The Need for Regime Change in Black America, by Kevin Martin
"Regime change" in Iraq is now well underway. Because of the United States, Great Britain and the rest of the "Coalition of the Willing," the Iraqis are free of the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein and able to construct a new representative government. Earlier, dissidents of the Hussein leadership were ...
Doctors, Not Lawyers, Should Treat Mental Illness
When the nation's top psychiatrists gather May 17-22 in San Francisco for the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, they will be struggling with a vexing dilemma. They will also be closely watched by personal injury lawyers. At issue: allegations that new drugs proving effective for schizophrenia might contribute ...
African-Americans Painting Themselves Into a Corner of Irrelevancy, by Eddie Huff
For some time, I've believed most of black America gave up on Dr. King's "Dream." At its core, King's dream was of a unified nation where all races had common values and enjoyed the benefits that come with those shared values. In the last several years, however, I've become increasingly ...
The Equality Battle Moves to the Workplace, by E. LeMay Lathan
Black Americans are still fighting for equality. But the eve of the final battle is upon us, and I believe it is a battle we can - and must - win. Back in the 40s and 50s, we tested the "get-along-to-get-by" process. It worked for a few, but most of ...
Project 21 Press Release: Black Group Encourages Tax Relief to Build-Up Economy and Create New Jobs, Stronger Infrastructure – April 2003
High tax rates make it financially unreasonable for American companies to return their international profits to America. Member of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applauds a new plan that proposes easing the tax burden presently placed on the foreign profits of domestic businesses so that the money can return ...
Another Earth Day is Celebrated, Yet Environmentalists Continue Supporting Failed Programs, by Christopher Burger
BACKGROUND: Since 1970, April 22 has been recognized as Earth Day. The environmental left will mark the date with press releases, rallies and other activities calling for additional government regulations and more private and public expenditures to "save the planet." "Loggers losing their jobs because of spotted owl legislation is, ...
Project 21 Press Release: Black Environmentalism Celebrated in Observance of Earth Day – April 2003
African-American environmental achievements are celebrated and concerns are aired by Project 21 as part of the African-American leadership network's observance of Earth Day 2003 on April 21. "Solidarity and Stewardship: African-Americans and the Environment" can be found on Project 21's Internet web site at https://nationalcenter.org/CEJEAA.html. "The history of African-Americans and ...
Peace Marchers Make Strong Case – for Bush
"We support our troops when they shoot their officers" proclaimed a banner carried by protesters at a pro-homicide march in San Francisco recently. Whoops, sorry, it was a "pro-peace" march. Perhaps you'll forgive me if I can't tell the difference. So many of the "peace" marches contain assaults on police ...
Project 21 Press Release: Black Network Posts Online Educational Resource to Teach About Affirmative Action
On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could redefine how affirmative action racial preference policies determine school admissions. A decision is expected by the end of June. As a public service intended to provide educational information about the debate over racial set-aside programs ...
Protesters Oppose War, Yet Support Deadly Policies at Home
As the U.S. military continues liberating the Iraqi people from Saddam Hussein's murderous dictatorship, American protesters on the political left continue to march, shouting "no blood for oil."1 The claim that the U.S. has gone to war to acquire Iraqi oil is a malicious lie. The U.S. could have bought ...
Celebrate Earth Day by Taking Environmental Issues Seriously, by Christopher Burger
"Between 1980 and 1989, some four billion people, including 65 million Americans, would perish [from starvation]."1 "Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind."2 Prophesies foretelling the end of the world? No, predictions by environmentalists celebrating the first Earth Day, April ...
A Federal Asbestos Trust Fund: Better for Victims, Better for the Economy
Amid the happiness and perhaps relief within the White House that the war in Iraq has been so successful is this unsettling fact: President Bush is reenacting the political scenario that doomed his father's 1992 reelection bid. The senior President Bush completed a successful war in Iraq two years and ...
Transplant Details Raise Cruel Questions, by Kimberley Wilson
You'd have to be made of granite to not be moved by Jessica Santillan's plight. The sweet-faced 17-year-old weighed 85 pounds and suffered from a birth defect that left her heart and lungs unable to function properly. Her one chance at life was a transplant of the defective organs. As ...
Getting Blacks Elected, But at What Cost to Black America? by Richard Dimery
Savoy magazine recently addressed the issue of getting more blacks elected to public office. Views were diverse, and all disturbed me. Mellody Hobson of Ariel Capitol Management sounded naive: "I don't care what the platform is, I just want a black senator or governor." Publisher Earl Graves, Sr., took a ...
Project 21 Press Release: Black Network Posts Online Educational Resource to Teach About Affirmative Action – April 2003
On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could redefine how affirmative action racial preference policies determine school admissions. A decision is expected by the end of June. As a public service intended to provide educational information about the debate over racial set-aside programs ...
SUV Owners Deserve Tax Audits, Sierra Club Says
The Mercatus Center at Virginia's George Mason University reports that businesses with 100 employees or less spend a whopping $2,500 per employee simply to comply with federal regulations. This doesn't count state or local regulations, or taxes. Now a major environmental organization says any of these businesses - or individuals ...
The Case for Sport Utility Vehicles: It’s the Economy, Stupid, by Geoffrey Moore
Drivers of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) have recently been called gas-guzzlers, had their faith and religion questioned and even been called terrorists (the poor gas mileage of some SUVs helps put money in Osama's pocket, you see). Why are SUV drivers being demonized? What's the motivation of those trying to ...
A Just War to Remove an Evil Man, by Murdock “Doc” Gibbs
A New Visions Commentary paper published April 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Regarding America's war against the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein and those who oppose ...
Let Us Once Again Recommit Ourselves to Those Values Which Define Us, by Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Sundays in my family meant church. It was the center of our lives. In segregated black Birmingham of the late 1950s and early 1960s, the church was not just a place of worship; it was the social and civic center of our community. Throughout my life I have never doubted ...
‘No Blood for Oil!’ The Dolphins Cried… And Other War Stories
BACKGROUND: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, has released the following statement: "The Pentagon recently announced that in addition to troops, the U.S. military is using chickens, dogs, dolphins, pigeons, and sea lions to fight the war against Iraq. The Navy is using dolphins and ...
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