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And Now For the Good News
The Contrarian
By: Katherine Post
7.24.1997
Mid-July in Washington, D.C. is rather nasty -- it's swampy, sticky, and full of cranky people dying for August recess. The press tends to reflect this ill temper: negative stories, scandal hunting, and plain old bad news. And then a story in the July/August issue of The American Enterprise on "Female Entrepreneurship" brings a breath of fresh air by reassuring us of the livelihood of the American Dream.
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Draft Math Standards Ruffle Establishment Feathers
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
7.23.1997
Recently, the California Commission for the Establishment of Academic Content and Performance Standards released its draft math standards. Although still a rough document that will require refinement, Stanford University Mathematics Professor Ralph Cohen has observed that the math standards constitute "a courageous document." Prof. Cohen notes that "A curriculum aligned with these standards will be rigorous and deep. California students who complete the K-7 portion of such a program will have a thorough foundation in pre-algebra-level mathematics, allowing them to be ready for algebra in the 8th grade. This is an international benchmark that I am convinced that most California students can meet, if given the right background."
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Explaining the Compassion Gap, or, Why Morris Is No Dick
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
7.16.1997
"Now and then," the late literary critic Lionel Trilling began his best book, Sincerity and Authenticity, "it is possible to observe the moral life in process of revising itself, perhaps by reducing the emphasis it formerly placed upon one or another of its elements, perhaps by inventing and adding to itself a new element, some mode of conduct or of feeling which hitherto it had not regarded as essential to virtue." Trilling's great theme comes to mind when struggling for an explanation of the remarkably durable popularity President Clinton enjoys.
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First Social Security, Now Your 401(k): Beltway Paternalism and Your Retirement
The Contrarian
By: Katherine Post
7.10.1997
We've all heard a similar story: A friend of a friend who's been married for twenty years and finds out that her husband has secretly spent his 401(k) savings, leaving their future at risk. In response to these anecdotes, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Illinois) has taken up the cause with a small provision in the Senate's tax bill about to go to conference. Watch out -- this is feminist victimology in all its glory.
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Whose Government Is It?
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
7.2.1997
The disgust and contempt many people have for government today was best epitomized in my mind by a cartoon I saw a few years back. Two guys sitting at a bar. Drinker #1 says to Drinker #2: "Do you think politicians should have term limits?" Drinker #2: "Nope. They should get life without parole."
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