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Egad, It’s eGray!
ePolicy
9.30.2002
This month, California gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon stirred things up when his campaign posted a satire of Governor Gray Davis auctioning public policies at web site eGray.org. While not as outrageous as the vote swapping sites from the 2000 election, it’s a reminder that the Internet still affects political discourse.
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A Bold And Clear Voice For School Choice
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
9.18.2002
It’s quiz time. Identify who recently said the following: “But on the local, state, and national levels, the leadership of the teacher unions has led the resistance against many reform efforts designed to enable parents to choose the most appropriate schools for their children. They influence legislators not only through millions of dollars of direct contributions to political campaigns each year, but also through their own political activities designed to elect legislators who will support them and defeat those who will not.” A Republican
politician? A conservative think tank? Try the Roman Catholic bishops of New York State.
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Hanson’s Uncommon Moral Clarity
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
9.11.2002
Victor Davis Hanson comes on like the bracing sting of the first splash of lotion on a shaving
nick. During his long career as a classicist Hanson has pointed out the cultural dimension of warfare, and has
brought his classical perspective massively to bear on the current scene in his frequent commentaries for
National Review Online, many of them collected into a new book, An Autumn of War.
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Bad Ideas
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
9.5.2002
Ideas rule the world, as Victor Hugo noted. Some have stood the test of time, which, unfortunately, has no power to prevent bad ideas from appearing. Neither does professional status.
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A Woman’s Day?
By: Sally C. Pipes
9.5.2002
Women who continue to see themselves as victims of a patriarchal society should consider how women patronize and stereotype themselves. Consider “A Woman's Day,” a “professional conference and exposition” slated for California's state capital in late September.
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Weakening Drug Patents Will Kill Off Medicines And Patients
Health Policy Prescriptions
By: Chris Middleton
9.1.2002
Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate on July 31 would weaken patent protection for brand-name drugs by allowing generic drugs to reach the market sooner. Supporters claim that the bill, S. 812, will reduce drug spending by $60 billion over the next 10 years.
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