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Shovel This!
Capital Ideas
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
2.20.2003
In my last dispatch in this space three weeks ago I complained about the nuisance of the two inches of snow that had come down overnight. Today, after two feet of snow in the last 48 hours, I lay aside my snow shovel to resume worrying about global warming.
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California Just Can't Cut It
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
2.12.2003
A deficit of more than $30 billion and a sluggish economy are excellent grounds for cuts in government. California was recently handed such a chance when a state appeals court ruled 3-0 that the state's Coastal Commission is unconstitutional because it violates the separation of powers. Besides being in the court's view illegal, the Commission is also inept and facilitates corruption. But instead of disbanding the Commission, legislators began working three shifts to save the body, in a defiance of common sense, democracy, and even environmental realities.
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When the Music Stops
ePolicy
2.7.2003
Last week marked another stage in the battle between Hollywood and the technology industry when Verizon Communications appealed a judge's order to reveal the identity of an alleged music pirate to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The legal skirmish highlights the music industry's resolve for old business models and points to some flaws in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
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Remedial Revelations Prove State Schools Still Failing
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
2.5.2003
Governor Davis and others point to slight upticks in state test scores as proof that things are getting better in K-12 education. However, the recently released figures on remedial instruction at the California State University (CSU) show that the state has a long way to go before it can claim that it has turned the corner on student achievement.
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Maintaining the IX-Rated Status Quota
By: Sally C. Pipes
2.1.2003
On January 30, a commission convened by the Bush administration rejected dramatic changes to Title IX. This means that a program that is broken will not get fixed and that men's sports will continue to suffer discrimination.
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Will Mediscare Frighten Seniors in 2003?
By: Chris Middleton
2.1.2003
If market-based health-care reform were a Hollywood movie, it would be a horror flick called Mediscare in which heartless Republicans threaten senior citizens by attempting reform of the Medicare program. But Washington beats Hollywood to the punch by creating its own theatre. A sequel to Mediscare has now arrived, but whether seniors will buy tickets remains to be seen.
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How Should Congress Reform Medicare? It’s As Simple As Déjà Vu
PRI Briefing
By: Chris Middleton
2.1.2003
Medicare, the government health-care program for the elderly and disabled, faces a financial crisis when the baby boom generation begins to retire. Moreover, reform has become necessary because the complex, defined benefit Medicare program is failing to deliver the basic features of good medical care.
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