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Technology Op-Ed
3.27.2003

Fans of the "Bachelorette" or "Survivor" are now hooked on Operation Iraqi Freedom, the newest reality show to capture the world's attention. Technology has allowed a large cast of characters to play a part, with far-reaching consequences for all.
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The blood isn't being spilled for oil in Iraq
3.22.2003

San Francisco, CA — As war with Iraq commences, anti-war voices on the Left are becoming more strident.
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World Consumer Day Recalls Power of Market, Failure of Central Planning
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
3.15.2003

March 15 is World Consumer Day, first announced by the United Nations in 1985 with a bill of consumer rights, including "the right to satisfaction of basic needs." The day invites a comparison of two ways to meet those needs.
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Totalitarian Info Awareness?
Technology Op-Ed
3.13.2003

Experts in economics and psychology know that predicting individual behavior is a difficult matter. This is something for leaders to keep in mind when considering new programs such as the Total Information Awareness (TIA) system that would compile personal information in an effort to predict terrorist activity.
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Teacher Union Seeks to Knock the Teeth Out of School Accountability
Education Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
3.7.2003

Last year, the California Teachers Association sponsored a bill that would have made curriculum, testing, and other education policies part of the collective bargaining process. That bill died a well-deserved death but now the CTA is back with a proposal that would knock the teeth out of the state’s school accountability system.
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Canadian-Style Health Care Isn’t the Cure For U.S.’ Ills
Investor's Business Daily - Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
3.7.2003

When Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry found out that he had prostate cancer, he went to the best prostate surgeon in the world, Dr. Patrick Walsh of Johns Hopkins University Hospital, to have the gland removed. Following the successful procedure earlier this month, Walsh remarked that Kerry was “out of the woods.”
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Kuehl-Care is Wrong Prescription for Californians
By: Sally C. Pipes
3.5.2003

A new plan for a system of government health care in California is being touted by its author as a grand idea. That is a strange description for a measure that would be costly, counterproductive, and a danger to the well being of all Californians.
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Supreme Court Ruling Will Not Resolve Issue of Protecting Children from Internet Pornography
Press Release
3.5.2003

San Francisco, CA — The U.S. Supreme Court today considers the case of the Children’s Internet Protection Act, (CIPA), but the issue will not be resolved by a legal ruling, according to The Children’s Internet Protection Act: A Primer for Legislators, Policymaker, and Parents, released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI).
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California Teachers Association's Proposal to Change the State School Accountability System
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
3.4.2003

Last year, the California Teachers Association sponsored a highly criticized and unsuccessful bill that would have made curriculum and other education policies part of the collective bargaining process. The CTA, however, is back this year with a controversial proposal that would take the teeth out of the state's school accountability system.
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The Children’s Internet Protection Act: A Primer (PDF)
3.1.2003
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