Author: Amy Ridenour

Endangered Species Act: A Tale of Two Editorials

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I read two newspaper editorials on Endangered Species Act reform today. One was written by editors of the multi-city Examiner who seem to like the original (1973) Endangered Species Act, but who took the time to look beyond name-brand environmentalist ...
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Congratulations (Again) to Mark Tapscott

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Speaking of the Examiner, as MediaBistro reports and Mark Tapscott confirmed by email, blogger Mark Tapscott is leaving the Heritage Foundation to become editorial page editor of the Washington Examiner and join the Examiner's National Editorial Board. Congratulations, Mark -- ...
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If You Have to Ask…

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Project 21 members are saying Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) owes Lt. Governor Michael Steele (R-MD) an apology ...
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Universal Health Care: A Flawed Proposal

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The New Republic has a "by the editors" editorial in the March 20 issue calling on the government to provide "universal health care" (aka, socialized medicine). The piece minces no words, ending on this confident note: "Government isn't the best ...
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Confidential Source Use Tends to Harm Journalism

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About three months ago, I proposed to blogger Mark Tapscottthat we conduct an online discussion about media shield laws. (He likes them; I do not.) He agreed, but I dropped the ball, and he has been kind enough not to ...
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Sesame Street Parodies and More

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Granny Tiger takes on Sesame Street for its two-cute-by-half efforts to parody pop culture. One of my sons was a huge Elmo fan (carried a small plastic Elmo with him 24/7 for about a year when he was 3-4), so ...
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Another U.N. Outrage

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Anne Bayefsky writes: On Friday, March 10, 2006 the UN Commission on the Status of Women -- the UN's highest body dealing with women's rights -- adopted only one resolution that specifically condemned the abuse of women's rights by any ...
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Vaccines: The Trials Continue

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Theodore Dalrymple reviews Paul Offit's new book, and in so doing, explains why new vaccines are scarce. A policy recommendations is included: "...an extension of the powers of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, to the exclusion of all tort ...
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Standing Athwart History, Yelling “Go Go Go!”

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Pointed to it by Professor Bainbridge, I read the Los Angeles Times whatever on the supposed "conservative crackup." Mostly it was an attack on President Bush, and an unhelpful one it was, despite decent contributions from two people I don't ...
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Dangerous Pesticide Scares

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Alan Caruba of the National Anxiety Center gives quite a scolding to environmental scaremongers in his latest column (reprinted with permission): Endless Environmental Lies by Alan Caruba In the interest of full disclosure, I need to tell you that, years ...
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