Phillips Announces Journalism Fellowships
Applications are now being accepted for the 2003 Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowships. The annual fellowships are awarded to eligible print journalists for original projects that reflect the foundation’s "mission to advance constitutional principles, a democratic society and a vibrant free enterprise system."
Print journalists who have less than five years of professional working experience are eligible for the full-time ($50,000) and part-time ($25,000) fellowships.
Applications must be postmarked by March 1, 2003, and all applicants must be citizens of the United States. The starting date for the fellowships will be Sept. 1, 2003. Winners will be announced next May at an awards dinner at the National Press Club.
For an application or further information, contact John Farley at (301) 340-7788, Ext. 6090, or email: jfarley@phillips.com or visit the Phillips website: www.thephillipsfoundation.org.
Feminist Guide Reveals Waning Movement
A new book from the Capital Research Center, Guide to Feminist Organizations by Kimberly Schuld, lays out the funding, activities, and personnel of a the leading liberal feminist groups.
The 212-page paperback highlights such activist and advocacy groups as the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Feminist Majority, and the League of Women Voters, as well as think tanks, groups for young women and girls, and health and abortion organizations.
Schuld how various feminist groups operate to get maximum media exposure on "women’s issues," and the networking that aggressive feminist leaders such as Martha Burk engage in with other feminist activists to create the impression that feminist groups receive widespread popular support.
Copies of the Guide to Feminist Organizations are available from the Capital Research Center, 1513 16th St NW, Washington D.C. 20036, www.capitalresearch.org or by phone: (202) 483 6900. Price per book (single orders) is $15.00. With purchase of two copies, the third is free, and 3 or more copies are $10 each.
Report Finds Postal Service Unproductive
The Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation (IRET) has released an advisory titled The Postal Service’s Productivity Problem (No. 137) that scrutinizes the productivity levels of the United States Postal Service.
Productivity growth has risen over the years, but remains "less than the average in the private sector" despite the fact that the postal wage premium remains higher relative to the current mediocre levels of productivity.
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the postal service "increased its labor productivity (output per hour of labor) by 40% over [a 30 year] period" from 1970-2000. However, "manufacturing and private business increased their labor productivity by 149% and 74%, respectively."
Also, in the same 30-year period, the total factor productivity rose by 12% whereas the "multifactor productivity" of manufacturing and private business increased "by 39% and 31%, respectively," between 1970-2000.
The IRET advisory points out that privatization would offer the single greatest boost in productivity.
For additional information on the advisory call (202) 463-1400 or visit the IRET website: www.iret.org.
Correction
A chart on page 5 in last week’s HUMAN EVENTS accompanying the story "Increased GOP House Majority Moves Right" omitted the names of one incoming and two retiring GOP congressmen. Incoming conservative Jim Gerlach (Pa.) and retiring conservative Wes Watkins (Okla.) and retiring liberal Steve Horn (Calif.) should have been included. The Republican House gain for 2002 still stands at +6 or +7 (pending one close Colorado race), and the conservative gain stands at +8 or +9, as the story stated. However, the net loss of liberal Republicans in the House will be 4, not 3. Our apologies for the omissions.
