ARCHIVE – 2007

...to Project 21 Fellow Deneen Moore and National Center Senior Fellow Tom Borelli upon the occasion of their marriage. May you have many happy years together! ...

With his usual impeccable timing, Joe Roche has an op-ed in the Lexington Herald-Leader on U.S. actions to combat al Qaeda in Africa just as the U.S. announces air strikes against al Qaeda in Somalia. Joe's op-ed says, in part: ...After 9/11, President Bush launched a series of twilight wars ...

Medpundit found herself on the wrong side of the law recently. Seems she banned smoking in her office long before her home state adopted an indoor smoking ban, but now that her state's adopted her policy, its quibbling about the design of her "no smoking" signs. It seems that banning ...

The Left Says: "...there is no evidence of job loss following a minimum wage increase - in fact, studies show that small businesses would benefit by a minimum wage increase." Source: "Minimum Wage," website of the U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Party Caucus, downloaded November 13, 2006 from http://www.housedemocrats.gov/bigpicture/jobs_and_economy/issue.cfm?level2id=99 What Conservatives ...

As House Democrats pledge to raise the federally-mandated minimum wage by 40 percent, our Ryan Balis asks: "Do Minimum Wage Increases Benefit Workers and the Economy?" An excerpt: ...the job-killing effect of higher mandatory minimum wages is well documented. As Alex Adrianson of The Heritage Foundation points out: "Raising the ...

Writing in National Review, our David Hogberg takes a look at the chance the incoming Congress will succeed in fulfilling its pledge to "make health care more affordable." ...

Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research has reviewed media reports stating that the House Ethics Committee has asked Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) to pay the U.S. Treasury a sum equal to the cost of a 2003 trip he apparently took to Scotland.  Rep. Feeney had incorrectly ...

Washington, D.C. - The incoming 110th Congress will make health insurance more expensive if it lets Medicare "negotiate" prescription drugs, says National Center for Public Policy Research Senior Policy Analyst David Hogberg, Ph.D. "The liberal plan to reform Medicare is designed in a way that givse drug companies greater incentive ...

The National Center has a new paper out examining the wisdom of a Congressional proposal to let Medicare "negotiate" drug prices. As our press release describes it: Congressional Liberals' Plans For Medicare Will Make Private Health Insurance More ExpensiveLetting Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Also Likely to Increase Number of Uninsured ...

Some have said that Michael Richards's recent on-stage racist tirade indicated that America's racist past is not so distant. Some black leaders used it to drive the message that racism lies just beneath the surface of American life and that Richard's antics were a true indicator of the state of ...

The opening of the 110th Congress will witness the return of the debate over Medicare and prescription drugs.  In 2003, Congress and President Bush enacted the "Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act," which established a prescription drug program for Medicare.  That legislation expressly prohibited Medicare from negotiating drug prices ...

Even though public school segregation was outlawed over 50 years ago, there are still lingering questions about the constitutionality of racial preferences that the U.S. Supreme Court must decide. Before the Court right now is a set of cases challenging to policies that limit enrollment choices because schools must meet ...

As we marked our nation's annual commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we received many reminders that it's time for America to remember the injustices he fought. Preachers preached special sermons, teachers had special lesson plans and politicians - coupled with the usual merchants of immiseration - gathered for ...

Some have said that Michael Richards's recent on-stage racist tirade indicated that America's racist past is not so distant. Some black leaders used it to drive the message that racism lies just beneath the surface of American life and that Richard's antics were a true indicator of the state of ...

Many people ring in the New Year by making resolutions - goals they hope to accomplish over the course of the following 364 days. Some people lump "goals" into the same category as "dreams."  While both can be lofty, goals are what you strive for while dreams are less concrete ...

As Ronald Reagan said, the nine scariest words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” An important new book, just out from the National Center for Public Policy Research, shows how on the mark the Gipper was. Shattered Dreams: One Hundred Stories of ...

What People Are Saying About Caterpillar’s Support of Carbon Caps… What miners are saying: “Caterpillar has joined with some of the most radical environmentalists who have been enemies of mining, including coal, for decades. The stated policy of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership is a 60 to 80 percent reduction ...

  What Will You Do If Your House Goes Underwater? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D. (bio) In September 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, and related floods placed thousands of homes underwater.  Now the word is that many homes across the nation soon will likely go under water in financial terms ...

  Government Can't Take Away Your Rights If You Give Them Up by Lisa Fritsch (bio) Just because kids seem to go into heat when they hit puberty doesn't mean our government-run schools should be allowed to treat them like dogs. It used to be that parents were a source ...