Original Article While the debate over a new Alaskan Way Viaduct is focused on whether a replacement will be either above or below ground, the real hurdle is finding the billions to pay for the project — a politically charged prospect that could last years and likely require voter-approved taxes. The cost of building a new viaduct and adjacent seawall Read More ›
Original Article Within minutes of the start of the third presidential debate, Sen. John Kerry mentioned outsourcing — three times. It’s been his favorite word and economic lodestar since his Iowa primary victory last winter. In Kerry’s world, CEOs who use foreign labor are “Benedict Arnolds” for their efforts to succeed in the global economy. Media have obliged Kerry’s outsourcing Read More ›
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One of the most basic questions that children ask is, ”Where did we come from?” In science education policy, however, the more relevant question is, how do we best prepare our teachers to answer the student who inquires about our origins and the origin of other living things? The answer is at the heart of a contentious debate regarding the Read More ›
Of all the upside-down, misreported issues of 2004, the phoniest is the Kerry camp’s assertion that a re-elected George W. Bush will bring back the draft. The case is much stronger that John Kerry himself would do so. Military conscription was abolished more than 30 years ago by Richard Nixon (yes, that’s right) after a six-year campaign by Republicans to Read More ›
Sen. John Kerry keeps telling us that “the rich” need to pay more in taxes. The senator and his wife are among the 400 richest Americans. He says that he has “a plan to tax the rich.” Under the senator’s tax plan, what percentage of the Kerrys’ income do you think they would pay the IRS? (a) 50 percent, (b) Read More ›
Original Article Most of us lead such hectic lives that when our publicly funded television affiliate nixed a show on intelligent design, we breathed a collective sigh of relief: one less challenging idea to clutter our minds. Sure. In making the decision to cancel the show “Unlocking the Mystery of Life,” derisively referred to as “creationism” by the rabidly anti-Christian Read More ›
Original Article The box felt empty. Still, its presence on the floor of the backseat weighed on Jennifer and Joe Makhlouf with the heft of a planet. The Lambertville couple drove to Chicago with this strange little container in their care. They could hardly bear to touch it. Inside the lunchbox-sized incubator were two tiny embryos. Since the 1980s, researchers Read More ›
JOHN KERRY wasted no time jumping on President George Bush about the unexpected shortage in flu vaccines this year. Why wasn’t Bush paying attention? He should have done things differently. And of course Kerry had a “plan” to solve the whole mess. If Kerry thinks he can solve the flu vaccine problem, he need look no further than his own Read More ›
Press Release announcing Caldwell v. Roseville Joint Union High School DistrictTimeline of events Official complaint of Caldwell v. Roseville Joint Union High School District filed on January 11, 2005.