Year: 2008

The Chicago Annenberg Challenge’s Mysterious Files

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As an executive of a non-profit foundation I read with interest the article by Stanley Kurtz of the Ethics and Public Policy Center about the mysteriously flexible ownership of 132 boxes of files of a now-defunct non-profit called the Chicago ...
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A Need for Less Speed? by Mychal Massie

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In June, Senator John Warner (R-VA) pushed "cap-and-trade" legislation he claimed would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  Analyses found it would more likely drive up energy prices, drive down the gross domestic product and put untold numbers of people out of ...
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Property Rights: It’s Not Just for the Rich, by Reece Epstein

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Liberals normally claim to defend small independent businesses over "big box" retailers.  It seemed odd, then, when the liberal enclave of Oakland, California evicted two such underdogs to benefit a department store. By doing so, it exposed governments' growing disrespect ...
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History is Always the Final Judge, by Ak’Bar A. Shabazz

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"A wolf wrapped in monk's robes.  A devil with a human face and a beast's heart." That's how Tibetan Communist Party Secretary General Zhang Qingli recently described the Dalai Lama, Tibet's traditional political and spiritual leader. It almost makes me ...
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Black Group Chairman Renews Call for Presidential Pardon of Jailed Border Patrolmen

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Washington, D.C. - Mychal Massie, chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, today is re-issuing his long-standing request to President George W. Bush for a pardon or commutation of the sentences of Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos.  An ...
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Project 21’s Borelli on Civil Rights Shakedowns in Philadelphia Inquirer

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An article critical of activists Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson by Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli was published Friday in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Said Deneen: Al Sharpton is making headlines again, but it's not for one of his crusades. Instead, ...
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Privacy Fetishists Strike Again

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Pardon me for venting a little, but this story about a Vermont librarian who prevented five state police detectives from temporarily taking a public library's computers as part of their effort to rescue the then-missing (since discovered to be murdered) ...
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On Michael Savage and Autism, an Appeal for Calm

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Those of us who follow talk radio and/or autism-related issues are aware that a campaign has sprung up calling for the firing of syndicated radio host Michael Savage. Speaking on his July 16 broadcast, Savage claimed that 99 percent of ...
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Government Pirates: The Assault on Private Property Rights and How We Can Fight It

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David Ridenour shared news of a new property rights information resource with the National Center for Public Policy Research's email list last night: Dear Friend, I'm writing to tell you about an excellent new book – and exceptional resource – ...
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Media Flocks to Gore Speech on Energy; Mostly Ignore His Use of Gas-Guzzlers to Get There

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Apparently complacent about criticism from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research that his family's energy use at his Nashville home is more than 19 times greater than the average American household's, Al Gore has committed conspicious energy consumption once again ...
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