|
|
Publication Archive |
|
|
|
|
Chipping Away at Privacy Fears
ePolicy
10.29.2004
This month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a microchip that can be implanted in humans to provide access to medical records. Privacy regulation advocates were predictably horrified, but the chip does not create the privacy crisis some might imagine.
Read more
|
|
|
The Big Choice
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
10.28.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - In five days, on November 2, Americans will go to the polls and choose the next president of the United States. As they ponder their options, the people might also consider what they can and cannot
choose.
Read more
|
|
|
No Belle Prize, Continued
The Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.21.2004
From the far north, the heirs of the inventor of dynamite provide the latest evidence that women are still prime candidates for tokenism and blatant political exploitation. I refer to Elfriede Jelinek, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Read more
|
|
|
Problems and Solutions in California's Higher Education
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
10.20.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - K-12 schools aren't the only ones facing problems. In a recent report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (NCPPHE), California received mixed marks in key performance categories. The report was not all bad news and there are signs that things could be changing for the better.
Read more
|
|
|
Newsom "K''-Os Governor's Plan with Proposition
Capital Ideas
By: Anthony P. Archie
10.13.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - In recent years, California has not been a state friendly to business. The current administration has set out to change that, seeking to jump-start economic activity by unburdening businesses from heavy taxes and regulations. Major cities, however, have yet to get the message. Consider, for example, San Francisco.
Read more
|
|
|
Raising UC Admissions Standards Benefits Everyone
Capital Ideas
By: Xiaochin Yan
10.6.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - The University of California recently raised the bar for admissions, amid an uproar of protests that its decision will hinder enrollment of disadvantaged students. One of the most controversial changes was to raise the minimum grade point average from 2.8 to 3.0.
Read more
|
|
|
Missing in Action: A Female Candidate
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.5.2004
The presidential election of 2004 is upon us, with incumbent George Bush squaring off against challenger John Kerry. The issues have been Iraq, Vietnam, swift boats and the National Guard, not the absence of a woman on the ticket, on either side. That absence has drawn few complaints but is a subject worth pondering.
Read more
|
|
|
Sending the Right Signals: Promoting Competition through Telecommunications Reform
PRI Study
By: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
10.1.2004
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber) commissioned a comprehensive independent study "Sending the Right Signals: Promoting Competition Through Telecommunications Reform" because the telecommunications industry is in a depressed economic condition and is not recovering along with the rest of the economy. This condition has already cost the nation more than 380,000 jobs and has diverted tens of billions of dollars of capital from the industry. It is now beginning to seriously erode the United States' technological leadership in the world.
Read more
|
|
|
|
 |
