Year: 2008

Green Congressman Finds Himself a Soon-to-Be Ex-Congressman

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Husband David Ridenour has thoughts on incumbent Congressman Wayne Gilchrest's loss in Tuesday's Maryland primary election: Wayne Gilchrest Finds It's Not Easy Being Green Statement by David A. Ridenour, Vice President The National Center for Public Policy Research Politicians who ...
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TWA 847 Hijacking Mastermind Pays the Price

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Turns out that Imad Mughniyeh isn't getting away with murder after all: A senior Hezbollah military commander, one of the world's most wanted men for his alleged links to a string of bombings, hijackings and kidnappings during the 1980s and ...
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Mom & Pop Pay When Corporations Play Green

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Senior Fellow Tom Borelli has had a new op-ed published in which he looks at the benefits "enjoyed" by major corporations after they join left-wing environmental coalitions. A hint: They end up being hurt by the very policies they help ...
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Underserved and Overlooked, by Bishop Council Nedd II

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Companies manufacturing new drugs to combat illnesses from the flu to AIDS are at risk of losing their patent rights.  Supporters of this say it will make drugs cheaper and more plentiful.  Stripping drug companies of this financial security, however, ...
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If Visiting CPAC…

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From Executive Director David Almasi: If you are attending this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, please be sure to say hello to Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli and National Center Senior Fellow Tom Borelli at the DemandDebate table in the ...
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Global Warming Alarmists Question the Value of Liberal Democracy

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Ms Borelli I thought your article "Global Warming Statists Threaten Our Liberty" was a satire, at first. I chuckled at the insistent defense of your unalienable right to CHOOSE an SUV rather than think of the welfare of the world ...
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Earthjustice’s Clean Water Poll Comes Up Short

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Peyton Knight takes a close look at Earthjustice polling on the Clean Water Act: Last month, the environmental activists at Earthjustice breathlessly released the results of a poll the group had commissioned that supposedly reveals rural voters' feelings on the ...
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Government Health Care Threatens Burgers and Fries?

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Three Mississippi state lawmakers have introduced legislation to ban Mississippi restaurants from serving food to obese people. We've written before how government bans on tobacco use in bars and resturants have reduced customer traffic in those establishments (here and here, ...
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Reducing Waiting Lists by Kicking Patients Off the List

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Don Surber is on the case of a plastic surgeon in Great Britain who sent a letter to one of his patients reading: "I am afraid I am writing to inform you of some bad news."I have been instructed by ...
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Is a Black Leader Best for Black Voters? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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Senator Barack Obama's success on the campaign trail has presented Americans with the first truly viable black presidential candidate.  This unprecedented situation has made some wonder whether race should trump other traditional criteria in selecting a commander-in-chief. Using a more ...
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