Author: Amy Ridenour

I Think They’re Smoking Something

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Moral of the Story…

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...don't get your picture on page one of the newspaper on the same day you commit theft in front of a convenience store security camera ...
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Marlboro Didn’t Sell as a Pinko Brand

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Marlboro Didn't Sell as a Pinko Brand Project 21 Senior Fellow Deneen Borelli spoke on the future of the conservative movement at the 2008 Restoration Weekend. FrontPage Magazine has now reprinted a transcript of her remarks, along with those of ...
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Ethanol. Raises food prices. Hurts the environment. Harms the Poor.

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The House of Representatives is set to vote today on an energy bill that would require a seven-fold increase in the use of ethanol over the next 15 years. However, as National Center Senior Fellow Dana Joel Gattuso reports in ...
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Will Economic Crisis Make Obama Think Twice About Global Warming Regulation?

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From Operation Iraqi Freedom: "We Have Done Something Really Good Here" From Sgt. Joe Roche, writing from Operation Iraqi Freedom: This is a special day to be an American soldier in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ninety years ago, hopes for freedom ...
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The Welfare State Expands Access to Health Insurance – Not

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We received a notice today from The National Center for Public Policy Research's health insurance carrier, an HMO, to remind us that our January invoice will be two percent higher thanks to a new District of Columbia tax on employers ...
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Writing from Operation Iraqi Freedom, A Soldier Comments on the Election

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Many of our long-time blog readers will recall the 2004 blog entry "A Soldier Assures Us: Our Progress is Amazing," by my old friend Joe Roche, then on active duty with the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division in Baghdad. For ...
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What Greenhouse Gas Restrictions Could Do to Our Economy

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Writing in Investor's Business Daily today, David Ridenour says, "When our economic bus is teetering at the edge of a cliff, it's a bad time to throw on some extra weight." He's talking about government-mandated restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Prince Charles: Cutting Carbon a Priority; Economy Comes Second

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I wonder if he flew to Toyko ...
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The Root Features Project 21 Commentary on Green Policies Hurting Blacks’ Bottom Line

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As cooler weather approaches, there are indications that it is going to be both a cold and expensive winter. Scientifically-monitored sunspot activity and the wise Farmer's Almanac both predict it will be cooler than normal, and the federal government is ...
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