Author: Amy Ridenour

Endangered Species Reform and Immigration: When Travel is Illegal, Only Illegals Will Travel

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Does a proposal to reform the Endangered Species Act intersect with the immigration issue? Husband David thinks so: A draft of an Endangered Species Act bill that reportedly will be introduced by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) next month includes a ...
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Mark Tapscott: Promoting Open Government

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Mark Tapscott is a real leader when it comes to promoting open government. Mark's op-ed for Knight-Ridder Tribune, available here on the Heritage Foundation website, explains the advantages of beefing up the Freedom of Information Act, how it can be ...
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He Positively Disagrees

My column on the blackouts is generating a lot of mail, some of which have astute observations I'll share later. This e-mail, however, is woth sharing simply because it is funny: Well the only thing I can say about this ...
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Where’s the Deterrent?

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This story, from the CrosSwords blog, is appalling. Apparently, the District of Columbia held an innocent man in its jail for 670 days after a judge ordered him released. The man's lawyer says the reason was "sloth and incompetence." The ...
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National Journal on Global Warming

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I received the following not long ago from a staffer at NationalJournal, a publication to which I subscribe. Dear Amy,I wanted to bring to your attention the attached article in this week's National Journal, "Heating Up." In the article, Margaret ...
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Liberty Matters: Property Rights May Be a Major 2006 Election Issue

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The Liberty Matters News Service, writing August 5, had some good news for property rights advocates: The Supremes' decision in Kelo v. New London in June has had some unforeseen results; people in all walks of life have suddenly realized ...
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Comparable Worth, Judge John Roberts and Why It is Not Radical to Oppose the Overturning of Our Capitalist System

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Despite what some may be led to believe from the rather hysterical news coverage Tuesday, then-29-year-old Associate White House Counsel John Robert, Jr. was right, and feminists and some Members of Congress were (and in some cases remain) wrong on ...
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Cindy Sheehan, Bill Broyles and the Lessons of the Pacific War

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In response to my post asking folks to e-mail me if they know of any cases in which a family member of someone killed in World War II protested against FDR comes the following reply from the former editor-in-chief of ...
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Varifrank on Cindy Sheehan

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Varifrank's essay on Cindy Sheehan, what's she's going through, and how we should regard her message, is the best I've seen anywhere ...
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Social Security’s Birthday

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Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey says the Social Security program turns 70 this week ...
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