Commentary
Business & Economics
NY suer system stinks
New York Post, November 18, 2009 Report: Legal costs rob economy of $16B New York’s court system is among the most lawsuit-friendly in the country — socking citizens with millions of dollars in wacky jury awards, higher taxes and increased costs of insurance and health care, a study released yesterday ...
Commentary
Top Ten Energy Myths
SAN FRANCISCO — The Pacific Research Institute, a free market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report debunking the common myths about energy in America. Top Ten Energy Myths, by Thomas Tanton, senior fellow in Energy Studies, confronts ten popular myths about America’s energy sources, uses, and ...
Business & Economics
Buying TVs and cars, Soviet-style
Two new regulations suggest that California leads the nation in mandates that inconvenience its residents while gaining little for the environment. First, consider the California Energy Commission’s unanimous vote Wednesday to effectively ban most current televisions more than 40 inches wide because they use too much electricity. The new energy-efficiency ...
Commentary
Checking the ObamaCare Math
The health care debate has largely been a battle of numbers, and the most widely cited one — 46 million uninsured — isn’t even accurate. According to the census, the real number [1] of uninsured Americans is 28 million: 46 million, minus nine million non-citizens, minus nine million people on ...
Commentary
Give “American Education Week” Some Real Meaning
This week the National Education Association is sponsoring American Education Week. According to the NEA’s website, the purpose of the week is to emphasize, “the importance of providing every child in America with a quality public education from kindergarten through college, and the need for everyone to do his or ...
Commentary
Dems’ health reforms attack taxpayer wallets
While House Democratic leaders have gloated over their recent approval of a 1,990-page health reform proposal that would cost in excess of $1 trillion, the American people may be less enthused with the results. Congress should be working to make health care more affordable — not more expensive — for ...
Commentary
Public schools mask poor performance, students suffer
The Examiner (Washington, D.C.), December 18, 2009 Recent revelations indicate that Virginia’s public schools aren’t performing as well as educators claim, a classic example of the smoke screen phenomenon. In states across the country, officials hide the real performance of schools and students from the prying eyes of parents and ...
Climate Change
Deflating Copenhagen
There must be something really wrong, I thought. Henny-Penny, founder and recording secretary of The Holy Order of The Sky is Falling, never calls at night and it was now 10 p.m. “It’s a calamity,” She squawked. “They’ve decided not to pass a climate change treaty at Copenhagen next month. ...
Business & Economics
To Revive New York’s Economy, Attack Lawsuit Abuse
New York’s unemployment rate is hovering near 9% – the highest in more than a decade. Meanwhile, almost 12% of Empire State homeowners are late on their mortgages or in foreclosure. From 1997 through 2007, the number of jobs in New York increased only 8%, ranking the state 36th. During ...
Agriculture
New Study Examines the Impact of Genetically Modified Crops on the Environment
San Francisco – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, released a new report examining the environmental and health concerns associated with genetically modified (GM) crops. The Way in Which We Produce Our Food, by Amy Kaleita, Ph.D., PRI senior fellow in environmental studies, concludes ...
NY suer system stinks
New York Post, November 18, 2009 Report: Legal costs rob economy of $16B New York’s court system is among the most lawsuit-friendly in the country — socking citizens with millions of dollars in wacky jury awards, higher taxes and increased costs of insurance and health care, a study released yesterday ...
Top Ten Energy Myths
SAN FRANCISCO — The Pacific Research Institute, a free market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report debunking the common myths about energy in America. Top Ten Energy Myths, by Thomas Tanton, senior fellow in Energy Studies, confronts ten popular myths about America’s energy sources, uses, and ...
Buying TVs and cars, Soviet-style
Two new regulations suggest that California leads the nation in mandates that inconvenience its residents while gaining little for the environment. First, consider the California Energy Commission’s unanimous vote Wednesday to effectively ban most current televisions more than 40 inches wide because they use too much electricity. The new energy-efficiency ...
Checking the ObamaCare Math
The health care debate has largely been a battle of numbers, and the most widely cited one — 46 million uninsured — isn’t even accurate. According to the census, the real number [1] of uninsured Americans is 28 million: 46 million, minus nine million non-citizens, minus nine million people on ...
Give “American Education Week” Some Real Meaning
This week the National Education Association is sponsoring American Education Week. According to the NEA’s website, the purpose of the week is to emphasize, “the importance of providing every child in America with a quality public education from kindergarten through college, and the need for everyone to do his or ...
Dems’ health reforms attack taxpayer wallets
While House Democratic leaders have gloated over their recent approval of a 1,990-page health reform proposal that would cost in excess of $1 trillion, the American people may be less enthused with the results. Congress should be working to make health care more affordable — not more expensive — for ...
Public schools mask poor performance, students suffer
The Examiner (Washington, D.C.), December 18, 2009 Recent revelations indicate that Virginia’s public schools aren’t performing as well as educators claim, a classic example of the smoke screen phenomenon. In states across the country, officials hide the real performance of schools and students from the prying eyes of parents and ...
Deflating Copenhagen
There must be something really wrong, I thought. Henny-Penny, founder and recording secretary of The Holy Order of The Sky is Falling, never calls at night and it was now 10 p.m. “It’s a calamity,” She squawked. “They’ve decided not to pass a climate change treaty at Copenhagen next month. ...
To Revive New York’s Economy, Attack Lawsuit Abuse
New York’s unemployment rate is hovering near 9% – the highest in more than a decade. Meanwhile, almost 12% of Empire State homeowners are late on their mortgages or in foreclosure. From 1997 through 2007, the number of jobs in New York increased only 8%, ranking the state 36th. During ...
New Study Examines the Impact of Genetically Modified Crops on the Environment
San Francisco – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, released a new report examining the environmental and health concerns associated with genetically modified (GM) crops. The Way in Which We Produce Our Food, by Amy Kaleita, Ph.D., PRI senior fellow in environmental studies, concludes ...
