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Weather Or Not Climate Change
Environmental Notes
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
3.20.2007
While Al Gore was receiving an Oscar last month in sunny southern California, bone-chilling cold still prevailed in much of the hinterlands. People could not be blamed for wondering how the cold temperatures conformed with the warm climate change hailed by the former Vice-President. That is a legitimate question but a standard answer may leave Americans puzzled
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Does New Top Secret Report Really “Get Down to Facts” on Education?
Capital Ideas
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
3.13.2007
SACRAMENTO, CA – Getting Down to Facts, a report billed as the most extensive review to date of California public education, is scheduled for release this week, with results from public-school efficiency on Wednesday and funding adequacy on Thursday. Already there is room for doubt whether the top-secret report does indeed get down to facts or merely recycles familiar political themes.
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Call the Cops on State Fraud and Waste
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
3.7.2007
SACRAMENTO, CA – Last month the California Highway Patrol arrested Carey Renee Aceves, an analyst for California's State Department of Child Support Services. According to the CHP, Aceves used her state credit card to buy merchandise and embezzle $320,000, which the state employee used to buy, among other things, a new Lexis convertible, flat-screen television, a hot tub, and other exotic items. The spending spree is interesting on its own terms and holds lessons for legislators and taxpayers.
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Summers Over: Feminist Coup at Harvard
The Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
3.6.2007
Harvard University has chosen Drew Gilpin Faust as its first woman president in the 371-year history of that venerable institution. The choice is drawing rave reviews that could stand some scrutiny, just like the new president herself.
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Consumerism is in Our Future: Three New Books on Health Reform
Health Policy Prescriptions
By: Diana M. Ernst
3.1.2007
Many Americans are tired of the nonstop political rant about costly ideas to repair America’s ailing health-care system. What they need is sensible guidance about the future of health care in this country. These three books reveal a positive forecast of less government control and more individual autonomy.
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An Apple for Steve Jobs
Capital Ideas
By: Rachel Chaney
3.1.2007
SACRAMENTO, CA – Steve Jobs may be CEO of Apple, but his expertise extends far beyond the business of computers. Last week in Texas, in a speech about education reform, Jobs referenced the security that teacher unions provide, even for teachers who fail to perform well in the classroom.
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