Author: Amy Ridenour

A Green Texas Oil Man

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Our Ryan Balis has thoughts about the State of the Union address: In Tuesday's State of the Union speech, President Bush announced the goal to replace America's dependence on oil imports from the Middle East by 75 percent in 20 ...
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Count Diplomas

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Project 21 says it is better to count black graduates than black coaches: Black Caps and Gowns a Higher Priority Than Black CoachesProject 21 Members Decry Bean-Counting Report on Race and Gender Statistics at NCAA 1A Schools, Prefer Focus on ...
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Black Conservatives on Julian Bond’s Remarks

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Project 21 is not thrilled with Julian Bond. Again. The latest: Black Conservatives Slam Extremist Comments from NAACP Leader Julian BondChairman Bond's Comments Demean the Reputation of the Venerable Civil Rights Group Members of the black leadership network Project 21 ...
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Blog Redesign: My New Old Book

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You won't need eagle eyes to see this blog has a spiffy new design, thanks to designer Jeff Harrell. I liked the way he redesigned his own blog, Shape of Days, so much I e-mailed him to see if I ...
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Flight 93: The Movie

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Like the Night Writer, I saw this movie Tuesday night. Dittos to everything the Night Writer says. Everything. I planned to work last night and flicked on this movie, expecting it to be on in the background while I worked ...
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Black History Month: Why February?

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This Project 21 commentary by C. Mason Weaver is seven years old, but it still gets a lot of traffic on Project 21's website: This is Black History Month. I wonder who picked the coldest, wettest, shortest month of the ...
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Mark Tapscott Spoofs the Post

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Mark Tapscott has a funny spoof on the Washington Post here. My favorite line: "Bashenwright said he and Makupafak opted not to submit their study methodology or data to a peer-review process for publication in a scientific journal because "we ...
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Washington Post: Making Fun of Wounded Soldiers

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Allow me to echo Michelle Malkin's sentiments, as well as those of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the tasteless Washington Post cartoon making fun of grievously wounded soldiers. Michelle's site has the cartoon, her commentary and the letter sent ...
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Time for Virginia to Protect Property Rights, Group Says

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Project 21 is promoting property rights protections in Virginia: Black Activists in Virginia Call for Eminent Domain ReformVirginia residents affiliated with the Project 21 black leadership network urge action in the commonwealth to protect property owners from eminent domain abuse ...
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Romney’s Massachusetts Health Care Reform: Socialism via the Back Door or a Promising Conservative Approach?

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Sally Pipes of the conservative Pacific Research Institute and Ed Haislmaier of the conservative Heritage Foundation (also of our board of directors) are duking it out on National Review Online over Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's health care plan. Sally dislikes ...
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