Author: Amy Ridenour

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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Businesses Strike Back

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In an op-ed in the Charleston Daily Mail Tuesday, David Ridenour writes about a business that is fighting back against unfair lawsuits in a creative way: West Virginia isn't "almost Heaven," but "almost Hell" where its judicial climate is concerned.But ...
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Cap and Trade Carbon Policies Could Increase Emissions, Says Justin Danhof

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Cap and trade policies ostensibly designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions could have the opposite effect, says the National Center for Public Policy Research's Justin Danhof in an op-ed published today by the Christian Science Monitor. That's because of an ...
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Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie on the Death of Tony Snow

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Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie asked that we pass along his comments on behalf of Project 21 on the passing of former White House press secretary, columnist and Fox News Channel host Tony Snow this past Saturday: America has lost ...
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Jackson’s Obama Comments: Should Fox Have Broadcast Them?

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Matea Gold's Los Angeles Times story today lets readers know what a close call it was that Jesse Jackson's off-color comments made it on the air yesterday. But for an alert overnight transcriber, Jackson's comments, meant to be private, almost ...
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A Segregation Without Perpetrator or Benefactor

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Congress Investigates EPA for Following the Rules on Clean Water Act Enforcement

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Nick Loris has it right in this Foundry post. Do Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and James Oberstar (D-MN) really want the EPA to ignore a Supreme Court decision? I believe acting outside of proper channels is the kind of thing ...
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On Climate, A Little More Washington Post Bias

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I believe the Washington Post knows perfectly well that the word "censor" does not belong in the lead of today's Juliet Eilperin story, but the editors left it in (or inserted it?) anyway. The story, "Cheney Aides Altered EPA Testimony, ...
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Congressman Paul Broun Fights for Property Rights

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A note on the fight to protect property rights from National Center for Public Policy Research Senior Fellow R.J. Smith: To all -- Once again freshman Congressman Paul Broun from Georgia's 10th is on the House floor fighting for property ...
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