Year: 2008

An “Ubersecretary Paulson” Would Be a Bad Idea

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Free Enterprise Project Says Congress Should Not Invest Excessive Power in Treasury Secretary While Crafting Bailout Bill Washington, DC - Directors of the Free Enterprise Project at the National Center for Public Policy Research are urging Congress to be wary ...

We Didn’t Ask for an Apology, Mr. Pickens

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Washington, DC - The following is the response of National Center for Public Policy Research President Amy Ridenour to T. Boone Pickens' response* when a reporter from the Detroit Free Press asked him about the National Center's new paper, "The ...

Elites Denying Affordable Energy to Average Americans, by Deneen Borelli

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Failing schools, crime and single-parent households are just a few of the challenges facing urban communities.  Now, thanks to "Club Green" - radical environmentalists and their supporters - soaring energy prices join the list. Club Green fights against oil exploration ...

New Visions Commentary: Rangel Ethics Mess Feels Like History Repeating Itself, by Bishop Council Nedd II

This legendary black congressman suffered from allegations about misusing his position as a powerful committee chairman.  Questions arose about his travel habits and a seaside property.  His displays of wealth ill-represented his poor Harlem constituency. Is it Charles Rangel, the ...

Jackson Getting It Both Ways Means Some Get Nothing, by Stephen Roberts, M.Div.

Project 21 Commentary /
Anyone believing "you can't have it both ways" doesn't know Reverend Jesse Jackson. Jackson has flip-flopped on important issues, finding alleged civil rights justifications on both sides.  While politically advantageous to Jackson, the practice leaves him with a troubling legacy ...

Rangel Ethics Mess Feels Like History Repeating Itself, by Bishop Council Nedd II

Project 21 Commentary /
This legendary black congressman suffered from allegations about misusing his position as a powerful committee chairman.  Questions arose about his travel habits and a seaside property.  His displays of wealth ill-represented his poor Harlem constituency. Is it Charles Rangel, the ...

Finding Financial Security Through Old-School Wisdom, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

Project 21 Commentary /
Isn't it rich when something that was drilled into your head when you were a child starts making perfect sense? For me, it was Proverbs 4:7 - "Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, ...

Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie on Federal Bailout Controversy

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Mychal Massie, the chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network Project 21, has this to say about our nation's current financial mess and those willing to do anything but let free market mechanisms bring things back to normal: Our ...

Public Employee Pensions Endangered by State Officials Playing Global Warming Politics, New Report Says

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Lobbying for Higher Energy Prices Likely to Harm Already Troubled Pension Funds Washington, DC - Already at-risk public employee pension funds are being placed at further risk by state officials who are lobbying for global warming regulation and by state ...

More Physicists, Fewer Fullbacks: Project 21’s Robinson Commentary in The Root Sets a New Mission for Black Colleges

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This week, the White House is focusing attention on historically-black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with an official week of commemoration and a conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Project 21 member B.B. Robinson, Ph.D. is marking the week ...

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