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Capital Situations Versus Political Illusions
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
11.24.1998
Democrats continue to celebrate the recent election, with good reason. They enjoy practical monopoly power: Gray Davis in the governor’s office, a 48-32 edge in the Assembly, a 25-15 edge in the state Senate, and big-government Democrats in key posts such as Attorney General.
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The Chilling Effects of the Kyoto Protocol
Action Alerts
By: Dana Joel Gattuso
11.20.1998
At the United Nations conference on global warming in Buenos Aires in early November, developing countries greeted the Kyoto Protocol with a virtual deep freeze, rejecting its proposal for voluntary controls to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But that rejection, beyond what the pundits expected, didn’t stop the Clinton Administration from signing a flawed agreement based on faulty science and which, if implemented, would leave all the heavy lifting to developed countries like the United States.
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From Grandmother to Big Brother
Action Alerts
By: Naomi Lopez
11.19.1998
What do you get when you mix sentiment and politics rather than logic and facts with a California government commission on day care? You get a result that may actually harm access to affordable and safe child care for California families participating in both private and government programs.
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The Revolution Is Over: Long Live the Revolution!
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
11.17.1998
Stan Evans’ Monday Club, which meets bi-monthly at Hunan on the Hill restaurant near the Capitol, has been a conservative Washington institution for more than 20 years, and it is a tribute to Stan’s genius that he charges $8 for lunch when Hunan’s regular lunch special costs only $5.95. "It’s an entertainment charge," he explained to me, adding that the Centers for Disease Control has found that, after close study of the election results, "conservatism can’t be spread by casual contact."
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Judging a Book by its Cover
Action Alerts
By: Naomi Lopez
11.10.1998
Given the recent acclaim and fervor surrounding the latest pro-affirmative action book, some of our nation’s most influential educators need to be reminded that one should not judge a book by its cover. The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions (Princeton University Press, 1998) by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok, former presidents of Princeton and Harvard Universities, provides data on black students in a variety of areas including marital status, educational attainment, earnings, and occupation.
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The Future of Anti-Preference Laws
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
11.10.1998
One of the few bright spots on election night was the smashing victory of Washington state’s Initiative 200, the anti-race-and-gender-preference ballot measure. I-200 prevailed in a landslide (58-42%) despite being outspent five to one. The measure also overcame the furious opposition of the Washington political establishment, including liberal Governor Gary Locke; support from heavyweight national Democrats
from Vice President Al Gore to Jesse Jackson; and the support of the chicken-hearted corporate community
which threw in a ton of cash against the initiative.
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Drama Beats Depth in Retirement Security Debate
The Contrarian
By: Katherine Post
11.9.1998
Nobody can pluck a heartstring like William Jefferson Clinton. Seven days before the election, the White House released a report on Women and Retirement Security, which sounded the alarm that elderly women are at serious risk for poverty and depend heavily on Social Security to fend off destitution.
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California: One-Party State
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
11.3.1998
The election returns are streaming in, but this will not be another rehash of windy campaigns that likely lowered California’s collective IQ by 10 points. Capital Ideas will not review fervent Democrats suffering from foot-in-mouth disease, nor recalcitrant Republicans who either can’t or won’t hit targets the size of the Gobi desert.
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