Year: 2004

We’re Not Green at All — Just White

Executive director David W. Almasi notes that green groups are being accused of being monochromatic: Our friends at the African-American Environmental Association just released the results of a survey they conducted on the diversity of establishment environmental organizations. Well, they ...
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What Conservatives Think: Tort Reform: Was Bush Wrong to Say It Would Benefit the Economy?

The Left Says: "Arguing that his economic policies consist of more than tax cuts geared to the wealthy, President Bush maintained last week in his year-end press conference that tort reform is a key part of his 'pro-growth' agenda, saying ...
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What Conservatives Think – Tort Reform

Our new newsletter rebutting unfair left-wing descriptions of conservatives and conservatism debuts today. The first edition, What Conservatives Think - Tort Reform: Was Bush Wrong to Say It Would Benefit the Economy? answers this comment made by MoveOn.org in its ...
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For the First Time, Gallup Finds GOP is Most Popular Political Party in U.S.

The Gallup organization has posted an interesting article on its paid-subscription website today. I suspect it will make news. It begins: “... 45.5% of Americans identify as Republicans or say they lean toward the Republican Party, and 45.2% identify as ...
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What Conservatives Think – Tort Reform

Our new newsletter rebutting unfair left-wing descriptions of conservatives and conservatism debuts today. The first edition, What Conservatives Think - Tort Reform: Was Bush Wrong to Say It Would Benefit the Economy? answers this comment made by MoveOn.org in its ...
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Center for American Progress Sees Increased Holiday Spending as Evidence that Economic Recovery Hasn’t Happened

The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman needs a logic lesson. Here's the lead from his December 30 column, which the left-wing Center for American Progress crowed about in its January 5 daily missive of mischief, the Progress Report: "It ...
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What Conservatives Think #010604: Tort Reform – Was Bush Wrong to Say It Would Benefit the Economy?

The Left Says: "Arguing that his economic policies consist of more than tax cuts geared to the wealthy, President Bush maintained last week in his year-end press conference that tort reform is a key part of his 'pro-growth' agenda, saying ...
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Smart Growth Policies Apparently Hurt the Rich, Too

In 2002, The National Center released a report (PDF link) showing how "smart growth" restrictions on land development could become an impediment to homeownership for minorities, the poor and young families. National Center Executive Director David W. Almasi found indications ...
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What Conservatives Think: Coming to An E-Mail Box Near You

Faced with what seems to be an increasing level of misleading rhetoric about conservative positions on public policy issues, The National Center has resolved to help bridge the gap between rhetoric and reality. To do so, we've begun a new ...
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Black Votes — No GOP Fantasy

Interesting article in today's Washington Post on a big jump in the percentage of African-Americans self-identifying as conservative and/or Republican ...
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