Year: 2001

Out-of-Control Alaska Forest Fire Fueled By Forest Service Neglect

BACKGROUND: A controlled burn set by the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska's Kenai peninsula is now burning out of control. Acres of dead trees that were killed over the last ten years by the spruce beetle and never cut down ...
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Project 21 Release: Black Activists Support Pledge of Allegiance: Group Outraged by Black Lawmaker Refusing to Honor the Flag and Nation – July 2001

Press Release /
On the eve of the 225th anniversary of American independence, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are appalled that there are prominent African-Americans who refuse to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. These people claim the American flag represents ...
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Black Men and Families: What’s Going On? by Kimberley Jane Wilson

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published July 2001 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. While in my ...
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1972 Treaty Grants the United Nations Control Over American Historical Landmarks, by Melissa Wiedbrauk

National Policy Analysis #341 /
When our Founding Fathers sparked the American Revolution and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, they sought self-government for the American colonies and an escape from the dominance of England. The Founding Fathers would be shocked to learn that ...
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When It Comes to Missile Defense, Saying “We Can’t” Won’t Save Lives

National Policy Analysis #342 /
Strange as it might seem, when I was pregnant with my twin sons, I had a recurring dream about World War I. I believe it was due to something every parent discovers: With the birth of children comes the fear ...
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The U.S. Must Tread Carefully to Avoid Creating More Fundamentalist Islamic Governments

National Policy Analysis #344 /
The United States has, since 1979, had two unpleasant experiences with radical Islamic fundamentalist rule: Iran and Afghanistan. In each case, we expected the rule of reason and the norms of modern global exchange would apply to these nations after ...
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Campaign to Save Our Environment Plays Loose with the Truth on Arsenic, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #343 /
The "Campaign to Save Our Environment," a coalition including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), has begun running a television commercial so misleading it poses potentially serious harm to both the environment and ...
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In the Klamath Basin, Farmers and Ranchers are Becoming the Real Endangered Species, by Gretchen Randall

National Policy Analysis #345 /
In the public mind, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects species close to extinction, such as the bald eagle and the peregrine falcon. It does not endanger family farms. 1,400 farmers in the Upper Klamath Lake region of Oregon and ...
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Bush’s Rx Drug Proposal Will Help Seniors without Expanding the Federal Bureaucracy

National Policy Analysis #346 /
The contrast between President Bush's Medicare reform proposal and the national health scheme unveiled by Bill and Hillary Clinton seven years ago is as stark as the difference between a free-market democracy and a paternalistic socialist state. A free-market democracy ...
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Medicare: An Alphabet Soup of Programs Lacking Proper Nutrition For Patients

National Policy Analysis #347 /
Most good cooks don't start with a recipe, just a goal. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson was the chief cook for Medicare. His goal was to provide quality health care coverage to an aging U.S. population. Unfortunately, his best intentions ...
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