Year: 2003

The Congresswoman Can’t Tell the Difference Between A Human Life and A Uterus

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter is on television just now comparing a ban on partial birth abortion to a ban on hysterectomies The root word for "hysterectomy" is "hysteria," as in "behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, or a mental disorder characterized ...
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Gays Don’t Have Full Freedom of Religion or Expression, Judge Says

The judge in this news story is effectively trying to decree that homosexuals have less First Amendment rights than anyone else. Briefly, Denver Judge John Coughlin has ordered a mother not to teach her child any Christian teaching that condemns ...
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Medicare Bill Obstructed: Naughty GOP Has Been Trying to Help Seniors

The headline, "GOP Blocking Drug Bill, Democrats Say," in this Washington Post article today is a little bizarre, given that the piece goes on to discuss a possible Democrat filibuster of the bill. The article's paragraph two also is ridiculous: ...
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Teaching “Integrity” Costs Taxpayers Over a Quarter Million

A note from our executive director, David W. Almasi: Because, according to a Metro spokesman, "integrity and trust are the cornerstones of effective leadership," the mass transit authority for the Washington, D.C. region spent over $275,000 on workshops to teach ...
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If the Public is With You, Why the Crafty Poll Questions?

An e-mail from Mike Catanzaro over at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee raises some very good questions about polling done on a global warming bill the U.S. Senate voted on last week: One of the many canards about ...
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Not So Poor

A note from our executive director, David Almasi: I'd love to have a bigger television, but I bought the biggest one I believe my family can afford. Today the Washington Post discusses the long-awaited move of some public housing tenants ...
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Legal Briefs #33: Call the Police, Get Sued

Call the police in Florida and you might get sued. Because of the repeal of a little-known state law, if a police officer or firefighter is injured while responding to a call, he can sue for damages. Says the Palm ...
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Medicare: It’s About the Future, Stupid! by Edmund F. Haislmaier

National Policy Analysis #498 /
Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle has identified with pinpoint accuracy the key stumbling block in the pending Medicare legislation. He repeated that Democrats want to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, but added: "if we're going to change the character ...
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Liberal Senators Discriminate Against Bush Nominee Because of His Religious Beliefs, by Matthew Craig

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published November 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Not many people can boast resumes like Alabama Attorney General William H. Pryor's. Unfortunately, discrimination plagues him in ...
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Life at the Bottom Created by Those on Top, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published November 2003 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. Ever wonder why the ...
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