Vol. 32 No. 8, September 2006
Index
- The more you know ...
- People & politics.
- Childhood immunizations.
- New interest in nuke power.
- Toll temptations.
- Cigar-ette?
- Flash before you sneeze.
- Major decision.
- Smoking allowances.
- Surf's down.
- Young and yellow.
- B.C or B.C.E.?
- DVD dirt.
- Fluffgate.
- Grocery giving.
- Too young to not vote.
- Vermont heats up.
- No party for the GOP? Clinton's mid-term election was bad news for Democrats who lost 500 legislative seats. Some prognosticators think Republicans could suffer that fate this year.
- Top pay for top teachers: getting and keeping top teachers may depends on how we pay them.
- Producing a punchy podcast: podcasting can be a creative, convenient way to get your message out.
- Electric shock: energy costs have spiked since electric restructuring, and price controls set then are expiring. Customers and legislators now face the pain of market prices.
- Part D decisions: like other employers, many states are collecting a new federal subsidy for maintaining retiree drug coverage--but for many, that's not their "final answer.".
- Dispensing with the indispensable: getting rid of our electronic gadgets is an environmental challenge.
- Hug-a-thug pays off: drug courts aren't a panacea for drug addiction, but they have won hearts and opened pocketbooks in state legislatures.
- New Supreme Court speaks: a pair of election law cases this year will have long-range effects.
- As they see it.