Year: 2007

Things the Nobel Committee Doesn’t Want You to Know

National Policy Analysis #562 /
Poor Al Gore. He's been in a downward spiral all year long. First, he received an Oscar for his documentary (or was it a "mockumentary"?), An Inconvenient Truth, from the out-of-touch motion picture industry. Then he received an International Emmy ...
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What’s Wrong With the Term “Trekkie,” Anyway?

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National Review Online is running a delightful Star Trek feature this weeked. No conservative Star Trek fan should miss it. But I do wonder how James Lileks can not know the correct title of the ST:TOS episode guest-starring Joan Collins ...
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Inviting Government into the Living Room

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David Leonhardt, a male New York Times economics columnist, sees men on the sofa while women are working, and concludes the answer is universal preschool and federally-mandated paid leave for new parents. Leave it to the New York Times to ...
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Celebrating America’s Heritage Act Wins in House Committee in Mostly Party Line Vote

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An update on this week's action by the House Resources Committee on the Celebrating America's Heritage Act, a step toward federal zoning (with pork attached). Peyton Knight contributes this update: On Wednesday, the House Natural Resources Committee passed the Celebrating ...
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Black Group Welcomes Supreme Court Decision to Hear Voter ID Case: “We Have a Right to a Process that is Free of Fraud and Corruption”

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Calling voting "one of the most fundamental rights we have," members of the Project 21 black leadership network are calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to provide a clear and unmistakable ruling on the constitutionality of states requiring voters to ...
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Gore Tells Bush to be More Reaganesque

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Peyton Knight approves of some of Al Gore’s advice to President Bush: At former President Clinton's annual "Global Clinton Initiative" summit Thursday, Al Gore called on President Bush to be more like the Gipper. Gore said: I... call on President ...
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Congress’ SCHIP Deception

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When it comes to SCHIP, the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) is shocked by the behavior of certain Republicans: The Beltway political class is shocked that President Bush and his dwindling Republican allies are opposing the Democratic expansion of the ...
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John Berthoud: He Will Be Missed

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I don't want to post anything else on the blog this evening until I note with sadness the death of John Berthoud. John's death was announced earlier today by the National Taxpayers Union, which John led for the last 11 ...
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Reverse Robin Hood: Congress’ Regressive SCHIP Expansion Would Tax Poor to Fund Health Insurance for Middle and Upper-Middle Class

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Washington, D.C. - A successful effort by Congress to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by $35 billion over five years over White House protests would require low-income Americans to subsidize health insurance for children and young adults ...
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Pushing Pork

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Rep. Raul Grijalva's "Celebrating America's Heritage Act," which would better have been titled "In Praise of Pork," will be voted on Wednesday in the House Resources Committee. Our press release: Congressional Self-Dealing Alive and Well Legislation that Would Enrich Select ...
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