March 19, 1999
Promoting the Spirit of Political Choice for All Americans Issue 20 * May 19, 1999 David W, Almasi, Editor The National Center for Public Policy Research Amy Moritz Ridenour, President 20 F Street, NW #700 * Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 507-6398 * Fax (301) 498-1301 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: https://nationalcenter.org Contents ...
To All the Moms in America: Thanks
Try this quick quiz: Who invented Mother's Day? Why is Mother's Day the second Sunday of May? Is Mother's Day changing? Four hundred years ago, the English began a holiday they termed "Mothering Sunday." Taking place on the fourth Sunday of Lent, Mothering Sunday honored the mothers of England and ...
Latin America Go Home: Tobacco Policies in Foreign Countries Should Be Made by Foreign Countries, Not in U.S. Courts
A rash of foreign governments have begun filing lawsuits against U.S. tobacco companies. The suits, filed so far by Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Venezuela, and perhaps soon by others including Russia and Brazil,1 are patterned after tobacco lawsuits filed by U.S. states and eventually settled for a total of ...
Activists Take Aim at Corporate Involvement in Schools
On May 20, a U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee panel will convene to answer a question that will affect the daily lives of millions of U.S. schoolchildren.1 That question: Should school districts be allowed to use educational programming, if that programming is paid for by commercials? One who ...
Don’t Believe the Internet Know-It-Alls
"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home." -Ken Olson, President, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977 The New York Yankees" Yogi Berra once said, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." In few industries has this been more obvious than with the Internet ...
Blacks “Gored” By a Lie: Al Gore Sr., the GOP and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by R.D. Davis
A New Visions Commentary paper published May 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. It is easy to control the minds of a people. All one has to do is change history by lying about the past. This is exactly what has ...
Social Security Reform Would Give More Americans the Benefits of Stock Investing
Any discussion of how well Americans are doing should begin with an acknowledgement of something we often forget: Americans have a higher standard of living today than ever. Technological advancement is one reason, but so is economic prosperity. In 1970, 80% of all American households had a car. Today 92% ...
African-Americans Are Being Left Behind in the Information Age, by Council Nedd
A 1998 Vanderbilt University study found that 73% of white high school and college students have a computer in their home, yet only 33% of their black peers do. 28% of white Americans with household incomes of less than $40,000 annually have home computers, compared with 13% of African-Americans. 13% ...
All Hail the Common Man, by Mike Ramey
I have often wondered why commencement speakers are usually someone rich and famous. It seems sad that the day of hearing parting words from a minister, elected official or other worthy speaker has almost disappeared. In the modern view, a graduation ceremony is not complete unless a "name" speaker is ...
Black Leadership Network Applauds School Choice Victory – April 1999
Florida Voucher Plan a Bright Ray of Sunshine for Black Students in Substandard Schools Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud state legislators in Florida for enacting the first statewide school voucher plan in the nation. The legislation, which will allow students in substandard public schools to receive ...
Economic Sanctions Against a Small U.S. Possession are Unwarranted, Says Group
Efforts by the Clinton Administration and several elected officials to place economic sanctions on a small U.S. possession are unwise and unwarranted, says The National Center for Public Policy Research. On Thursday, April 29, Senators Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and Ernest Hollings (D-SC) are scheduled to hold a press conference to ...
Earth Day No Holiday for Black Americans
Black Leadership Network Faults Anti-Minority Environment Policies Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 find fault with the beliefs and goals of radical environmentalists who are celebrating Earth Day on April 22. These activists regularly promote drastic regulations that harm the welfare of average Americans, particularly minorities, as solutions ...
Earth Day No Holiday for Black Americans – April 1999
Black Leadership Network Faults Anti-Minority Environment Policies Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 find fault with the beliefs and goals of radical environmentalists who are celebrating Earth Day on April 22. These activists regularly promote drastic regulations that harm the welfare of average Americans, particularly minorities, as solutions ...
Americans Are Better Off Than We Think
Quiz: Which are true? A. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. B. Americans have less free time every year. C. Americans are being left with inferior service jobs because manufacturing jobs are being shipped overseas. If you answered "false" to all three, you are correct ...
The Campaign Against Urban Sprawl: Declaring War on the American Dream, by John Carlisle
From the White House to Main Street, urban sprawl is the latest environmental crisis vexing America. The Clinton Administration and environmentalists warn that urban sprawl, or unregulated suburban development, undermines our quality of life. They argue that urban sprawl exacerbates traffic congestion, scars the landscape with ungainly strip malls and ...
Bill Would Fund Parks, Hockey Rinks to Rescue Oceans
Only politicians would try sell the idea that best way to reduce environmental threats to the oceans is to spend more money on ice hockey rinks, parks and other recreational facilities in cities. But that's precisely what some of our elected officials are trying to do with a bill called ...
Government Hinders Environmental Progress, Free Market Advances It
The free market can be one of the most powerful forces for solving the nation's environment problems if government doesn't stand in the way. Two cases in point are the experiences of Benjamin Cone of North Carolina and the Lexmark International Group, Inc. in Kentucky. Ben Cone did such a ...
Congress Considers Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment
In the year 1057, Lady Godiva urged her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes on the people of Coventry. Leofric replied that he would do so only if his wife rode naked through the town marketplace. Lady Godiva met her husband's conditions. Covering her body with her long ...
Authority, by Eddie Huff
A New Visions Commentary paper published April 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202/543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. I got a chuckle from a T-shirt I saw at a mall that read ...
The Case for Private Environmental Stewardship, by John Carlisle
There's just no pleasing some people. Twenty-nine years ago, the first Earth Day was held to raise public awareness to very real environmental problems this nation faced. Today, two-thirds of the American people consider themselves environmentalists and the private sector - once regarded as a principal threat to a clean ...
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