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The University of California Flunks Reform School
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
5.31.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - On May 18, the University of California Board of Regents voted to retain UC president Robert Dynes with no change in his authority. The move followed revelations that a UC pay scandal previously addressed in this space ("Oh Say Can UC?" December 7, 2005) was worse than originally reported. The Regents' move sends the wrong message to a state in need of reform on all fronts.
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The Top 10 Myths of Proposition 82
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
5.24.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - The pro-Proposition 82 campaign is bombarding California with television ads featuring cute kids and union teachers talking about how government-run universal preschool is the new magic bullet for education. In truth, the arguments for Prop. 82 are merely myths.
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California Spills More Red Ink
Capital Ideas
By: Anthony P. Archie
5.17.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - Last Friday, when Governor Schwarzenegger released his revisions for the 2006-07 budget, he proudly announced that the state had collected billions more in tax revenues than expected, giving him the opportunity to make prepayments on several of the state's debts. While such fiscal prudence is a welcome change, the budget itself increases spending by 9.3 percent, despite the presence of yet another operating deficit.
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U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report
PRI Study
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D
5.11.2006
In the competition for jobs and capital investment among the states, those states that suffer from high tort costs will continue to lose jobs and businesses to states with superior tort systems, according to the U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report which ranks all 50 states in terms of relative tort burdens and relative tort reforms.
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Choice in TV but not education?
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
5.10.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - Assembly Bill 2987 advances a statewide franchise that would allow telephone companies to compete with cable in movies, television and broadband. The prime mover of AB 2987 is Fabian Nunez, Speaker of the California Assembly, a liberal Los Angeles Democrat. Has the speaker acquired a new affection for choice and market competition, or is something else involved?
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A Day Without School, a Day Without a Legislator
By: Xiaochin Claire Yan
5.3.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - On Monday between 15,000 and 18,000 protesters, according to police estimates, gathered at the state capitol to chant slogans demanding amnesty for illegal immigrants and opposing border enforcement. The proceedings weren't just about immigration, however. Some of those joining and encouraging the protesters provided valuable lessons in government and education.
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Why Manliness Studies are Feminist Studies
The Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
5.2.2006
Harvey C. Mansfield is professor of government at Harvard University, supposedly a bastion of free speech but where, as we have noted, frank discussion of male-female issues is risky. Perhaps that is why Professor Mansfield opted for Yale University Press for his new book, Manliness, which also has a lot to say about feminism.
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Health Privacy in an Interconnected, Electronic Society
Health Policy Prescriptions
By: Diana M. Ernst
5.1.2006
President Bush has made health care a top priority for 2006. Along with increased portability and ownership, an important and controversial aspect of the President’s health-care agenda includes greater access to HIT. The Bush administration has pledged $100 million for HIT, and specifically for a national EHR. Properly executed, nationally available EHRs promise benefits to Americans’ health that outweigh the risks of compromising personal health information.
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