Peter W. Huber New York, Capital of the Information Age Telecommunications technology makes New York the indispensable hub of the information universe. The challenge: to keep it that way.
Heather Mac Donald Welfare's Next Vietnam Disability will soon surpass AFDC and become the nation’s second-biggest welfare program. It is producing AFDC-sized problems too.
William J. Stern Empire State Perestroika Governor Pataki has a glittering chance to restore New York State’s fading economic vitality. He must de-invent government, not re-invent it.
Lydia G. Segal Who Really Runs the Schools? Many community school boards are political patronage enterprises more than educational ones. The victims, as always, are New York’s children.
James Q. Wilson Welfare Reform and Character Development Everyone wants to reform welfare. But how? Let the states experiment with ways to do it—as long as their plans put children first.
Richard E. Morgan Sweeping Up After the Rights Revolution Today’s justices won’t overturn the “rights revolution,” but they could be persuaded to moderate some excesses, making a world of difference.
Bernice Abbott A New York Portfolio
Sally Satel Treating Insanity Reasonably It’s no favor to let former mental patients lead desperate lives on the streets. Here’s a psychiatrist’s plan to get them the care they need.
Michael S. Gruen Government by Subterfuge
New York officials routinely concoct complex financial schemes to evade the State Constitution and frustrate the will of the voters.
