Commentary
Commentary
Government binges on anti-obesity campaigns
San Francisco Examiner, January 21, 2010 Many Americans have made a resolution to lose weight in the new year. Thats admirable. Whats not so admirable is the recent barrage of efforts advanced by government officials to help them slim down by taxing or even outlawing foods deemed unhealthy. San Francisco ...
Business & Economics
Steven Greenhut: Public roused and testy
Americans have a deep-seated, inchoate idea that things have gone awry in our Republic, and they’re struggling to give voice to their frustrations. The Senate victory of Scott Brown an unabashed Republican in the liberal Democratic bastion of Massachusetts might not be the equivalent of the “second shot ...
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The Lessons of Race To The Top
Yesterday California submitted its application for Race To The Top funds to the U.S. Department of Education. The state recently passed two pieces of legislation to vie for the funds, and by some accounts the process has already been beneficial. Theres been more state [education reform] legislation in the last ...
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Danger Ahead
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: We are not out of the woods. It is wholly possible, and perhaps even likely, that the Dems will now turn to a limited version of health-care legislation designed and labeled as “insurance reform” that is, sharp limitations on underwriting ...
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A Switch in Time to Save Nine
Memo to House Dems: Just say no to Obamacare. The Democratic Party is lashed to health reformeven in the face of polls showing tepid public support. Thus Politicos Carrie Brown paraphrases senior Democratic aides. As unappealing as that predicament may sound, Brown writes that those same aides say it would ...
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Can We Have $21K for Obamacare, Grandma?
More than 10,250,000 American seniors are enrolled in the popular Medicare Advantage program, which lets them choose to get their Medicare benefits through private insurers. It’s been widely reported that seniors’ Medicare Advantage benefits would be cut under Obamacare. What hasn’t been widely reported is by how much. According to ...
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Why Dems’ Health Reform Hopes Are ‘Hanging by a Thread’
Townhall.com, January 18, 2009 As the New Year unfolds and congressional Democrats meet with the President behind closed doors trying to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions, they also appear to have lost a good deal of the optimism they had just a few weeks ago about ...
Business & Economics
What’s keeping state in sorry shape
SACRAMENTO Technically speaking, it’s not hard to figure out how to solve California’s permanent fiscal crisis if you just ignore the political mountains that would have to be moved to implement the fixes. A few good starting points: imposing a strict spending limit on legislators, reducing pension benefits ...
Business & Economics
Union critic assesses governor’s race
San Francisco Chronicle, January 17, 2009 Steven Greenhut was a constant thorn in the side of California’s public employee unions as a columnist and editorial board member of the Orange County Register. Now he’s moved to Sacramento to serve as director of the journalism center for the Pacific Research Institute. ...
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An education system more American than America’s
Dallas News (TX), January 15, 2009 ÅSTAD, Sweden While Texas is struggling to lift sagging standards in its public education system, Sweden’s schools are rockin’ and rollin’. But Sweden’s approach to education is culturally all-American. The Swedish model encourages competition and empowers individuals to take responsibility for their own ...
Government binges on anti-obesity campaigns
San Francisco Examiner, January 21, 2010 Many Americans have made a resolution to lose weight in the new year. Thats admirable. Whats not so admirable is the recent barrage of efforts advanced by government officials to help them slim down by taxing or even outlawing foods deemed unhealthy. San Francisco ...
Steven Greenhut: Public roused and testy
Americans have a deep-seated, inchoate idea that things have gone awry in our Republic, and they’re struggling to give voice to their frustrations. The Senate victory of Scott Brown an unabashed Republican in the liberal Democratic bastion of Massachusetts might not be the equivalent of the “second shot ...
The Lessons of Race To The Top
Yesterday California submitted its application for Race To The Top funds to the U.S. Department of Education. The state recently passed two pieces of legislation to vie for the funds, and by some accounts the process has already been beneficial. Theres been more state [education reform] legislation in the last ...
Danger Ahead
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: We are not out of the woods. It is wholly possible, and perhaps even likely, that the Dems will now turn to a limited version of health-care legislation designed and labeled as “insurance reform” that is, sharp limitations on underwriting ...
A Switch in Time to Save Nine
Memo to House Dems: Just say no to Obamacare. The Democratic Party is lashed to health reformeven in the face of polls showing tepid public support. Thus Politicos Carrie Brown paraphrases senior Democratic aides. As unappealing as that predicament may sound, Brown writes that those same aides say it would ...
Can We Have $21K for Obamacare, Grandma?
More than 10,250,000 American seniors are enrolled in the popular Medicare Advantage program, which lets them choose to get their Medicare benefits through private insurers. It’s been widely reported that seniors’ Medicare Advantage benefits would be cut under Obamacare. What hasn’t been widely reported is by how much. According to ...
Why Dems’ Health Reform Hopes Are ‘Hanging by a Thread’
Townhall.com, January 18, 2009 As the New Year unfolds and congressional Democrats meet with the President behind closed doors trying to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions, they also appear to have lost a good deal of the optimism they had just a few weeks ago about ...
What’s keeping state in sorry shape
SACRAMENTO Technically speaking, it’s not hard to figure out how to solve California’s permanent fiscal crisis if you just ignore the political mountains that would have to be moved to implement the fixes. A few good starting points: imposing a strict spending limit on legislators, reducing pension benefits ...
Union critic assesses governor’s race
San Francisco Chronicle, January 17, 2009 Steven Greenhut was a constant thorn in the side of California’s public employee unions as a columnist and editorial board member of the Orange County Register. Now he’s moved to Sacramento to serve as director of the journalism center for the Pacific Research Institute. ...
An education system more American than America’s
Dallas News (TX), January 15, 2009 ÅSTAD, Sweden While Texas is struggling to lift sagging standards in its public education system, Sweden’s schools are rockin’ and rollin’. But Sweden’s approach to education is culturally all-American. The Swedish model encourages competition and empowers individuals to take responsibility for their own ...
