Author: Amy Ridenour

Congratulations to Peyton Knight

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Congratulations to Peyton Knight, the National Center's director of environmental and regulatory affairs, for being awarded the Property Rights Foundation of America Tenth Annual Property Rights Advocate Award on October 14 in New York. Peyton received this award for his ...
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U.S. Health System Beats Others

David Hogberg has a letter in the Detroit News taking issue with an earlier Detroit News article by Ron French that appeared to be, in my opinion at least, a bit unfair to the doctors, nurses and other health care ...
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Gorbachev’s Chutzpah

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Wow, that's chutzpah: It is one thing when a lightweight dilettante in the matter, like former Mexican weak-man Vicente Fox, pretends that a wall intended to slow the flood of illegal immigrants into a country is similar to a wall ...
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Sourcing Bob Woodward, Since He Won’t

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Redstate compares the way Bob Woodward reported an interview with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with the transcript of said interview as released by the Department of Defense, and concludes: "Mr. Woodward is a serial modifier who selectively isolates statements, ...
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Critics Fear National Heritage Area Would Threaten Property Rights

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The AP has a nice story on the "Journey Through Hallowed Ground" proposed National Heritage Area today: Objections are coming from several sources over a proposal for a 175-mile National Heritage Area extending from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Monticello...Virginia Congressman Frank ...
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Details, Details

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PostWatch says the Washington Post left out at least two important details in its Saturday story about a British coroner's charge that the U.S. military committed a war crime in Iraq. Details that may be exculpatory. Addendum: Based on this ...
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Secretly Testing Politicians for Drug Use

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Any bets on how long it is before ABC's Brian Ross tries this? If not Ross, then some other journalist. And we can expect PACs and political parties to do it to their opponents. Now that the genie's out of ...
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Peer-Reviewed?

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Next time you see the phrase "peer-reviewed journal," consider the fact that the guy in this video is the top editor of one of the most respected ones. Yikes. Hat tip: Asymmetrical Information. Addendum, 10/15/06: Tim Blair has strong thoughts ...
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Mass Delusion

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From Redstate: On October 22, 1844, more than 50,000 of the approximately 18 million Americans gathered in homes and chapels across what was then America. Many had sold or given away all of their possessions because they were convinced they ...
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Stop Bleeding in Seconds?

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Interesting science discovery: A substance that "looks exactly like water but when applied directly onto injured tissue it halts bleeding." Significant potential benefits for medicine, obviously. Hat tip: Greenie Watch ...
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