage
Opinion -In a clear sign that health care and the uninsured remain hot-button issues on which many politicians intend to be proactive, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) on July 20 proposed significant changes to the state's Medicaid system. -
California Wind Power Worries Environmentalists
Opinion -Under pressure from environmental activist groups such as Defenders of Wildlife and the Los Angeles Audubon Society, the California Energy Commission on August 10 released bird and bat protection guidelines for local wind power permitting agencies. -
CMS Lifts Ban on Physician-Owned Specialty Facilities
Opinion -The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in August ended a three-year-old ban on Medicare payments going to new specialty hospitals. Under new rules, physicians must inform patients and the CMS when they own medical facilities. -
Commission Recommends Higher Education Reforms
Opinion -Libertarians and university groups had mixed reactions to a list of reforms the Spellings Commission on the Future of Higher Education sent to the U.S. Department of Education in mid-September. -
Educators Ignore Proven Method of Improving Students’ Learning
Opinion -Imagine for a moment that we have a cheap cure for cancer. Now imagine the medical establishment is doing everything possible to discredit the cure and prevent its use, so doctors who treat (but don't cure) cancer can keep their jobs. -
House, Senate to Negotiate Offshore Drilling
Opinion -On August 2 the U.S. Senate passed a bill to open up 8.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and natural gas recovery. -
Kalamazoo Promises College Scholarships to Public School Students
Opinion -Maintaining high enrollment levels to ensure adequate state funding can be a challenge for many school districts. So school administrators and superintendents across the country are likely to closely follow the Kalamazoo Promise project. -
Medical Tourism Prompts Price Discussions
Opinion -Howard Staab, a 53-year-old North Carolina contractor, was healthy in the summer of 2004--or so he thought, until his doctor found a life-threatening heart condition during a routine physical. -
More Black Families Choosing Homeschooling
Opinion -The number of African-American parents choosing to homeschool their children is increasing, according to industry researchers and advocates. While no formal studies of the trend have been released, Dr. -
New Orleans Parents Shop for Public Schools
Opinion -More than 100 parents, some with children in tow, browsed dozens of booths at the New Orleans Arena on August 5 in an exercise only an upheaval such as Hurricane Katrina might have created. -
Redefining Consumer-Driven Health Care
Opinion -Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2006 506 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 1591397782, $35. -
Voluntary Recycling Programs a Success Without Mandates
Opinion -Rusting and abandoned barges sitting on the Ohio River outside of Pittsburgh were recently removed, and the metal was recycled, by a company acting for no reason other than economic self-interest. -
Think Tank Heads Available for Comment on Reparations Debate
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - September 29, 2006) On Wednesday, September 27, advocates of reparations for slavery appeared in Chicago to argue their case before a three-judge panel under jurisdiction of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. -
Technology Can’t Solve All Problems
Opinion -Dear Editor: I have nothing but admiration and respect for Andy Grove (co-founder of Intel), but I think he overestimates how much the solutions to our health care and energy problems depend on technology [“On the Road,” October 2]. -
I-SaveRx Must Go
Opinion -Dear Editor: I applaud your editorial of September 27 chiding the governor for not backing down from his illegal and ineffective prescription drug importation program, especially after it was criticized last week by the state auditor general. -
Free Ride to The Heartland Institute’s 22nd Anniversary Benefit Dinner!
Opinion -Do you live in the Milwaukee area, want to attend The Heartland Institute's 22nd Anniversary Dinner on Thursday, October 5 in Chicago, but don't want to put all those miles on your car? If so, you're in luck! -
Hot & Cold Media Spin: A Challenge To Journalists Who Cover Global Warming
Opinion -Since 1895, the media has alternated between global cooling and warming scares during four separate and sometimes overlapping time periods. From 1895 until the 1930’s the media peddled a coming ice age. -
Think Tank Calls for End of I-SaveRx
Opinion -(Chicago, Illinois - September 22, 2006) On Tuesday, September 19, the Illinois Auditor General released an audit of the state's prescription drug reimportation program, known as I-SaveRx.
