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2002

• National Policy Analysis: The Fairness Doctrine: Dead, and Justly So, by Amy Ridenour
• National Policy Analysis: Government "Scrooge" Ruining Breast Cancer Victim's Christmas, by Christopher Burger
• Political Money Monitor: campaign finance reforms opposed, edited by David Almasi
• National Policy Analysis: Organized Labor's Campaign Against Wal-Mart: No Altruism Here, by Amy Ridenour
• Press Release: Conservative African-American Group Project 21 Addresses Lott-Thurmond Controversy
• Environmental Justice Study: Smart Growth and Its Effects on Housing Markets: The New Segregation (full text)
• Press Release: New Study Says Minorities and Poor Harmed by Anti-Sprawl Policies
• Press Release: Senator Tom Daschle Should Praise, Not Attack, Talk Radio Hosts and America's Diverse Media
• Press Release: Environmental Justice Study to Be Released November 21
• National Policy Analysis: Democrats: No Vision Means No Majority, by Amy Ridenour
• National Policy Analysis: Not Yet a Beautiful Friendship: Some Leading Democrats Play Politics on Iraq, by Amy Ridenour
• Ten Second Response: League of Conservation Voters Makes Traditional Misleading Attack on Republicans; Promotes Democratic Party Candidates, by Tom Randall
• National Policy Analysis: As Unfolding Scandal Indicates, Bush is Right on Homeland Security, by Christopher Burger
• National Policy Analysis: Democratic Party Chairman at Odds with His Party's Rank-and-File? by Horace Cooper
• New Visions Commentary: Cut the Controversy Over "Barbershop," by Agnes Cross-White and Sherman R. White, Jr
• New Visions Commentary: Back to Normal After 9/11? by Kimberley Jane Wilson
• Press Release: Harry Belafonte Should Apologize to Colin Powell for Racist Insults; Conservative Black Group Urges Charity to Deny Singer Honor
• Ten Second Response: Radanovich and Allen Introduce Bills to Keep Sludge Out of the Potomac, Bring Endangered Species Act Enforcement to East Coast, by Tom Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Profiting From the Work of Others: Why Weakening Prescription Drug Patent Protection is Bad Public Policy, by Eric Peters
• Ten Second Response: House Rejects Senate's Greenhouse Gas Provisions in Energy Bill, by Tom Randall
• National Policy Analysis: In Case of the Diluting Druggist, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, by Horace Cooper
• National Policy Analysis: When It Comes to Safeguarding Chemical Facilities, the EPA is No Defense Department, by Amy Ridenour
• New Visions Commentary: Black Literary Canon for the Long Run, by B.B. Robinson
• National Policy Analysis: When It Comes to Iraq, Bush's Motives are Sound, by Amy Ridenour
• New Visions Commentary: Trip to the Police Station Yields Concerns About Safety, by Council Nedd
• New Visions Commentary: Low Vaccination Rates for Deadly Diseases Put Black School Children at Serious Risk, by Beverly M. Gaines, M.D.
• New Visions Commentary: White Liberals: Not Feeling So Guilty Anymore, by Jerry Brooks
• National Policy Analysis: Wildfires Should Motivate a New Century of Forest Restoration, by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Ph.D.
• National Policy Analysis: In U.S. Relations with the U.N., There's Virtue in Robust Independence, by Amy Ridenour
• Ten Second Response: Senate Continues to Bicker Over Forest Health Amendment, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Self-Defense is America's Right: The Bush Administration Should Not Allow the U.N. to Veto Iraq War Plans
• National Policy Analysis: On Iraq: If Necessary, a Fond Farewell to the U.N., by Amy Ridenour
• Ten Second Response: Congress Considers Expanding Daschle's South Dakota Forest Provisions to Nation, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Low Vaccination Rates for Deadly Diseases Put Black School Children at Serious Risk, by Beverly M. Gaines, M.D.
• National Policy Analysis : Growth Often is Not the Sole Culprit When Affordable Housing Disappears, by Eric Peters
• New Visions Commentary: Don't Believe the Hype - You Can Embrace Conservatism, by Ak'bar Shabazz
• New Visions Commentary: Ebonics Slang No Substitute for Standard English, by Michael King
• New Visions Commentary: The Problem of Liberal Government and Black Illegitimacy, by Mike Green
• Ten Second Response: President Bush Offers Plan To Protect Homes and the Environment From More Catastrophic Wild Fires; Environmental Extremists Counter With Plans to Continue the Disasters
• National Policy Analysis: Kyoto: Good Reviews for Bad Rubbish, by Amy Ridenour
• National Policy Analysis: Fuel Efficiency Regulations Save Gas But Cost Lives and Money, by Mary Katherine Ascik
• Ten Second Response: Environmental Groups Use Smokescreen to Dodge Responsibility for Wildfires, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: New York Times Sounds False Climate Alarm Once Again: Bush, Not Times, Has It Right On Global Warming, by Tom Randall
• Press Release: Huge "Millions for Reparations: They Owe Us" Rally on National Mall on August 17 Opposed by Conservative Black Leadership Group
• Ten Second Response: Four American Eco-Terrorists Indicted in Oregon, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Senator Joe Lieberman Says Property Belongs First To Government, Not The People, by Tom Randall
• National Policy Analysis: EPA's Regulatory Turnaround an Example of Compassionate Conservatism in Action, by Syd Gernstein
• National Policy Analysis: Daschle's Election Year Ploy May Open Door for Return of Sound Forest Management Policies, by Tom Randal
• National Policy Analysis: Tree-Huggers or Fire-Huggers?: The Environmental Movement's Confused Forest Policy, by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Ph.D.
• National Policy Analysis: School Choice Ruling Sends Struggling Black Kids to the Head of the Class, by Mary Katherine Ascik
• National Policy Analysis: For Safety's Sake: Buckle Up, Black America, by Mary Katherine Ascik
• New Visions Commentary: Just Don't Do the Crime, by R.D. Davis
• New Visions Commentary: The Supreme Court Agrees: A Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Waste, by Diann Kelly
• New Visions Commentary: It's a Great Day for Choice, by Murdock "Doc" Gibbs
• New Visions Commentary: Historic Preservation Saves Buildings But Robs Residents of Goods and Services, by Syd Gernstein
• Ten Second Response: Where is the Sierra Club's Condemnation of Senator Daschle? by Christopher Burger
• Ten Second Response: Senate Bill Introduced to Codify Forest Roadless Plan; Plan Bans Building Roads for Fighting Forest Fires, by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: Daschle Admits Logging Projects Can Help Prevent Forest Fires, by Christopher Burger
• National Policy Analysis: Lawyers vs. Amusement Parks: Summer May Never be the Same, by Amy Ridenour
• Ten Second Response: TSR Extra - Recess Notes: Answers to Questions on Common Environmental Questions
• National Policy Analysis: A Global Warming Primer, by Gerald Marsh (pdf file)
  (Please note: This is an updated version of National Policy Analysis #316 of the same title, published September 2001. Alterations to the original version, available here, can be found on pages 7-8 and 16.)
• Press Release: New Web Site Focuses on Reparations Debate
• Press Release: Black Judge Finally Confirmed; After More Than a Year, Senate Democrats Allow Vote on Circuit Court Nominee
• Press Release: Old Guard NAACP to Young Black Politicians: Get to the Back of the Bus
• National Policy Analysis: Keep the Statue of Liberty Free: An Argument for Congressional Oversight of U.N. Land Designations in the U.S., by Amy Ridenour
• Press Release: EPA Policies Expose Americans to Deadly Infections
• Press Release: Vouchers Offer Hope to Black Families; Supreme Court Decision to Permit Choice in Areas with Failing Schools Lauded by Black Group
• Press Release: Black Group Condemns Anti-Pledge Ruling; Senate Faulted for Stalling Nominations of Qualified Nominees
• Ten Second Response: Wildfires Linked To Environmental Extremists As Disingenuous Denials Fly, by Tom Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Monster Wildfires are Preventable, by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Ph.D.
• National Policy Analysis: Climate Change and California Assembly Bill 1058: Is it Hype? by Willie Soon, Ph.D.
• National Policy Analysis: A Change in Climate on Climate Change? Don't Count on It, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Yucca Mountain: Could Nuclear Energy Be Killed By Senators "Playing Nice"? by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Wildfires Exceed Record Year of 2000 by 50 Percent, Continue to Grow in Overfueled Forests, by Tom Randall
• Political Money Monitor: June 19, 2002, edited by David Almasi
• National Policy Analysis: Yucca Mountain: The Right Decision, by Gerald Marsh and George Stanford
• National Policy Analysis: Greenpeace Publicity Campaign Could Help Terrorists Attack Chemical Plants, by Amy Ridenour
• National Policy Analysis: Historic Preservation Saves Buildings But Robs Residents of Goods and Services, by Syd Gernstein
• New Visions Commentary: In Support of Democracy Abroad, by Arica Young
• New Visions Commentary: For the Love of Rilya, We Need to Fix the Black Family, by Kimberley Jane Wilson
• New Visions Commentary: Don't Believe the Hype -- You Can Embrace Conservatism, by Ak'bar Shabazz
• New Visions Commentary: Shakedown: A Shocking Jesse Jackson Biography, by Kimberley Wilson
• Ten Second Response: Bush Administration, Senate Finance Committee Formally Approve Placing Tax Subsidy to Environmental Groups in Tax Code to Promote Land Grabs by Environmentalists and the Government, by Gretchen Randall
• Press Release: Juneteenth a Time for Black Celebration; Holiday Commemorates End of Slavery, Beginning of Full Self-Determination
• Ten Second Response: Forty-Five Members of Congress Urge President to Resist Efforts to Implement Clinton-Era Roadless Rule, by Tom Randall
• Press Release: Bush Sets Record Straight with Repudiation of Global Warming Report
• Ten Second Response: Australia Set to Reject Global Warming Treaty, by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: EPA Ruling Backfires, Spurs Sales of Diesel Trucks, by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: Bush Repudiates "Bureaucratic" Report on Global Warming, by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: Bush Administration Report on Climate Change Baffles Supporters, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Kyoto Global Warming Treaty Losing Support Around the World While Thriving in U.S. Senate, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Court Says EPA's Haze Plan Infringes On States' Rights, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Closing the New Digital Divide: African-Americans Call Upon the FCC to Allow Improved High-Speed Internet Access, by John Meredith
• National Policy Analysis: Lack of Respect for Law and Private Property Rights Undermines Future of Democratic Capitalism in Russia, by Amy Ridenour
• National Policy Analysis: Yucca Mountain: A Simple Solution, by Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford
• National Policy Analysis: Asbestos Lawsuits By Healthy Patients to Siphon Billions From U.S. Economy, by Amy Ridenour
• New Visions Commentary: Senate Puts Black Arkansas Jurist at the Back of the Bus, by David Almasi
• New Visions Commentary: Closing the New Digital Divide: African-Americans Call Upon the FCC to Allow Improved High-Speed Internet Access, by John Meredith
• Press Release: Teamsters' Hoffa Endorses Alaskan Oil Exploration, Says Union Will Remember Politicians Who Vote Against Job Creation & Energy Independence
• Ten Second Response: Federal Government Raises Price of New Homes to Protect the Lumber Industry It Has Nearly Killed, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Pay Americans First: More Federal Land Purchases Would Add to PILT Burden, by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: Senator Barbara Boxer Proposes Designating 2.5 Million More Acres as "Wilderness" In California, by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: Tom Daschle and Senate Democrats Attack Bush Administration for Reassessing the Secretly-Developed Clinton Rule to Halt Forest Road Building, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Sportsmen and Hunting Groups Write President Bush about Forest Management, by Gretchen Randall
• Relief Report newsletter: Environmental Protection: Shouldn't We Be Doing It for Future Generations? edited by David Ridenour
• Ten Second Response: Study Says Clean Air Rules More Costly for Rural Areas, by Gretchen Randall
• Legal Briefs newsletter: For Russia's Sake, It's Time for Legal Reform
• Ten Second Response: Energy Bill in Conference: Will Republicans Accept Kyoto-Like Global Warming Measure to Get ANWR Drilling Approved? by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: Target of Animal Rights Activists Becomes a Target for Explosives, by Christopher Burger
• New Visions Commentary: Slavery Reparations Aren't a "Free Lunch," by Michael King
• National Policy Analysis: Who's Afraid of the "No Fear" Bill? by Syd Gernstein
• National Policy Analysis: Senate Puts Black Arkansas Jurist at the Back of the Bus, by David Almasi
• National Policy Analysis: Needed: A 21st Century Anti-Trust Policy for a 21st Century Economy, by Amy Ridenour
• Ten Second Response: Kyoto Treaty Language Attached to Senate Energy Bill, by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: Reprocessing Nuclear Fuel is the Way to Make Yucca Mountain Work tor Everyone, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Rep. John Doolittle Introduces Bill Calling for Release of 15-Year Old Wilderness Study Areas, by Tom Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Asbestos Lawsuits: Putting Retirements at Risk, by Amy Ridenour
• National Policy Analysis: The Radical Spectrum: Environmentalists Push the Envelope to Push Their Cause, by David Almasi
• New Visions Commentary: Living With One Hand, Taking Away with the Other: Competing Government Policies Both Promote and Deny Homeownership Opportunities for Minorities, by David Almasi
• New Visions Commentary: Death of a Dream for a Boy and a Community, by Kimberley Wilson
• New Visions Commentary: Rumor Control: Your Vote is Safe, But Your Bank Account is At Risk, by Edmund Peterson
• New Visions Commentary: How the Media Distorts the News, by R.D. Davis
• New Visions Commentary: LCV Environmental Scorecard Ratings Shortchange Urban Blacks, by Mike Green
• Legal Briefs newsletter: Asbestos Lawsuits: Putting the Greed of the Healthy over the Needs of the Sick
• Ten Second Response: Earth Day 2002 Brings Cause for Celebration and Concerns about Over-Regulation, by Gretchen Randall
• Relief Report newsletter: Anti-Sprawl Policies Undermine Programs to Help Minorities and the Poor
• Project 21 Press Release: U.S. Environmental Policy Unfriendly to Minorities; African-American Network Wants Earth Day Reassessment of Regulations
• Questions and Answers on Global Warming: April 2002
• Ten Second Response: Bush Administration and House Democrats Oppose Bill to Restrict Federal Land Acquisition, by Gretchen Randall
• 2002 Earth Day Information Center: Research and Links for Earth Day
• 2002 Earth Day Information Center Press Release: "Earth Day Interview Locator Service" and Earth Day Fact Kit Available to Journalists
• Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: The History of Earth Day
• Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Earth Day Reflections
• Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Myths and Facts About the Environment
• Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Environmental Progress Since the First Earth Day
• Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: The Rising Cost of Regulations Since the First Earth Day
• Ten Second Response: Lincoln Chafee Advances Bill to Usurp Local Control of Land Use Planning and Zoning, by Tom Randall
• Press Release: Gasoline Shortages Begin - Prices Approach 2001 Levels
• Ten Second Response: Natural Resources Defense Council 'Cries Wolf' Over Consultation on Bush Energy Plan, by Christopher Burger
• National Policy Analysis: Giving With One Hand, Taking Away with the Other: Competing Government Policies Both Promote and Deny Homeownership Opportunities for Minorities, by David Almasi
• National Policy Analysis: State Regulators Destroy Los Angeles's Fellowship With the Ringmakers, by Syd Gernstein
• National Policy Analysis: On Environmental Issues, Conservative Groups and Labor Unions are Natural Born Allies, by Tom Randall
• Press Release: Nevada Congresswoman Uses Misleading Evidence in Bid to Stop President Bush from Opening Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository; Video Shows Anti-Tank Missile Penetrating a Cask Used for Shipping Spent Nuclear Fuels, But Cask in Video was More Fragile than the Genuine Article
• New Visions Commentary: NAACP Boycott Over Flag Hurts Struggling Black Resort Community, by Kimberley Wilson
• New Visions Commentary: Enron Outrage More About Bashing Bush Than Righting Wrongs, by Eddie Huff
• New Visions Commentary: Enron and Global Crossing: A Double-Standard? by Michael King
• New Visions Commentary: Time to Stop "Nomination Profiling," by Kevin Martin
• Ten Second Response: Teamster Chief James Hoffa Warns Politicians In Both Parties Not To Stand In The Way Of Oil Exploration In Alaska, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Associated Press Misleads Public With Headline Saying "Study: Drilling Threatens Wildlife," by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Ice Shelf Breaks Off Antarctica Coastline, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: CAFE Belongs in the Graveyard with its Victims: We Can Increase Fuel Economy Without Costing Lives, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Sierra Club Attacks Senators for Vote on CAFE, by Gretchen Randall
• Relief Report newsletter: Increase fuel economy without killing Americans, edited by David Ridenour
• Scoop newsletter: Richard Nixon and Aaron Sorkin: A Love Story, People are the Problem, more; by Amy Ridenour
• National Policy Analysis: Postal Security: A Modest Proposal, by Amy Ridenour
• Ten Second Response: Media Misconceptions Help Lead to Public Fear of Global Warming, by Christopher Burger
• Ten Second Response: Teamsters Union Claims Environmentalist Support For ANWR Oil Exploration, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: League of Conservation Voters Scorecard Ignores Important Environmental Votes, But Includes Abortion and Campaign Finance Reform, by Christopher Burger
• Relief Report newsletter: Cautionary energy tales, edited by David Ridenour
• New Visions Commentary: Conservative Outreach to Black America Should Not Be Spurned, by Rita Thompson
• New Visions Commentary: Different Standard for the Powerful Means no Environmental Justice from Washington, by Syd Gernstein
• Center for Environmental Justice Press Release: From the "New Segregation" to Higher Costs: Environmental Policies Cost Minorities the Most
• Center for Environmental Justice: Solidarity and Stewardship: African-Americans and the Environment, by David Almasi
• Project 21 Press Release: African-American Network Calls For Quick Vote on Education Department's Civil Rights Nominee
• Political Money Monitor newsletter: Liberals Already Exploiting Shays-Meehan Loopholes, more, edited by David Almasi
• Ten Second Response: Bush's Global Warming Plan a Mix of Giveaways and Research, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: The Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems (STATS) Report: Implications for Nuclear Power Growth and Energy Sufficiency, by Charles E. Boardman, Carl E. Walter, Marion L. Thompson and Chester S. Ehrman
  (Note: For otimum viewing, we recommend the pdf version of this paper. To immediately download the pdf version, click here.)
• National Policy Analysis: Spent Fuel Belongs in Yucca Mountain, by Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford
• National Policy Analysis: Premature Death: A Cautionary Energy Tale, by Tom Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Lies, Damned Lies and Science: When Scientific Research is Actually Scientific Sham, by Amy Ridenour
• Relief Report newsletter: Holding global warming forecasters accountable; Yucca Mountain
• New Visions Commentary: Heroes are Heroes, Regardless of Color, by R.D. Davis
• Ten Second Response: Interior Department Proposes Joint Federal, Environmentalist Land Grab Via Tax Code, by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: Bill Clinton's Department of Energy is on Record: Oil And Gas Exploration is Environmentally-Friendly, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Senators Propose Dangerous Increase in Fuel Efficiency Standards and Regulatory Phase-Out of SUVs, Minivans and Light Trucks, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Fuel Efficiency Standards: What to Do Next? by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Global Warming: Administration Could Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Stay the Course: President Bush Should Continue Sticking with Science on Global Warming, by Tom Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Stop Worrying About Yucca Mountain, by Gerald E. Marsh and George Stanford
• National Policy Analysis: Let's Hold Global Warming Forecasters Accountable... Brazilian-Style, by Tom Randall
• Political Money Monitor: Campaign Finance Regulation Faces Vote in House
  Ten Second Response: Bush Proposes "Charter Forests," by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Who Will Monitor the Monitor? Commission on Civil Rights Chairman's Uncivil Manner Screams for Scrutiny, by David Almasi
• Ten Second Response: Union of Concerned Scientists Pushes Fuel Efficiency at Expense of Auto Safety, by Christopher Burger
• Ten Second Response: National Research Council Reports Higher Water Levels Not Needed for Klamath Basin Fish, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: New Research Indicates the Earth May Be Cooling, by Amy Ridenour
• Relief Report Newsletter: Are We Entering the Age of Global Cooling? and Enron and Global Warming
• New Visions Commentary: Which Uncle Tom Am I? by Mike Green
• New Visions Commentary: Brownfields Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl, by Syd Gernstein
• Ten Second Response: League of Conservation Voters Gets It Wrong on Bush Record, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Cattle Growers' Association Wins Suit Against Endangered Species Act Enforcement, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: A Different Standard for the Powerful Means No Environmental Justice From Washington, by Syd Gernstein
• National Policy Analysis: The Greatest Unfounded Health Scares of Recent Times, Part I: DDT, by Adam J. Lieberman (1967-1997) and Simona C. Kwon, M.P.H.
• Ten Second Response: Senator John Kerry's Energy Plan Disagrees with Facts and Himself, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: President Bush Urges Senate to Approve Energy Bill to Protect Jobs, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Sierra Club & NRDC Urge Calls to White House about Clean Air Rules and New Source Review, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Brownfields Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl, by Syd Gernstein
• National Policy Analysis: Enron and the Environmental Movement: Global Warming Politics Makes for Strange Bedfellows, by Amy Ridenour
• Project 21 Press Release: NAACP Intimidation Tactics in South Carolina Criticized
• National Policy Analysis: Yucca Mountain: The Right Place for Spent Nuclear Fuel, by Gerald E. Marsh and George Stanford
• Ten Second Response: Antarctica Cooling Despite Supposed Global Warming, by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: Federal Government Unsure about Appealing Bitterroot Decision, by Gretchen Randall
• Press Release: Opening the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Facility is Important to National Security; Action Would Eliminate the Only Serious Vulnerability of Nuclear Plants to Terrorism
• Ten Second Response: Endangered Species Act Studies May be Hoaxes Designed to Restrict Human Use of Government Lands, by Gretchen Randall
• Ten Second Response: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository to Open, Says U.S. Energy Secretary, by Tom Randall
• Ten Second Response: Judge Blocks Logging of Burned Trees in Montana's Bitterroot National Forest, by Gretchen Randall
• National Policy Analysis: Civil Rights Commission Should Address the Economic Impact of Environmental Justice Policies, by David Almasi
• New Visions Commentary: Second Amendment Rights Not a Matter of Race, by Jimmie Lee Hollis