ARCHIVE – 2005

Christians Promote Environmental Stewardship, Not Radical Agenda

Press Release /
Recent reports in the media that evangelical Christians have embraced the protectionist goals of the establishment environmental movement are exaggerated. As the 36th anniversary of the first Earth Day is observed on April 22, it should be noted that the majority of evangelicals and religious conservatives in general support environmental ...

Poll on Social Security Personal Accounts

ConservativeBlog.org /
Patrick Ruffini has the stats from a new poll asking this question: Do you favor or oppose giving individuals the choice to invest a portion of their Social Security contributions in stocks or mutual funds? The poll results are interesting. So is the use of the term "contribution."Are these taxes ...

World Heritage Areas: A Critical Analysis, by Ryan Balis

Our nation's most valued landmarks remind us of the liberty, strength, and justice of America at its best. Yet, unfortunately, politics - international politics, to be exact - is making use of long-standing national landmarks we think of as distinctly and unambiguously American: The Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon ...

Purex and Pyro are Not the Same, by William H. Hannum, Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford

White Paper /
In the early days of civilian nuclear power, it was assumed that PUREX -- an aqueous reprocessing method that was used in weapons programs to produce plutonium of the chemical purity needed for bombs -- would be suitable for recycling the fuel. The countries that had the most advanced civilian ...

The National Center for Public Policy Research Announces Two Staff Additions to Boost Free Market Environmental and Regulatory Affairs Work

Press Release /
The National Center for Public Policy Research is pleased to announce a major expansion of its environmental and regulatory affairs staff with the recent addition of J. Peyton Knight and Robert J. "R.J." Smith. J. Peyton Knight will serve as director of The National Center's John P. McGovern, M.D. Center ...

Yukos: Who’s On First?

Yukos says the German government of Gerhard Schroeder is helping Vladimir Putin finance the Russian state's takeover of Yukos assets, the UK Independent reports. Meanwhile, a top aide to Putin attended the trial of ex-Yukos CEO and Founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Moscow Friday, UPI says. When following the Yukos saga, ...

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