Wildfires
Business & Economics
The $2 Trillion Hole
Promised pensions benefits for public-sector employees represent a massive overhang that threatens the financial future of many cities and states. LIKE A CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE, populist rage burns over bloated executive compensation and unrepentant avarice on Wall Street. Deserving as these targets may or may not be, most Americans have ignored ...
Business & Economics
No roads to recovery in sight
With California teetering on insolvency, government union activists and liberal legislators are trying to whip the public into a “please tax us more” frenzy by scaring people about the consequences of spending cuts. At a union rally in Sacramento recently, one protester hoisted a “Raise Our Taxes” sign, which typifies ...
Climate Change
Californians’ Global Warming Fervor Cools
New York Times, August 3, 2009 Californians’ eagerness to battle global warming seems to be cooling a bit: The latest survey on the state’s environmental attitudes, released on Wednesday, showed that 47 percent consider the threat of global warming very serious, a decline of seven percentage points from two years ...
Commentary
This’ll Be Huge: WellPoint to Cover “Medical Tourism” Outside U.S.
A growing number of Americans are interested in going abroad for surgery. Hospitals in India, Thailand, and other countries are able to offer high-quality treatment for a fraction of the cost of American hospitals. This enterprise is called “medical tourism”. Indianapolis-based WellPoint, which covers 35 million Americans, has decided to ...
Business & Economics
Scottsdale Loses Its Municipal Wi-Fi Network
Info Tech & Telecom News (The Heartland Institute), July 1, 2008 The provision of citywide wireless Internet service in Scottsdale, Arizona has come to an abrupt end a mere two years after launch. Wildfire Broadband, the primary Internet service provider (ISP), has closed its doors, leaving business and individual users ...
The $2 Trillion Hole
Promised pensions benefits for public-sector employees represent a massive overhang that threatens the financial future of many cities and states. LIKE A CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE, populist rage burns over bloated executive compensation and unrepentant avarice on Wall Street. Deserving as these targets may or may not be, most Americans have ignored ...
No roads to recovery in sight
With California teetering on insolvency, government union activists and liberal legislators are trying to whip the public into a “please tax us more” frenzy by scaring people about the consequences of spending cuts. At a union rally in Sacramento recently, one protester hoisted a “Raise Our Taxes” sign, which typifies ...
Californians’ Global Warming Fervor Cools
New York Times, August 3, 2009 Californians’ eagerness to battle global warming seems to be cooling a bit: The latest survey on the state’s environmental attitudes, released on Wednesday, showed that 47 percent consider the threat of global warming very serious, a decline of seven percentage points from two years ...
This’ll Be Huge: WellPoint to Cover “Medical Tourism” Outside U.S.
A growing number of Americans are interested in going abroad for surgery. Hospitals in India, Thailand, and other countries are able to offer high-quality treatment for a fraction of the cost of American hospitals. This enterprise is called “medical tourism”. Indianapolis-based WellPoint, which covers 35 million Americans, has decided to ...
Scottsdale Loses Its Municipal Wi-Fi Network
Info Tech & Telecom News (The Heartland Institute), July 1, 2008 The provision of citywide wireless Internet service in Scottsdale, Arizona has come to an abrupt end a mere two years after launch. Wildfire Broadband, the primary Internet service provider (ISP), has closed its doors, leaving business and individual users ...
