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State Legislative Analyst Calls for School Choice
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
3.24.1998
Over the past year, the case for school choice (i.e. vouchers) has picked up increasing momentum. Studies of choice programs in Milwaukee, Cleveland and Great Britain show significant improvement in both student performance and parental satisfaction. The New York Times, Washington Post and New Republic have editorialized in favor of school choice, a cause championed by leaders of the African American community such as former Democratic Congressman Floyd Flake.
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The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Politics
The Contrarian
By: Katherine Post
3.19.1998
San Francisco’s Board of Education has taken diversity dogma to new heights with a proposal to require high-school reading lists with at least four of every ten books by minority authors. Even in San Francisco, the proposal has created a furor.
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A Night at the Opera: Art Imitates Life
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
3.18.1998
As chance would have it, the very same week that the long-awaited film adaptation of Primary Colors is being released, Mozart's comic opera Don Giovanni is playing at the Kennedy Center. At Friday night’s performance I craned my neck for a look at the President’s box. It was empty.
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City Slickers
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
3.12.1998
A four-part urban strategy announced by the President has all of the predictable elements: help bring order to urban sprawl, conserve open space and relieve commuter traffic; make downtown urban renewal more acceptable by easing the burden on displaced people; “scatter” low income people in rehabilitated housing rather than concentrate them in dreary public housing projects; and assure better coordination and execution by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Contrarian
By: Katherine Post
3.4.1998
A famous civil rights slogan goes, “Justice delayed is justice denied.” It’s still relevant to today, particularly this week in the Senate, where an amendment offered by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) could finally force at least one side of Congress to face the constitutional question of treating Americans as individuals, not groups.
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U.S. Encryption Policy: A Free-Market Primer
PRI Study
By: Justin Matlick
3.1.1998
As the information revolution advances, vast amounts of valuable data will be stored on computers and communicated using the Internet and other electronic means. This information will inevitably be the target of profit-seeking, computer-savvy thieves and criminals. If the information age is to reach its potential, businesses and individuals must feel secure against this threat.
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