Yuck It Up Over Congress, But You Really May Dislike Obama More, by Derryck Green
People think Congress sucks, and there's statistical evidence to prove they do. According to a recent national poll conducted by Public Policy Polling, Congress has a favorability rating of nine percent. The reputation of Congress is so bad that, when given a choice, cockroaches, lice, the NFL's replacement referees, colonoscopies, ...
Following MLK’s Visionary Path, by Demetrius Minor
Had he not been cut down in his prime, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would now be 84 years old. He was undeniably a beacon of hope and a pillar of light in the midst of the dark and evil times in which he lived. Dr. King inspired many people ...
Another Month, Another Bunch of Bad Economic News
Just like the office created to close Gitmo, the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness slowly faded away. The Council, with a two-year mandate in which only four face-to-face meetings were held, officially ceased to exist yesterday. Unfortunately for Obama, the timing for the demise of his job-creation brain trust ...
How Free Are We? We’re Number 10! We’re Number 10! Teresa Platt
The USA ranked Number 10 in the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom prepared by the conservative Heritage Foundation and the financially astute Wall Street Journal. Designed for the computer age, the Index features interactive graphs and charts. Seriously, your kids are going to love this! But it’s not simplistic. There’s ...
Hollywood, Games and Gun Violence: It’s All in the Name
There is merely lip service being paid by some politicians about how movies, television and video games might contribute to the culture of violence that has lead to so many shootings these days. And that’s considered bad enough. The pushback from Big Entertainment and its supporters is intense. In the ...
The Origin and Purpose of Black History Month
Project 21 member Stacy Swimp has a new essay on the teaching and commemoration of black history as it was intended by its creators. This essay is set to become an upcoming New Visions Commentary that will be distributed to black newspapers nationwide. History is a clock that people use ...
The Origin and Purpose of Black History Month, by Stacy Swimp
History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is also a compass that people use to find themselves on the map of human geography. History tells a people where they have been and what they have been, where they are and ...
Colds, Flu, and the RSV Virus in Underserved Communities, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon
It's cold and flu season again, and people desperately want to remain healthy, avoiding bugs that can linger and keep them down for two or three weeks. For example, there are regularly six daily absences in my daughter's class — with some children out with the flu for an entire ...
Politics and Pawns, by Hughey Newsome
A pawn, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is "one that can be used to further the purposes of another." It implies the desires of the used are not being addressed, or are at least secondary to the desires of the user. Politicians often seek influence by leveraging such pawns ...
How Free Are We? We’re Number 10! We’re Number 10!
The USA ranked Number 10 in the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom prepared by the conservative Heritage Foundation and the financially astute Wall Street Journal. Designed for the computer age, the Index features interactive graphs and charts. Seriously, your kids are going to love this! But it’s not simplistic. There’s ...
And Al Gore Wonders Why We Don’t Believe Him
Drudge links today to Al Gore's response to Fox's Bill O'Reilly, who was wondering what all this snow teaches us about global warming. Gore writes, "As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they [sic] say that increased heavy snowfalls ...
Rosa Parks the “Epitome of a Heroine”
Rosa Parks — the woman who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus and thus became a catalyst for powerful social change in America — is being honored with a statue in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. The dedication is today. Parks, who would have ...
Horace Cooper to Appear on O’Reilly Factor to Discuss DOJ Charging Alleged ‘Knockout Game’ White Attacker with Hate Crime
Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper will be a guest this evening on the Fox News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor," discussing the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to charge a white Texas man with a hate crime after he allegedly punched and severely injured a black man while "playing" the so-called "knockout ...
Why Think Progress’ Liberal Hyperbole Over Congressional District Electoral College Voting Should Be Ignored
The hyperbolic report "How Republicans Plan To Rig The Next Presidential Election, In Six Pictures" is cited by the Center for American Progress Action Fund as its top article for the week. That and other evidence makes clear the left is freaking out because some states are considering awarding presidential ...
Costco’s Corporate Leaders Questioned over Loyalty to Progressive Policies Over Shareholder Value
Shareholder Challenges Adherence to Radical "Sustainability" Agenda Despite Higher Costs for Consumers, Lower Returns for Shareholders and Adverse Effects on Suppliers and Small Businesses Costco's Leadership Claims Ignorance on Major Aspect of Company Business; Company Co-Founder Makes Sexist Joke in Response to Simple Question Costco Called "Hypocritical" for Backing Obama's ...
Costco Executives to Face Criticism Over Company’s Green Policies
Shareholder to Demand Explanation for Corporate Practices Harmful to Suppliers and Consumers New Poll Shows Consumers Reject "Sustainability" Standards Forced by Costco Costco Called "Hypocritical" for Backing Obama's Push for Higher Taxes While Borrowing Money to Pay Dividends Before 2013 to Allow Executives to Avoid Tax Hike Bellevue, WA / ...
Some Corporate CEOs Go Along With the Greens Without Knowing What They Are Doing
I apologize for generalizing, as I'm sure there are sharp and on-the-ball corporate CEOs in America, but maybe not as many as we'd like to think. That's the conclusion I'm starting to come to after the National Center's Free Enterprise Project Director, Justin Danhof, told me about his questioning of ...
Voter Fraud Doesn’t Exist
TRENTON – A Belleville man, one of the final defendants in a long-running Essex County voter fraud case, has been sentenced to five years in state prison for submitting fraudulent absentee ballots while working for the 2007 campaign of Teresa Ruiz for the New Jersey Senate in the 29th District ...
Derryck Green of Project 21 Laments the Effects of 40 Years of Abortion on Black America
It was four decades ago that the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its infamous finding of a right to abortion in our nation’s Constitution. Later this week, pro-life activists hope to amass crowd’s rivaling yesterday’s presidential inauguration for the March for Life against abortion. Project 21 member Derryck Green laments the ...
Project 21’s Derryck Green on Obama’s Uphill Battle for Greatness
Chief Justice John Roberts swore Barack Obama into his second term yesterday in a private ceremony. Today is the pageant and spectacle of the public anointing. Despite the fawning of the media and the ball-spiking of his fervent supporters, Project 21 member Derryck Green points out there’s a lot to ...
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