Without Reform, Trial Lawyers, Not States or Individuals, Will Be Biggest Winners from Tobacco Settlement
In the proposed tobacco settlement pending before Congress, it is richly ironic that that greed of the trial lawyers -- which helped create the deal in the first place -- has become one of the chief reasons why the agreement might now fall apart. Regardless of whether you think the ...
The Emergence of Clarence Thomas, by Paul Weyrich
by Paul WeyrichA New Visions Commentary paper published September 1997 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax (202) 543-5975, [email protected], Web http://www.project21.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. The headline on the front page of Sunday's [July 27] Washington Times ...
Project 21 Joins NAACP In Criticizing New National Academic Tests Proposed By the Clinton Administration
Project 21 Press Release Project 21 Joins NAACP In Criticizing New National Academic Tests Proposed By the Clinton Administration For Immediate Release: September 2, 1997 Contact: Project 21 at 202/543-4110 or [email protected] With the House of Representatives expected to vote on the Labor, Health and Human Services Education appropriations bill ...
A Constitutional Right As Fragile As The Ecosystem
By Nancie G. Marzulla When Congress returns from its summer recess after Labor Day, it will face a decision of potentially landmark proportions concerning private property rights. Namely, Congress must decide whether to fund the federal share of the Headwaters Agreement announced last fall that calls for the setting aside ...
NAACP: Serious Problems With The Proposed Voluntary National Tests of Reading and Mathematics
The Department of Education's effort to develop and administer Voluntary National Tests in Reading and Mathematics for 4th and 8th grade students creates cause for real concern about harm to children through misuse of the tests if they are developed and implemented under the current proposal. The tests will be ...
An Answer to America’s “Race Question” – September 1997
The national dialogue on race has always been with us. Every year there are articles, books, television programs and incidents that make race the central issue at kitchen tables and water fountains across America. Most recently, a group of Congressmen, led by Ohio Democrat Tony Hall, has called for a ...
Bigger Than Breast Implants; Pickled Justice?; Millions for Lawyers, Zero for Plaintiffs; Stop the Presses: Accidents Can Happen; Spousal Lawsuits to Sweep Japan?
Bigger Than Breast ImplantsUnless the public learned a lesson from other class action suits another legal hysteria could be in the offing: Trial lawyers are representing hundreds of plaintiffs in lawsuits alleging that latex products caused allergies. One such lawyer, Daniel Becnel, Jr., told the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram that latex ...
Memorandum to Congressional Oversight Committee Chairmen: Forbes Assails Clinton’s Character Assassins
August 13, 1997 TO: MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES FROM: STEVE FORBES, HONORARY CHAIRMAN, AMERICANS FOR HOPE, GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY SUBJECT: EVE FORBES, HONORARY CHAIRMAN SUBJECT: "CLINTON'S CHARACTER ASSASSINS" Have you read THE WEEKLY STANDARD piece, "Inside The Clinton Attack Machine," by Thomas M. DeFrank and Thomas Galvin in the ...
Forbes Rips Clinton as New Report Shows Teen Drug Use Still Soaring
Press ReleaseAmericans for Hope, Growth and Opportunity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 13, 1997 AMERICANS FOR HOPE, GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY RIPS CLINTON FOR LACK OF LEADERSHIP AS NEW REPORT SHOWS PRE-TEEN DRUG USE SOARING"When the number of 12-year-olds who know cocaine and heroin users doubles in one year, that's a crisis ...
Would You Spend $2,750 More for a New Car Just To Make Air Pollution Worse?
Activities at the July Environmental Policy Task Force meeting chaired by David Ridenour of The National Center for Public Policy Research. New Law Says OMB Must Identify Government Regulations for Reform: Will It Ignore the Law? Angela Antonelli of The Heritage Foundation, a former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ...
Farmers to Bear Brunt of New Clean Air Standards, by Chad Cowan
The Environmental Protection Agency recently imposed new, more strict air quality standards that many of the nation's farmers believe will have a disproportionate, negative impact on their way of life. "While the EPA's plan to improve air quality may have been well-intentioned, the end result will be economically disastrous," says ...
Scholarship Act Is D.C. Youngsters’ Best Hope for Education, by Arturo Silva
OverviewHouse Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX), Senators Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), Dan Coats (R-IN), and Sam Brownback (R-KS) have introduced legislation, "District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 1997," to grant scholarships to nearly 2,000 low-income students in the District of Columbia to attend a public or private school of ...
The Green Pages: A Directory of Property Rights, Wise Use and Free Market Environmental Organizations
IntroductionThe Green Pages is a directory of property rights, wise use and free market environmental organizations. It was designed with one goal in mind: To help facilitate greater networking between organizations seeking common-sense solutions to environmental problems.To this end, the pages that follow provide organizational profiles, mailing addresses, issue and ...
Clinton Cabinet Secretary Says Folks Who Disagree With Him Are “Un-American”
Speaking on a taxpayer-supported radio station, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt made the extremist claim on July 21, 1997 that disagreeing with his views on climate change issues is "un-American in the most basic sense." What's more, Babbitt says, for an American to even work with scientists to ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1997 (HR 1909): What It Does
by Darlene Kennedy The meek may be blessed, but they're not likely to inherit the earth anytime soon. In May, President Clinton stood proudly before an audience of law enforcement, community leaders and others at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. to announce preliminary Justice Department figures citing a 7 percent ...
For the First Time Since 1974 More Americans Approve of the Performance of Congress Than Disapprove
According to a CNN/Time poll (814 adults survyed July 30-31, 1997) more Americans now approve of the performance of Congress than disapprove. This is the first time in 23 years that Americans have held this view. The specific poll result was: Approve of Congress? Now (July 30-31, 1997) April 1997 ...
Australia to Host Conference Featuring Pre-Eminent Climate Scientists
An international conference on global warming featuring pre-eminent climate scientists, political leaders and journalists entitled "Countdown to Kyoto: The Consequences of Mandatory Global CO2 Emission Reductions" will be held August 19-21 in Canberra, Australia. Co-sponsored by the Frontiers of Freedom Institute, a U.S. foundation established by former Senator Malcolm Wallop, ...
Competition and Experience are the Keys to Achievement, by Mike Ramey
One of my favorite baseball stories involves two well-known players: Hank Aaron and Yogi Berra. The story dates back to when they were young men. Aaron and Berra were playing in the same game for opposing teams. Aaron stepped up to the plate, bat in hand, ready to take care ...
It’s Time for Defenders of Traditional Families to Stand Up for What They Believe In – August 1997
Hawaii has become the first state in the Union to recognize "domestic partners" as a legitimate family structure with rights previously reserved for traditional families. Usually the course of civilization is changed and directed by society, not by government. In Hawaii's instance, the change is directed by government managing the ...
What True Freedom Is and Isn’t – August 1997
The motto "America, land of the free" was once stated with pride. The pride was based in the belief that America was the first country founded on the principle of freedom for all. Because the practice of slavery was a direct contradiction of this principle, the cry for freedom was ...
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