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Show Piss A8 — THE ammo Prov). L'tah. Monday. March 15. 1993 Foundation focuses on revitalizing conservatives gzving away an average of more than $20 million a year. Based on giving. it is the 32nd largest foun< gess extends beyond Milwaukee to the Washington-New York power l l l l sort of cult of victimization. I don‘t think of these people I am not working against them. i am not part of a conspiracy." Joyce says the foundation is rethinking its mission and looking for new funding opportunities. lts search could bring it new friends and antagonize old ones. In a recent series of speeches before his political brethren. Joyce has emphasized that Bradley is interested in making grants related to what he calls the “new citizenship” and the “empowennent” of traditional. local institutions. such as families. schools. churches and neighborhoods. “There is a very real and perilous threat to the fabric of the country. the imputation of incompetence and passivity to citizens. the view that they are more victims than actors and. by and large. are restrained and flawed by retrograde institutions like neighborhood and family." Joyce says. His "new citizenship" seems to embrace Bennett’s advocacy of school choice and Kemp's of tenant management and ownership of public housing, with a touch of Ross Perot populism. The foundation expects to spend MILWAUKEE Fifteen datton in the country. but it is the prominent scholars. writers and biggest among those few dedicated actrvrsts from around the country largely to supporting politically braved a February snowstorm to conservative institutions. think come to Milwaukee and pitch their tanks. publications and scholars. ideas to Michael S. Joyce. They Like Bradley. which is based in were rounded up by William Kris— Milwaukee. Joyce is not widely tol. the former chief of staff to known outside Wisconsin. Within Vice President Dan Quayle. a hot the state. he is recognized as a prospect who spurned several job pow er broker and a leading propooffers after the election to work-for nent of school choice. under which Joyce. low-income families get govern— All who were invited came. and ment money to send their children all stayed through the two days of to private schools. meetings. Why!" Because Joyce is School choice is an emotionally in the market for new ideas to reJu- charged issue across the nation. venate the U.S. conservative Critics on the left contend that it movement. And when Joyce is would drain government money buying. thinkers and doers on the from and further weaken the public right have been known to fall over schools. while those on the right one another trying to make a sale. see it as the first step to gov ernJoyce is no latter-day Medici. ment regulation of private schools. He is the president and chief execIt isn't a coincidence that Mil— utive officer of the Lynde and Har- waukee is home to a trailblazing ry Bradley Foundation. school choice program and the Bradley. which has assets of Bradley Foundation. more than $400 million. has been But just as the foundation‘s lar- fluence extend to inner circles of the Republican Party. He is most identified with the party's neoconservative branch. which is largely populated by fallen-away liberal Democrats like himself. Indeed. he proudly acknowledges l’s’ristol‘s father. Irving. the dean of neoconservative intellec— l 1 about $24 million in 1993. In the By CHARLES sroncn Chicago Tribune In the years ahead. he stands to play an even more influential role in shaping ideas and a platform for another Republican administra- corridor. so. too. does Joyce‘s in» lion. That's because conservative scholars. think tanks and politicians may become more dependent on foundations now that the White House is no longer a steady source of patronage. There probably will be no shortage of proposals to revi- talize the right. but it usually takes tuals. as his mentor. He also counts money to compete in the market- among place of ideas. Among more traditional. con\C‘IW times. especially those calling his friends neoconservativesWilliam J. Bennett. who was education secretary under President Ronald Reagan themselves "paleos." in contrast crime. welfare. education and human rights that were the intellec- to their “neo” rivals. there is concern that ideas will be tailored to fit the designs of people like Joyce. Says one traditional Conservative. vv ho asked not to be named: ”Scholars and writers will be thinking: ‘Why offend the guy who is giving away millions‘.’ If Mike Joyce is supportive of Bill Bennett and Jack Kemp. do I want to attack tual undercarriage of the Reagan and Bush administrations. them?” In person. the compact. bespec- and drug czar under President George Bush. and Jack F. Kemp. housing secretary under Bush. As head of the Bradley Foundation and. before that. executive director of the conservative John M. Olin Foundation. Joyce. 50. helped fund books and studies on tacled Joyce comes across as more a mild-mannered professor than a political and intellectual intriguer. Nevertheless. he has critics on both the right and the left contending that he uses Bradley money and his clout in business and philanthropic circles to silence or make outcasts of his opponents. The rhetoric can get heated. Herbert Grover. Wisconsin's superintendent of public instruction and a critic of the state's school choice program. calls Joyce the ‘ ‘Prince of Darkness. " Joyce says he is amused that he is seen by one faction as pushing the country to the left and by another as pushing it to the right. “It's sort of interesting to be seen as a member of mutually exclusive conspiracies, " he says. In an interview at Bradley's headquarters. a suite of offices in a downtown skyscraper. he says: “We're in the business of having to make decisions (on grant proposals). and there are some people who can‘t accept the deci— sions we make. This has led to a ! i. . first few years after the sale. it spent about half its money in Wisconsin: more recently, Wiscon— sin’s share has been about a third. As executive director and later president of the foundation, Joyce made decisions that ruffled local feathers. For example. he made grants directly to Milwaukee charities and cultural groups rather than through the United Way and an umbrella group for the performing arts. He also brought in outsiders to critique the way Milwaukee supports cultural institutions. Nevertheless. several civic and business leaders interviewed speak admiringly of Joyce and commend him for challenging the status quo. They say he is intelligent, persua— sive and effective. Joyce is skeptical of such praise. Because Bradley is the largest foundation in the state and a usual stop for anyone with a project in need of funding. he likens it to an 800-pound gorilla that nobody wants to offend. “Michael Joyce plays for keeps." says Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist. “He is interested in advancing his agenda. He’s very much into the rough and tumble of politics and influencing policy. " l Study finds aspirin lowers cancer risks By LAURAN NEERGMRD Associated Press Writer ‘ I ' What it won’t costyou to refinance your home with us. The 77/8% no-fee, no-closing-costs, no-waiting Home Refinance Loan. It's no mistake. Right now at Zions Bank. you which seems to require six months and your life sav- can refinance your home with a ten-year. fully amor- ings, this is no-hassle, no-waiting borrowing at its tized loan‘“ at the low fixed-interest rate of 77/800 best. In most cases. we can approve your loan in 48 APR (Annual Percentage Rate). 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