Opinion
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Florida Education Official Touts School Choice, Competition
Opinion -Florida's top school choice official, Virginia Gentles, addressed a group of school choice advocates in Chicago on March 16, 2006 at the Metropolitan Club in the Sears Tower, describing the many school choice programs available to parents in the Sunshine -
New Coalition to Honor Booker T. Washington Legacy in Chicago
Opinion -(Chicago, IL - March 20, 2006) The New Coalition for Economic and Social Change announced today its plans to hold a major cultural event in the City of Chicago celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Booker T. Washington. -
EPA’s New NOx Rules Could Increase Urban Smog Problem
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be allowed to implement potentially counterproductive smog-prevention regulations after the U.S. -
Revolutionary Mercury Reduction Technology May Be At Hand
Opinion -Scientists disagree on whether the mercury released by U.S. power plants poses a real threat to human health, but the political reality is that coal-fired power plants must reduce their mercury emissions by at least 70 percent by 2018. -
The Killing Can Be Stopped!
Opinion -Link to The Killing Can be Stopped (PDF) http://www.heartland.org/pdf/12189.pdf On Friday, March 3, 14-year-old Starkesia Reed was killed by a stray bullet as she gazed out her window in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. -
Comment on Congressional Debate over Video Franchise Reform
Opinion -(Chicago, IL - March 14, 2006) The House Energy and Commerce Committee is reported to be working on compromise legislation for national video franchise restructuring. -
Consumer Power Report #26
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 -
Consumer Power Report #25
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 -
AT&T/BellSouth Merger a Necessary Step for Industry Transition
Opinion -(Chicago, IL - March 7, 2006) On Sunday, AT&T and BellSouth announced a $67 billion merger agreement. -
Heartland Institute Statement on Gore Global Warming Campaign
Opinion -On Thursday, March 2, at a media industry conference in Orlando, former vice president Al Gore called on the media to support an upcoming effort to spend millions on an alarmist television ad campaign portraying global warming as a looming catastrophe, -
Lee Walker Statement on the Fred Hampton Controversy
Opinion -(Chicago, IL March 2, 2006) -- Lee Walker, president of the New Coalition for Economic and Social Change and a senior fellow for The Heartland Institute, commented today on the controversy brewing over the honorary naming of a Chicago street after former -
The Double Definitions of ‘Network Neutrality’
Opinion -The debate over “network neutrality” recently heated up with the release of seemingly conflicting poll results from two consumer organizations. -
Courts Strike Down Phone Tax
Opinion -Some large telecom consumers are filing lawsuits against the Internal Revenue Service ... and winning. In October 2005, Hewlett-Packard won a $6.2 million refund, plus interest. -
Opposing View: Public Pension Situation Not So Dire
Opinion -After functioning for years as obscure, back-office operations of state and local government, retirement systems for employees of state and local governments have become the focus of increasing attention from both the media and policymakers. -
U.S., Brazil Dispute Patent Protection
Opinion -Long before the 2001 Doha ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Brazil and the United States were engaged in their own intellectual property trade dispute. -
Over-Regulation by FDA Blocks Vaccine Advances
Opinion -Vaccination to prevent viral and bacterial diseases is modern medicine's most cost-effective intervention. -
Journal Helps Raise Historians, Scholars
Opinion -William Fitzhugh was on sabbatical from his job as a high school history teacher in Concord, Massachusetts in 1986 when he was struck with an idea. -
Keeping Teachers Well-Informed
Opinion -While the Houston Federation of Teachers, a local teacher union, claims teachers want higher base pay instead of merit bonuses, some teachers are pleased with the Houston Independent School District's (HISD) new plan, as well as how the district -
Indiana Needs to Deregulate Now
Opinion -The Indiana General Assembly has correctly placed Senate Bill 245, which will dramatically reshape telecommunications regulation in the state, on the fast track. In early February, SB 245 passed the Indiana Senate 40-6. -
Chicago Gives Up $1.6 Billion to Get $360 Million
Opinion -The definition of blight--as it is used in eminent domain cases--has been expanded to include almost any property in the United States. -
Obesity Mandate Fails in Virginia
Opinion -A Virginia state delegate met resistance in his attempts to mandate insurance coverage for obesity surgery. -
In Memoriam: John J. Dwyer, M.D. (May 4, 1934 – February 2, 2006)
Opinion -John J. Dwyer, M.D., long-time member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), past president, and founder of the Illini chapter, died February 2 in Maui, Hawaii after suffering a massive stroke. He was 71. -
Medicare’s Hidden Costs Extensive, Expensive, Report Says
Opinion -In January, the Council for Affordable Health Insurance released a study, "Medicare's Hidden Administrative Costs: A Comparison of Medicare and the Private Sector." The following article and sidebar are adapted from that study. -
Connecticut Public Employees Live On Easy Street
Opinion -"No, layoffs are not something we would ever consider," said former Connecticut House of Representatives Speaker Moira Lyons (D-Stamford) in November 2002, in response to a reporter's question about laying off state employees in order to close the