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Teach a Woman to Fish
The Contrarian
By: Katherine Post
1.27.1999
In his State of the Union speech, President Clinton restated his commitment to saving Social Security, and invoked poverty among elderly women as a compelling reason to ensure retirement security. He’s right about that, but his milquetoast approach to reform won’t help women, and may end up making things worse.
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Gray Davis’ Voucher Prophecy
1.26.1999
Gray Davis’ plan to revive California’s schools includes intensive reading programs, a mandatory high school exit examination, and more accountability for teachers. Nothing in that list will disturb those responsible for the dismal state of education in this state. Of more interest is what Davis did not mention.
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Here Comes Suburban Renewal
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
1.19.1999
Once upon a time, presidential campaigns were run on Big Issues like who could better safeguard the nation’s security in the Cold War, or who could best revive a stagnant economy. Vice President Al Gore is now field-testing his presidential campaign for the year 2000 and has the luxury of selecting any number of major issues. He has come up with--drum roll please--suburban sprawl.
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Business Schools Under Attack
PRI Impact
By: Katherine Post
1.12.1999
The gender police have discovered a new disparity between men and women and have now flooded the nation with slick materials sounding the alarm. Here’s the hot new issue: more men than women enroll in business school. The nation is expected to treat this as an emergency. On one level, however, the disparity hawks have it right.
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Davis’ Four Percent Non-Solution
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
1.12.1999
As he proclaims a new era in state government, incoming Governor Gray Davis is trotting out a number of old and very bad ideas. Take, for example, Davis’ plan to increase the number of certain minorities at University of California campuses. Currently, the top 12.5 percent of high school graduates statewide are eligible for admission to the UC system. In his inaugural speech, Davis pledged to "seek to ensure diversity and fair play" by guaranteeing UC admission for all students who finish in the top four percent of each California high school. This plan is nearly a carbon copy of SCA 7, a state constitutional amendment introduced last year by State Senator Teresa Hughes (D-Los Angeles).
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Impeach the Government
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
1.5.1999
President Clinton lied to the American people and committed high crimes and misdemeanors for which any ordinary citizen would have been punished under the law. That pro-impeachment line can also teach a valuable lesson about the role of government.
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