Author: Amy Ridenour

City Condemns Family Home, Citing Lack of Two-Car Garage

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Citing a desire for additional tax revenue, the City of Lakewood, OH designated an everyday neighborhood as "blighted" so that it could transfer the property to a high-end real estate developer. The designation threatened to displace an entire community until ...
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Amazonian Tribal Art or Endangered Species?

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While secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lawrence Small violated federal bird protection regulations when he imported Amazonian tribal art that, unbeknownst to him, contained feathers of endangered birds. Amazonian Tribal Art or Endangered Species? The government entrusted Lawrence M. Small, ...
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Global Warming Surrender Monkeys

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Tom Borelli on CNBC's Squawk Box on July 23. Tom Borelli has an excellent new column on Townhall.com today on the corporate social responsibility movement, in which corporations seek to appease leftist critics at the expense of stockholders, taxpayers amd ...
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Urban Redevelopment Commission Can’t Take Curley’s Diner

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Owners of a beloved Stamford, Connecticut diner challenged the government's abuse of eminent domain powers to take their property and transfer it to a private development company. Despite winning in court and having the support of 7,000 residents, the diner ...
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Family’s Land Confiscated to Create Shopping Center

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The City of Hampton, VA condemned a local couple's property for a public road. But after taking the property for a meager amount, the city gave most of it to a private retail shopping center. Family's Land Confiscated to Create ...
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Another Neo-Know-Nothing?

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When it comes to the Law of the Sea Treaty, "neo-know-nothings" can be found in some pretty august positions. Here's part of what Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner had to say about the Law of the Sea Treaty in a ...
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Neo-Know-Nothings? Law of the Sea Supporter Casts Civility Adrift

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A story (paid subscription required) in the National Law Journal this week featured husband David as the lone supporter of U.S. sovereignty against quotes from three supporters of ratification of a treaty many Reaganite conservatives believe would hurt our national ...
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Project 21 Applauds FCC Chairman

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Project 21 agrees with Chairman Kevin martin of the FCC: Group Applauds FCC Letter on Fairness DoctrineProject 21 Chairman Mychal Massie today applauded a statement by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin confirming that the so-called Fairness Doctrine is obsolete. "It can't ...
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Safety of Police More Important than Favors for Donors, Group Says

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Project 21 says the safety of police officers is more important an a favor for trial lawyers: Protecting Police Officers More Important Than Helping Political Donors, Group SaysCongress should not put the lives of law enforcement officials at risk to ...
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Senate Committee Passes a Parade of Pork – Threatens Property Rights

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A cynic might view today's action in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee as a rare example of congressional efficiency. The committee managed to pass a bevy of pork-barrel legislation that simultaneously expands the ever-growing federal estate and threatens ...
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