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Is RTD Passing Gas?0
- TRANSPORTATION - Op Eds
- May 29, 2002
Ozone is a known cancer-causing agent. It also causes lung irritation and difficulty in breathing, especially among the very young, elderly, and those with respiratory ailments. Ozone is an unstable form or oxygen. Light rail trains generate ozone. Is there a problem?
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National ID Card Proposal Still Stinks 0
- JUSTICE - Opinion Editorials
- May 14, 2002
The proponents of a national ID card got a big boost in April when Congressmen James Moran (D-Va.) and Thomas Davis (R-Va.) introduced the Drivers License Modernization Act of 2002:

Among other things, this Act would federalize state drivers license issuance standards, link up even more government databases to the license, introduce the collection of bio-metric identifiers and open the door to yet more collecting of information on us by both government agencies and “authorized” private sector contractors.
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Proposed Health Care Slush Fund Violates The Public Trust 0
- HEALTH CARE - Op-Eds
- May 8, 2002
With new tax money in short supply, the legislature has a duty to prune state government. As legions of Colorado business executives can tell you, this is a nasty, unpleasant duty that is absolutely essential to an enterprises long-term survival. Unfortunately, it is a duty that some legislators seem determined to avoid.
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Medicaid Drug Formularies 0
- HEALTH CARE - Issue Papers
- April 21, 2002
Medicaid spending is projected to exceed $276 billion in 2003. It will be larger than Medicare. Some experts predict that without significant reform it will bankrupt the states by 2020.
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Do We Need Warning Labels For Lies In The Library?0
- HEALTH CARE - Op-Eds
- April 17, 2002
In September 2000, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf handed professional librarians a knotty problem. It published Arming America, a book in which Emory University professor Michael Bellesiles outlined research supposedly showing that guns were rare in America from the Colonial period to the Civil War. The book was awarded Columbia Universitys Bancroft Prize in history in April 2001, and immediately appeared in library collections around the country.
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Do We Need Warning Labels For Lies In The Library 0
- Education, Issues
- April 17, 2002
In September 2000, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf handed professional librarians a knotty problem. It published Arming America, a book in which Emory University professor Michael Bellesiles outlined research supposedly showing that guns were rare in America from the Colonial period to the Civil War. The book was awarded Columbia Universitys Bancroft Prize in history
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