The American Enterprise articles from October 2001

The American Enterprise archives from October 2001

Chainsaw the Pentagon!
October 1, 2001... Remember the "corporate restructuring" of the 1980s and early '90s? Hundreds of companies cut down their management pyramids (laying off droves of white collar employees) and automated their manufacturing (trimming blue collar workers). New...

Sidelights.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Teenage girls are the fastest growing segment of the juvenile prison population, according to the American Bar Association. Delinquency cases involving girls increased 83 percent between 1988 and 1997. * A Harvard dorm hosted a sex-toy workshop...

LADIES' HEROIN JOURNAL.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Holland's health ministry is financing a new glossy women's magazine, Mainline Lady. Filled with beauty, health, fashion, and sex tips, it is aimed exclusively at... er... lady drug addicts. The beauty section offers strategies on how to give...

SPIKING RELIGION.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... For years now, media ombudsmen have noted that in the entire network television news universe, there is only one full-time religion correspondent--a deployment of resources that simply does not match the level of importance that everyday...

ENVIRO-TERROR.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Sarah Reichard, a conservation biologist with the University of Washington, had her office destroyed by fire on May 21, devouring years of research on the preservation of rare and endangered plant species. Catherine Ives, a researcher...

DEMOCRATIC TAX CUT.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Adapted from an Internet posting sent by a friend: If you don't understand the Democrats' version of tax cuts, think of a baseball game that was rained out. The Democratic plan for sending out refunds says that in the interest of...

WASTE BASKET POLITICS.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Irene Smith, a St. Louis alderwoman filibustering against a city redistricting map she claimed would damage black representation, refused to yield the floor at a council meeting. Then nature called. Aides handed her a wastebasket and held a...

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.
October 1, 2001... Seattle Times reporters Alex Tizon and Reid For grave recently produced some strong reporting on a serious national problem that is ignored in many cities. Following is a condensed version of their story "Wary of Racism Complaints, Police Look...

WHO'S HOLDING THE MICROPHONE?(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... From a recent newspaper column by AEI senior fellow Ben Wattenberg: "A recent poll by the Princeton Survey Research Associates shows that 37 percent of the public self-categorizes itself as moderate, 35 percent conservative, and 21 percent...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK.(mayor's race)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... If any city needs a worthy successor for its mayor, it is New York. The anointed Republican and Democratic challengers, offer little to get excited about. There has, however, been one interesting underdog in the race. Puerto Rican...

DASCHLED HOPES.(Tom Daschle)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's job is simple: Find out what George Bush wants, and make sure it never happens. Bush endorses the rising of the sun in the east? Daschle sadly concludes that President Bush has abandoned the west in a risky...

FREE THE TEENAGER!(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... This spring, Planned Parenthood released a "manifesto" proclaiming that "young people must be supported by laws that will allow them to act freely in the way they choose to live their lives." As part of this, the statement urged, children have...

MIXED MESSAGES ON CO-ED COMBAT TRAINING.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Condensed from an August 7 Washington Times report on efforts to end co-ed basic training in the U.S. military: Pro-military groups are pressing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to follow through on a Bush campaign promise to re-examine...

DIVORCE ECHOES.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... From a new study by Professor Norval Glenn and Elizabeth Marquardt for the Institute for American Values and the Independent Women's Forum: "College women from divorced families appeared more eager to marry, and wanted to marry sooner, but...

ECONOMISTS SUPPORT BUSH ON KYOTO.(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... At a recent meeting of the nation's leading economists specializing in environmental analysis, there was a consensus that President Bush's refusal to commit the U.S. to the Kyoto global warming treaty was an inevitable acknowledgement that the...

WISHFUL THINKING ON GUNS.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... In early August, the U.S. Senate rejected by a vote of 65-33 an amendment that would have given the Department of Housing and Urban Development $15 million to continue its gun buy-back program. Missouri Republican Christopher Bond denounced the...

CHINESE CHURCH BURNING.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... As the Chinese government increases persecution of Christians and other religious believers, it is destroying places of worship in large numbers. More than 200 churches and temples have recently been torn down or blown up in Wenzhou, China,...

Social Security Reform Is Gonna Happen.(Brief Article)(Column)
October 1, 2001... Some sort of Social Security reform that allows Americans to invest a portion of their payroll taxes in a personal account is now, I believe, inevitable; probably by the end of 2003. George W. Bush is serious about privatizing--or, more...

Forrest McDonald.
October 1, 2001... This quirky Southerner is one of America's most distinguished and original historians. Here he discusses states' rights versus national government, the Founding Fathers, the Supreme Court, political parties, and our greatest Presidents. ...

Does The U.S. Need New Weapons For New Wars?
October 1, 2001... It was a good tour, says the petty officer aboard the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman, just back from Operation Southern Watch in the Persian Gulf. The six-month deployment was a success, he says, because this time out no one died. Quite often someone...

The "Revolution in Military Affairs" Has An Enemy: Politics.
October 1, 2001... On June 28, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld sat meekly in his chair as Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas harangued him over Air Force plans to cut back the B-1 bomber force. Roberts represents McConnell Air Force base in Wichita, which hosts a...

Envisioning a future of casualty-free pushbutton wars? Get Over it.
October 1, 2001... Robert McNamara had his whiz kids. Donald Rumsfeld has his whiz geezer--Andy Marshall. Upon taking office, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld pledged to undertake a bold reorientation of our armed forces to meet the challenges of the twenty-first...

How Much Change Is Wise?
October 1, 2001... Recently, four of America's leading military thinkers talked with TAE about the desirability--and likelihood--of various bold changes in the way the Pentagon does business. The participants: Richard Perle American Enterprise Institute;...

Under Siege.(less training for US military)
October 1, 2001... One reason our military's readiness is down: We won't let them train As it prepares sailors, soldiers, and airmen to face enemies abroad, the U.S. military also finds itself under new pressure on the homefront. It's being told to close or...

Does Genetic Engineering Endanger Human Freedom?
October 1, 2001... Adam Wolfson: In The Republic, Socrates suggests, tongue firmly in cheek, that rulers should be bred scientifically, just as dogs, cocks, and horses are. The proposal was meant to be ludicrous. Yet today we are seriously debating whether a...

Running from Men to Man.(Brief Article)(Column)
October 1, 2001... NEW YORK, NEW YORK--I was a slow child. My gym teacher once congratulated me for running a 15-minute mile. I can't think of a childhood torment I dreaded more than running. It was, therefore, with some surprise and not a little trepidation that...

Marines for Turkey.(hosting Marines on Thanksgiving Day)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA--Last year I woke up on Thanksgiving morning feeling sorry for myself. First, my extended family was celebrating the holiday in a different part of the country. Second, my husband and I had invited two Camp Pendleton...

Political Football.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... If baseball, the greatest of sports, is stereotypically regarded as the game of intellectuals--with annoying eggheads who throw like girls wearing Red Sox and Cubs hats with bravado--then football is the sport of the lunkhead, the lamebrain,...

Curb Judges and Restore Politics.
October 1, 2001... Eager to curb excesses by judges and special-interest groups, recent Republican administrations have adopted a simple strategy: policy through personnel. In other words, reform the legal system by appointing judges who will rein in judicial...

Back in the Farm Subsidy Trap.
October 1, 2001... The 1995 farm bill, called "Freedom to Farm," was supposed to be the end of all farm subsidies. It was to be the coup de grace to welfare kings driving John Deere tractors, the end to what I once called, describing my own family's situation,...

Ignatius Rising: The Life of John Kennedy Toole.(Review)
October 1, 2001... Ignatius Rising: The Life of John Kennedy Toole By Rene Pol Nevils and Deborah George Handy Louisiana State University Press, 234 pages, $24.95 At Christmas 13 years ago, I gave my wife A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole's...

Abraham Lincoln And The Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865.(Review)
October 1, 2001... Abraham Lincoln And The Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865 By William K. Klingaman Viking, 344 pages, $25.95 Despite the claims of some Southern partisans, the legitimacy of Southern secession in 1860 cannot be separated from the question of...

The Other Boston Busing Story.(Review)
October 1, 2001... The Other Boston Busing Story By Susan E. Eaton Yale University Press, 286 pages, $26.95 A quarter-century has passed since Judge Arthur Garrity, Jr. decided to desegregate Boston's public schools, but the wreckage left in the wake of his...

How To Get Out Of The Balkans.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... How To Get Out Of The Balkans Richard Betts, "The Lesser Evil: The Best Way To Leave the Balkans," in The National Interest (Summer 2001), 1112 Sixteenth Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. American forces have now been in Bosnia for six...

Keep Campaign Donors Anonymous?(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Keep Campaign Donors Anonymous? Ian Ayres, "Should Campaign Reformers Be Identified?" in Regulation (Summer 2001), Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Campaign finance reformers often argue that campaign...

Smart Privacy Protection.(Review)
October 1, 2001... Smart Privacy Protection Fred Cate, Privacy in Perspective, AEI Press, 1150 Seventeenth Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Congress has recently passed several bills ensuring that a consumer's personal information receives some protection...

Special Ed Needs Narrowing.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Special Ed Needs Narrowing Wade Horn and Douglas Tynan, "Revamping Special Education," in The Public Interest (Summer 2001), 1112 Sixteenth Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. When Congress first passed what is now called the Individuals...

Hard Numbers On Tuition Tax Credits.(Review)
October 1, 2001... Hard Numbers On Tuition Tax Credits Darcy Ann Olsen, Carrie Lips, and Dan Lips, Fiscal Analysis of a $500 Federal Education Tax Credit to Help Millions, Save Billions, Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. ...

Who Should Pay For Space Exploration?(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Who Should Pay For Space Exploration? Jonathan M. Karpoff, "Public Versus Private Incentives in Arctic Exploration: The Effects of Incentives and Organizational Structure," in Journal of Political Economy (February 2001), University of Chicago...

Britain Continues To Decay.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Britain Continues To Decay Charles Murray, Underclass + 10, Institute for the Study of Civil Society/Sunday Times of London, 39 York Road, London SE17HQ, England. Over the past decade, American Enterprise Institute fellow Murray has been...

Fallout From The 2000 Election.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Nearly a year after the 2000 election controversy, most Americans appear satisfied with the outcome. Three-quarters accept George W. Bush as the legitimate President. Ninety-two percent of Americans believe their own vote was counted fairly; 1...

Vices: Smoking, Drinking, and Gambling.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Americans believe that alcohol causes more problems for society than cigarettes do. The proportion that smokes has dropped from more than four in ten in 1944 to 28 percent today. Only a small number of Americans want to ban smoking entirely,...

the Mail.
October 1, 2001... A tip of the hat to your "Energy Crunch" issue (September 2001). The articles on our present energy situation, including a realistic appraisal of alternate power sources, and an assessment of how citizens and government should address the...

Last Gasp.
October 1, 2001... "I slept wrong." "I know the kids don't like you and they pick on you, but you have to go to school... you are the teacher." IT'S OK. VIOLENCE IS PART OF HIS CULTURAL HERITAGE "I'm not ready to put you on my speed dial but I will...