Year: 2012

Thomas Edison, Call Your Office

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The Washington Post reports that a Maryland fluorescent light bulb recycler has pleaded guilty to ten felony counts of mishandling mercury, posing "serious threats" to workers. Keep in mind that consumers who use compact fluorescent bulbs, often referred to as ...
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Tom Borelli to Discuss National Center’s Apple Shareholder Proposal on FBN at 10 PM Eastern

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Tom Borelli, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project, will discuss the National Center's Apple shareholder proposal on the Fox Business Network tonight at 10 PM Eastern. Earlier today, we issued a press release asking ...
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Project 21’s Stacy Swimp on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Personal Responsibility

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Here are some words of wisdom from Project 21 spokesman Stacy Swimp about properly commemorating Martin Luther King Day.  They are taken from an interview that Stacy gave to Michigan Live in 2011 after he spoke at a King Day ...
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When Bureaucrats Stymie Science

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In an article in Defining Ideas, a journal of the Hoover Institution, former senior Food and Drug Administration official (and Hoover Fellow) Dr. Henry I. Miller and I examine problems with how the government is making an important decision about ...
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Project 21 Speaks Out on Obama’s Request for More Debt

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In a one-line letter to Congress that was sent on January 12, President Obama announced his intention to seek a $1.2 trillion increase in the national debt ceiling. As part of the deal reached with Congress last August, Obama had ...
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Black Conservatives Discuss Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Washington, D.C. - As the nation prepares to observe the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in conjunction with the national holiday in his honor, black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network are speaking out about how ...
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Project 21’s Stacys Condemn Obama’s Recess Appointments

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On January 4, President Obama — whose official bio notes he was a constitutional scholar — decided the Senate was out of session long enough for his needs and claimed recess appointment authority to install Richard Cordray as the first director ...
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Famous “F-Words” for $100, Alex

A week and a day after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case about obscenity on broadcast television, ABC is planning to make history with what some think is the first television show to feature a child using ...
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Famous “F-Words” for $100, Alex

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A week and a day after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case about obscenity on broadcast television, ABC is planning to make history with what some think is the first television show to feature a child using ...
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Sign Up to Receive National Center’s Free “News of Interest” Newsletter

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Vermont’s WJJR Radio’s Terry Jaye wrote today to say this about the National Center’s new newsletter, News of Interest: Again you are a source of amusement. Thanks for the material. Use it all the time. But remember, we are laughing ...
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