NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 12-09-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Wednesday, December 9, 2009 There are more than 500,000 subscribers that receive the Daily Policy Digest. Help us hit 1 million by Forwarding to a Friend. Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Global Warming THE TOTALITIES OF COPENHAGEN: GLOBAL WARMING AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TRUE BELIEF What do global warming zealots and Stalinists have in common? Too much, says columnist Bret Stephens... WALL STREET JOURNAL Global Warming COPENHAGEN -- ALL PAIN, NO GAIN New efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have almost no impact on global warming (cutting predicted future warming by only a fraction of a degree), says researcher Richard W. Rahn... CATO INSTITUTE Health Issues HONEST MEDICARE BUDGETING IN HEALTH CARE REFORM The Senate health care reform bill cuts imaginary Medicare spending and uses the funds for real spending elsewhere, say observers... HERITAGE FOUNDATION Health Issues BETTER VACCINES FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC; NEW TECHNOLOGIES PROMISE AN END TO SHORTAGES In 21st century America, we are waging war on a lethal infectious disease with World War I-era technology, says Dr. Henry I. Miller... HOOVER INSTITUTION/WASHINGTON TIMES Health Issues HALF OF TEEN GIRLS INFECTED WITH STDS WITHIN TWO YEARS OF HAVING SEX Within two years of becoming sexually active, half of teenage girls may be infected with at least one of three common sexually transmitted organisms, say researchers... ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE/REUTERS/FOX NEWS Education Issues FOR-PROFIT UNIVERSITIES WANT SOME RESPECT For-profit universities keep costs down with innovative use of technology, publish metrics like job placements and are open to any high-school graduate, say observers... FAST COMPANY About the DPD NCPA's Daily Policy Digest brings you the most wide-ranging public policy findings five times a week at no charge. DPD knows your time is valuable, so we find and summarize the most topical public policy issues from today's newspapers, magazines, websites, government reports, scholarly journals and think tanks. Visit the DPD Archives Visit the NCPA website The John Goodman Health Blog A new Consumer-Directed Health Care Blog. Forward this to a Friend Subscribe to the Daily Policy Digest. Unsubscribe: If you received this email in error, you can unsubscribe here. Connect with the NCPA on: Please do not reply to this email address as it is not monitored. For a list of NCPA departments and corresponding email addresses, please visit www.ncpa.org/contact. We depend on the financial support of individuals. We need your help to continue our work. Join the NCPA today! Dallas Headquarters 12770 Coit Rd., Suite 800 Dallas, TX 75251-1339 Phone: (972) 386-6272 Fax: (972) 386-0924 Copyright 2003-2009 National Center for Policy Analysis - All rights reserved