Keep School Boards Conflict-Free
Potential conflicts loom that could threaten the integrity of Colorado’s public school boards. Most states will not let someone simultaneously work for a school district and serve on the school board. Colorado has no such law. Individual school districts must decide, and less than half of the 25 largest districts have policies prohibiting this particular conflict of interest.
Reforming Higher Education in Colorado
Several proposals have been put forth to ‘reform’ higher education in Colorado. Some of these proposals are in fact not ‘reforms’, but rather proposals that would increase public subsidies and strengthen the monopoly position of public institutions in higher education.
Ten Reasons to Oppose FasTracks
1. It won’t relieve traffi c congestion
2. It won’t relieve rush-hour congestion
3. It’s far too expensive
4. It isn’t fast
5. It won’t relieve air pollution—and may make ozone worse
6. Most people will rarely or never use it
7. We can relieve congestion without a tax increase
8. We can have far better transit service without a tax increase
9. It forecloses options
10. Congestion will get far worse if it is built
A smarter way to do mass transit
The first tastes of freedom often come in very tiny bites. And a little, and I do mean a little, sliver of freedom has found its way to Colfax Avenue in Denver.
Toure David and Modest Kouame came to America a decade ago. When it took them an hour and 20 minutes to get to where they were going by bus, compared to 40 minutes by car, they knew their business would succeed. And they are gambling their entire life savings on it.
Let Colorado Water Markets Work
IP-6-2004 (March 2004) Author: J. Craig Green PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Introduction For 150 years, Colorado Water Law has been developed with a healthy respect for property rights – protecting the prior rights to water use established by the hard work of those who came before. Most attempts […]
Compulsory Evidence-Based Medicine: An Unproven Idea That Shouldn't Be Law
I. What is evidence-based medicine (EBM)?
Proponents like EBM originator David Sackett say evidence-based medicine is simply a tool to further the “conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.”
Evidence-Based Medicine Turns Patients into Pets
If evidence-based medicine becomes law in Colorado, your dog may have more influence on his medical treatment than you do on yours.
Under language floating around the statehouse, future Colorado law could appoint a small committee to use “evidence-based medicine” to “integrate” the clinical expertise of a “health care provider” with a “covered person’s choice of care” and “efficacious interventions to maximize the quality and quantity of life for individual covered persons.” At least those who decide on a dog’s fate usually know him and treat him as an individual.
