The Texas Legislature is now in full swing and, of course, the Texas Institute for Education Reform (TIER) is at every table on every significant public education issue at stake, hopefully providing meaningful policy advocacy leadership. We have a comprehensive agenda for the session, but I am often asked–if I could get only one major thing […]
Archives for April 2009
Disaster Watch
Events almost overwhelm. As I write, President Obama is in Europe winding up the G-20 meeting and the rest of his tour, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is revisiting “mark to market” accounting rules as they apply to financial institution asset write-downs, the stock market is showing signs of a bear market rally, the Obama […]
Driving on Parkways, Parking on Driveways, and Hedge Funds
I am pleased to include in this issue the following guest essay from David Ikenberry, Professor of Finance and Associate Dean for Executive Programs of the College of Business, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who brings unique perspective on hedge funds and their particular role in the recent financial meltdown. It’s funny when you […]
The Re-Politicization of Stem Cell Research
“If human embryonic stem cell research does not make you at least a little bit uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough.” — James A. Thompson, the first scientist to isolate human embryonic stem cells, as quoted by Charles Krauthammer. Krauthammer served as a member of President George W. Bush’s Council on Bioethics and […]