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SF Encryption Ruling Paves Way For Internet Commerce
Technology Op-Ed
By: Justin Matlick
9.16.1997
On August 27, a federal judge in San Francisco handed down a victory for internet commerce. By finding export restrictions on encryption technology unconstitutional, Marilyn Hall Patel added momentum to the movement to eliminate them altogether. This movement recognizes what federal regulators do not: the internet’s potential can only be realized if a free market technology policy is adopted.
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Escape From Nerdistan
Technology Op-Ed
By: Joel Kotkin
9.12.1997
Over the past two decades, the bespectacled nerd, with his plastic shirt-pocket pencil holder and white socks, emerged as the new American superhero. The computer geeks, epitomized by Microsoft’s Bill Gates and mockingly immortalized in the 1984 comedy film “Revenge of the Nerds,” have been the ones who are ending up with the fabulous house, the good-looking mate and the big bank account.
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Privatization Benefits Local Library
Business and Economic Op-Ed
By: Erin Schiller
9.9.1997
This summer, Riverside County’s public library system became the first
privatized public library in the country. While some feared staff reductions,
an end to children’s programs, or other spending cuts in the name of
efficiency, changes so far demonstrate that the quality of service has
increased under privatization.
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America's Million-Dollar Men
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
9.1.1997
"Real men don't have restricted stock; real men don't play games with options," opines leading critic of CEO pay Graef Crystal. "Last year CEO pay went up 16 percent on average, as it did the year before, while the average worker's pay increased by 3 percent. Keep it up and we'll have a revolution."
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