Project 21 in Washington Times
Project 21 members and staff have been published in the Washington Times' op-ed page several times recently. Fans of the group may wish to click on one or more of the following: "Speed-Limit Myths" - Project 21 chairman Mychal Massie takes on Senator John Warner of Virginia's trial balloon favoring ...
Pensions in Peril: Are State Officials Risking Public Employee Retirement Benefits by Playing Global Warming Politics? by Steven J. Milloy, MHS, JD, LLM and Thomas Borelli, Ph.D.
I. Executive Summary Global warming has emerged as an important issue for investors, including state and local pension funds. Although global warming regulation appears likely to cause significant adverse impacts to the broad economy and stock market, a substantial minority of state and local pension funds are nonetheless actively promoting ...
Detroit Mayor Finally Removed from Office, Project 21 Member’s Suggestions Finally Acted Upon
After months of controversy, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) finally admitted his guilt this morning and resigned from office. He pleaded guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice related to his lying under oath during a police investigation into his political inner-circle. In addition to Kilpatrick's resignation, he ...
Project 21’s Borelli on WWOR-TV
Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli will discuss presidential politics and race this Sunday on WWOR, the New York-area television superstation. Deneen will be a guest on the "New Jersey Now" program that will be broadcast at 12:00 pm eastern on September 7. She is scheduled to address the issue of ...
Racist Claims About Lottery a Losing Wager, by Stephen Roberts, M.Div.
Take out a coin and flip it in the air five times. Unless it's a trick coin, there will be an uneven number of heads or tails. Is the coin - and the government that minted it - biased? Of course they aren't. It's a game of chance. In Buffalo, ...
A Fairness Doctrine for Schools? by Bob Parks
The next time the liberals control the White House, there is little doubt that changes at the FCC will bring about a new "Fairness Doctrine" that mandates that privately-owned, ratings-based talk radio have an equal political balance. In short, liberal hosts and shows will be imposed on talk radio no ...
Is Slavery Apology Proper or Politics? by Stephen Roberts, M.Div.
In July, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution that "apologizes to African-Americans on behalf of the people of the United States, for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow." Senators must agree on an apology before a president can make ...
HBCUs Should Produce Quantum Physicists, Not Quarterbacks, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.
Our nation's future lies in science and technology. Already in high demand, engineers and scientists will be needed even more in years to come. It creates an opportunity and a challenge for America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). There is a clear and present need. Microsoft founder Bill Gates ...
The Pickens Plan: Questions Unanswered, by Reece A. Epstein and David A. Ridenour
Introduction On July 7, 2008, Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens introduced the “Pickens Plan,” an ambitious proposal to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil by one-third over the next ten years.1 The cornerstone of the Pickens Plan is replacing the natural gas now used to generate electricity with wind power, ...
“Jena Six” Defendant Could Provide Example of the Benefit of School Choice
"Jena Six" Defendant Could Provide Example of the Benefit of School Choice Washington, D.C. - Jesse Ray Beard, the youngest member of the "Jena Six," is reportedly interested in spending a portion of his legal defense fund on private school tuition. Beard and five other black students attending Jena High ...
The Chicago Annenberg Challenge’s Mysterious Files
As an executive of a non-profit foundation I read with interest the article by Stanley Kurtz of the Ethics and Public Policy Center about the mysteriously flexible ownership of 132 boxes of files of a now-defunct non-profit called the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Mr. Kurtz wishes to review these files, which ...
A Need for Less Speed? by Mychal Massie
In June, Senator John Warner (R-VA) pushed "cap-and-trade" legislation he claimed would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Analyses found it would more likely drive up energy prices, drive down the gross domestic product and put untold numbers of people out of work for a dubiously-small reduction in global temperature. Warner's terribly ...
Property Rights: It’s Not Just for the Rich, by Reece Epstein
Liberals normally claim to defend small independent businesses over "big box" retailers. It seemed odd, then, when the liberal enclave of Oakland, California evicted two such underdogs to benefit a department store. By doing so, it exposed governments' growing disrespect for property rights. On July 1, 2005, movers on the ...
History is Always the Final Judge, by Ak’Bar A. Shabazz
"A wolf wrapped in monk's robes. A devil with a human face and a beast's heart." That's how Tibetan Communist Party Secretary General Zhang Qingli recently described the Dalai Lama, Tibet's traditional political and spiritual leader. It almost makes me laugh. How can someone really believe this? As I am ...
Black Group Chairman Renews Call for Presidential Pardon of Jailed Border Patrolmen
Washington, D.C. - Mychal Massie, chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, today is re-issuing his long-standing request to President George W. Bush for a pardon or commutation of the sentences of Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos. An appeals court ruling Monday failed to fully clear the incarcerated ...
Project 21’s Borelli on Civil Rights Shakedowns in Philadelphia Inquirer
An article critical of activists Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson by Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli was published Friday in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Said Deneen: Al Sharpton is making headlines again, but it's not for one of his crusades. Instead, Sharpton, his National Action Network (NAN), and several major corporations ...
Privacy Fetishists Strike Again
Pardon me for venting a little, but this story about a Vermont librarian who prevented five state police detectives from temporarily taking a public library's computers as part of their effort to rescue the then-missing (since discovered to be murdered) 12-year-old Brooke Bennett infuriates me. From the AP: Children's librarian ...
On Michael Savage and Autism, an Appeal for Calm
Those of us who follow talk radio and/or autism-related issues are aware that a campaign has sprung up calling for the firing of syndicated radio host Michael Savage. Speaking on his July 16 broadcast, Savage claimed that 99 percent of autism cases are fake; that they actually are examples of ...
Government Pirates: The Assault on Private Property Rights and How We Can Fight It
David Ridenour shared news of a new property rights information resource with the National Center for Public Policy Research's email list last night: Dear Friend, I'm writing to tell you about an excellent new book – and exceptional resource – that will be released tomorrow, "Government Pirates: The Assault on ...
Media Flocks to Gore Speech on Energy; Mostly Ignore His Use of Gas-Guzzlers to Get There
Apparently complacent about criticism from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research that his family's energy use at his Nashville home is more than 19 times greater than the average American household's, Al Gore has committed conspicious energy consumption once again. In Washington D.C. Thursday to deliver yet another speech warning ...
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