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Why California's "Budget Wolf" Has Returned
California Republic Op-Ed
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D
2.28.2008
On February 16, Governor Schwarzenegger approved the California legislature's plan to deal with the "fiscal emergency" that the governor declared on January 10, two days after he said that the "budget wolf" that California had managed to avoid for two years was now back at the door.
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Teachers unions are the big problem
Charleston Daily Mail Clipping
By: Karl Priest
2.27.2008
TEACHERS are in a never-ending Groundhog's Day situation when they rely on the same old union strong-arm tactics to get a few extra crumbs from the Legislature.
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Do our candidates need vision corrected?
Providence Journal Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
2.22.2008
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL is awash with promises to make universal health care a reality in the next presidential term. Candidates from both parties claim they can lower costs — and insure everyone — through legislative mandates and increased government intervention in the health-care market.
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Senator Kuehl’s Health Care Agenda
Sacramento Union Op-Ed
By: Diana M. Ernst
2.22.2008
Democratic Sen. Sheila Kuehl, who chairs the Senate health committee, made sure that a recent attempt at health care overhaul in California went down in flames last month. Her committee rejected ABX1 1, the Schwarzenegger-Nunez health care reform legislation.
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Radio to the People
Tech News World Op-Ed
2.22.2008
This week marked the anniversary of the announcement that the satellite radio firms Sirius and XM plan to merge, yet so far the companies have not been allowed to consummate the marriage. That's because regulators are standing in the way, backed by well-heeled Washington lobbyists out to prove that ridiculous ideas still have an impact if they come with dollar-sign attachments.
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Terminating Fiscal Conservatism
National Review
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D
2.22.2008
‘For several years, we kept the budget wolf from the door,” said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his State of the State Address. “But the wolf is back.” Two days after this speech — January 10 — the governor declared a “fiscal emergency,” forcing the legislature to develop a plan within 45 days to close this year’s gap.
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The Hidden Dangers of Government Health Care
Child and Family Protection Association Clipping
By: Roy Hanson Jr.
2.21.2008
“Socialized health care” is the term we are using to describe various forms of government-controlled health care delivery and funding programs. This topic continues to spark a great deal of debate.
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What Now for California Health Care?
California Republic.org Op-Ed
By: Diana M. Ernst
2.20.2008
Last month the Senate health committee dumped the Schwarzenegger/Núñez Model ABX1 1, California's trend-setting gadget for health-care repair. Senator Sheila Kuehl, who chairs that committee, tossed it for more personal reasons, other than the obvious $14-billion price tag and state budget deficit of similar size.
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On Patent Reform, Don’t Be Evil
Tinytown Gazette Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
2.19.2008
Google has achieved wild success and cultural notoriety by operating under the corporate mantra “Don’t be evil.” But when it comes to patent reforms currently under consideration in Congress, Google -- along with several other tech heavyweights -- seems to be straying from the company line.
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Reject National Health care
Press Enterprise Op-Ed
By: John R. Graham
2.18.2008
Last December, Nataline Sarkisyan, a comatose leukemia patient, failed to receive a liver transplant potentially in time to save her life. Politically motivated opportunists such as former presidential candidate John Edwards have been exploiting the 17-year-old's tragic death to promote government health care. If anything, this case should turn us away from that course.
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Drug ads a form of free speech
Los Angeles Times - Letter to the Editor
By: John R. Graham
2.17.2008
David Lazarus claims that direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising results in "forcing physicians to respond to people's demands for heavily touted drugs." ("Ads spur urge for drugs," Consumer Confidential, Feb. 6.)
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Satellite radio held hostage
Philadelphia Daily News Op-Ed
By: Daniel R. Ballon, Ph.D
2.15.2008
THE $4 BILLION merger of satellite radio companies Sirius and XM continues to languish in the hands of government regulators, despite hopes that the 10-month antitrust investigation wouldn't drag into 2008.
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Commentary: Vicki Murray
Forbes Op-Ed
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
2.14.2008
A growing number of middle-income families are in homes they can barely afford to keep and cannot afford to sell at a loss--all so that their children can go to "good" suburban public schools. But just how good are those schools?
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Building a digital bridge to nowhere
Orange County Register Op-Ed
By: Daniel R. Ballon, Ph.D
2.13.2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's California Broadband Task Force concluded last month that high-speed Internet access should be a public investment, much like roads and power lines. The CBTF proposes "state-issued broadband bonds" to bring ultrafast connections to the state's most desolate locales. Without public subsidies, however, California already ranks first in the nation for availability of advanced broadband technologies.
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Who Can Own the Air? FCC Gives, Can Take Away
Wall Street Journal
By: Daniel R. Ballon, Ph.D
2.13.2008
"Purblind Auction" (Review & Outlook, Feb. 7) incorrectly describes wireless spectrum as "real estate." The government may be selling these choice airwaves to the highest bidder, but who really owns them? Certainly not the auction winner.
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State-subsidized broadband a bad idea
Orange County Register Clipping
2.13.2008
There are some in government intent on improving what already works just fine, often to the detriment of nearly everyone. The latest unnecessary fix of what's not broken is a preposterous, counter-productive, exorbitantly expensive proposal to use state-issued bonds to bring ultra-fast Internet connections to every remote California nook and cranny.
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Body 2.0: Changing the Nature of Genetic Data
Tech News World Op-Ed
2.8.2008
The next generation of parents is set to embrace genetic testing of kids for diseases that may occur later in life, according to a study published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics. This is big news given that many medical professionals oppose the practice and there is a movement in Congress to secure genetic privacy. This raises a key question: What is the nature of genetic data?
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1 bad health plan dies; another looms
Orange County Register Op-Ed
By: Diana M. Ernst
2.8.2008
The state Senate Health Committee voted overwhelmingly last month to trash the universal health care plan promoted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez. Supporters of the plan, known as ABX1 1, murmured about the "real" reasons for its failure, but we all know the reason was Democratic Sen. Sheila Kuehl, who chairs the Senate Health Committee.
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I'm fat, you're fat and your kids probably are, too
Glen Ridge Paper Clipping
By: Alan Caruba
2.7.2008
If you want the government, federal, state and local, to tell you what you can and cannot eat, please raise your hand. Apparently no one does except the various politicians who think they were elected to determine what you should eat and drink.
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Losing by 'Saving'
New York Post Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
2.5.2008
To help close New York's $4.4 billion budget deficit, Gov. Spitzer has put prescription drugs on the chopping block. His budget proposal for the next fiscal year would axe drug spending by $172 million from the $1.9 billion otherwise expected.
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Wal-Mart Increases Employee Health Benefits
Health Care News Clipping
By: Dr. Sanjit Bagchi
2.1.2008
Beset by threats of tailor-made state and local laws intended to force it to increase workers' health care benefits, retail giant Wal-Mart is providing health coverage to more of its employees.
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Need Deficit Solutions? Think School Choice
Sacramento Union Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
2.1.2008
According to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California faces a combined $14 billion budget deficit for this fiscal year and the next. In response, the governor has resorted to conventional remedies such as a 10-percent across-the-board spending cut.
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