Commentary
Business & Economics
Idaho’s a great place to do business according to study
In fact, Idaho was ranked second in the nation for economic freedom in a study by the Pacific Research Institute in Association with Forbes Magazine. The study looks at a state based on how friendly state government policies are towards free enterprise or consumer choice. According to the study, states ...
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Counting the Cost of the War on Global Warming
Last month, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger held an international climate summit to show local governments in other countries that greenhouse gas emissions can be cut, to the degree he wants, without harming the economy. This comes as the financial meltdown has prompted a global movement to scale back draconian measures ...
Business & Economics
Ohio taxes and spends too much
What’s the biggest political myth in Ohio? Maybe it’s the idea that our state government is a model of responsibility because it “lives within its means” – that is, it pays for its spending in the present, through taxes, rather than in the future, through debt. It’s true that our ...
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Special-needs students deserve grant program
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), December 9, 2008 Today the educational future of special-needs and foster children is in the hands of the Arizona Supreme Court. At issue is the constitutionality of state scholarships that parents such as Brendan and Susan Fay of Tucson can use to send their children ...
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A peek at recent health and fitness books, magazines and Web sites
Anyone who suffers from pain or treats people in pain can benefit from reading A Day Without Pain (Central Recovery Press, $14.95), written by Dr. Mel Pohl, vice president of medical affairs and medical director of Las Vegas Recovery Center. He was instrumental in developing the center’s Chronic Pain Rehabilitation ...
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Paying Medical Bills in Bankruptcy
Most advocates of individual choice in health care appreciate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), because it allows self-insuring firms to reduce health care costs by avoiding state mandates and offering a uniform health benefit nationwide. Skunk at the garden party, I am significantly less enthusiastic. However, I do ...
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Are “Green Jobs” an answer to economy?
The prospects sound good but the conference got only half the story. Estimates of just how many jobs our push to go green may generate vary widely, but not all economists believe that there really will be any kind of green-job boom. More important is the question of whether these ...
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Don’t change formula for needed drugs
A report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations revealed that America’s cancer death rate is dropping. And for the first time in the 10-year history of the report, the rate of cancer incidence is dropping as well. Thanks to lifestyle improvements, prevention programs and new treatment options, the United States ...
Commentary
Air Board’s analysis holds many flaws
This is not the time to implement policies that will further cripple California’s economy and put a disproportionate financial burden on the state’s poor and elderly, but that is exactly what the California Air Resources Board is planning to do by implementing the Global Warming Solutions Act. The air board ...
Business & Economics
State legislators need to find a way to boost ranking
California legislators are in the midst of a “special session” to deal with this fiscal year’s budget deficit, estimated at $10 billion. They should use this session to boost California’s ability to generate economic growth and the tax revenues that go with it. The Golden State could stand for much ...
Idaho’s a great place to do business according to study
In fact, Idaho was ranked second in the nation for economic freedom in a study by the Pacific Research Institute in Association with Forbes Magazine. The study looks at a state based on how friendly state government policies are towards free enterprise or consumer choice. According to the study, states ...
Counting the Cost of the War on Global Warming
Last month, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger held an international climate summit to show local governments in other countries that greenhouse gas emissions can be cut, to the degree he wants, without harming the economy. This comes as the financial meltdown has prompted a global movement to scale back draconian measures ...
Ohio taxes and spends too much
What’s the biggest political myth in Ohio? Maybe it’s the idea that our state government is a model of responsibility because it “lives within its means” – that is, it pays for its spending in the present, through taxes, rather than in the future, through debt. It’s true that our ...
Special-needs students deserve grant program
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), December 9, 2008 Today the educational future of special-needs and foster children is in the hands of the Arizona Supreme Court. At issue is the constitutionality of state scholarships that parents such as Brendan and Susan Fay of Tucson can use to send their children ...
A peek at recent health and fitness books, magazines and Web sites
Anyone who suffers from pain or treats people in pain can benefit from reading A Day Without Pain (Central Recovery Press, $14.95), written by Dr. Mel Pohl, vice president of medical affairs and medical director of Las Vegas Recovery Center. He was instrumental in developing the center’s Chronic Pain Rehabilitation ...
Paying Medical Bills in Bankruptcy
Most advocates of individual choice in health care appreciate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), because it allows self-insuring firms to reduce health care costs by avoiding state mandates and offering a uniform health benefit nationwide. Skunk at the garden party, I am significantly less enthusiastic. However, I do ...
Are “Green Jobs” an answer to economy?
The prospects sound good but the conference got only half the story. Estimates of just how many jobs our push to go green may generate vary widely, but not all economists believe that there really will be any kind of green-job boom. More important is the question of whether these ...
Don’t change formula for needed drugs
A report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations revealed that America’s cancer death rate is dropping. And for the first time in the 10-year history of the report, the rate of cancer incidence is dropping as well. Thanks to lifestyle improvements, prevention programs and new treatment options, the United States ...
Air Board’s analysis holds many flaws
This is not the time to implement policies that will further cripple California’s economy and put a disproportionate financial burden on the state’s poor and elderly, but that is exactly what the California Air Resources Board is planning to do by implementing the Global Warming Solutions Act. The air board ...
State legislators need to find a way to boost ranking
California legislators are in the midst of a “special session” to deal with this fiscal year’s budget deficit, estimated at $10 billion. They should use this session to boost California’s ability to generate economic growth and the tax revenues that go with it. The Golden State could stand for much ...
