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A Small Step toward Public Pension Reform
By: Anthony P. Archie
6.29.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - The contract recently negotiated between the California Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) and the 87,000-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) provides a salary hike of 3.5 percent this year with a two-to-four percent cost-of-living increase in 2007. The deal also contains some relief for California taxpayers.
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Choice Feminism and the Mommy Wars
By: Sally C. Pipes
6.29.2006
While conflict continues in Iraq and North Korea tests long range missiles, the “mommy wars” rage on in North America. Holly Yeager of the Financial Times has been embedded with forces on both sides and provides a fascinating report from the front lines.
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Villaraigosa Should Avoid Bloomberg's Mistakes
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
6.21.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - If Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa convinces the state legislature to give him control of the massive and dysfunctional Los Angeles Unified School District, he must avoid the failed education strategies employed by other big-city mayors who took over their schools. In particular, he should learn what not to do from New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Lessons from Proposition 82: Why Voters Did the Right Thing
By: Xiaochin Claire Yan
6.14.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - California voters soundly rejected Proposition 82, actor-director Rob Reiner's government-run preschool plan, by a margin of 61 to 39 percent. The voters did the right thing, and legislators can learn important lessons.
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Why Wal-Mart's Entry to the Organic Market Should Be Applauded,
Environmental Notes
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
6.7.2006
Wal-Mart recently announced that it will increase its offering of organic products, including dairy goods, produce, and fabrics. This has sparked an outcry from die-hard organics promoters who see Wal-Mart as uncooperative and not entirely earth-friendly. There is, however, room for some Wal- Martization of the organic market.
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Californians Reject Government Pre-School but Policy Ghosts Linger from
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
6.7.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - On Tuesday, 61 percent of California voters improved the state's educational and fiscal prospects by rejecting Proposition 82, an expensive government pre-school measure of dubious merit that would have raised already high taxes and expanded state power. Proposition 82 will not take effect, a contrast to past elections in which the voice of the people has not exactly been followed.
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Vanity Unfair: Deconstructing the “Eco-power Pin-up”
By: Sally C. Pipes
6.2.2006
The cover of Vanity Fair's "Special Green Issue" displays an "eco-power pin-up," with Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Al Gore calling for "a new American revolution." The magazine took great care to get the photo just right, especially with poster child Ms. Roberts, who looks angelic in her leafy tiara.
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