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Does Hollywood Victimize Women?
The Contrarian
By: Laura Steadman
3.24.2000
This Sunday is Oscar night, prompting many celebrities to dust off their social awareness ribbons and go in search of their latest crusade, the Hollywood glass ceiling. On the heels of the announcement that Julia Roberts is making $20 million a movie-a lot more than Judd Nelson-Newsweek has come out with an article questioning whether women in Hollywood get the same treatment as men.
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Tax Man, Heal Thyself
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
3.22.2000
As working Americans stare down the barrel of the April 15 tax deadline, they should check out the recent revelations about the Internal Revenue Service, that fun bunch that gets your hard-earned money even before you do in the form of withholding. The 100,000 employees of this government "service," as it turns
out, include outright criminals.
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Internet Taxman? Nay, Virtual Peeping Tom
Action Alerts
3.17.2000
What do Internet taxes and your privacy have in common? Well, more than most of us would care to imagine. In fact, as Californians are finding out, Internet taxation might as well be called Internet surveillance.
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Vampire Liberalism
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
3.14.2000
SACRAMENTO - The latest Liberty Fund book catalogue brings the welcome news that Liberty Fund is going to publish a new edition of Kenneth Minogue's 1963 classic, The Liberal Mind. And not a moment too soon. It has been a tough week.
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The True Story on Education Spending
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
3.8.2000
Last week, the Pacific Research Institute released the California Index of Leading Education Indicators 2000 which lays out the latest data on public education in California, including test results, grade-point averages, dropout and graduation rates, course difficulty, teacher quality, education expenditures, and many other key factors. The recent analysis by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) of Governor Gray Davis’s proposed 2000–01 budget makes many of the same observations contained in the Index’s section on education spending.
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Marry a Millionaire, or Become One?
The Contrarian
By: Joanna Elach
3.1.2000
The outrage from women’s groups over "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" revealed less about the Fox TV show than about the critics, some of whom went so far as to suggest it signaled the end of Western civilization.
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McCain’s Encryption Record Raising Fundraising Suspicions
ePolicy
By: Justin Matlick*
3.1.2000
While John McCain claims to be immune to moneyed interests, his approach to encryption regulations suggests a different story. As Mr. McCain’s dramatic reversal in this area indicates, he may have changed his tune to make Silicon Valley donors sing.
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A Primer on Forced Access
PRI Technology Study
By: Eric Montarti
3.1.2000
If allowed to develop unfettered by government restrictions, the deployment of high-speed Internet technology -- known as broadband -- will bring the World Wide Web to consumers at faster speeds, provide better quality, and allow for new applications that will fundamentally alter the way we work, communicate, and recreate.
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