Author: Amy Ridenour

Congressional Action: Napa Valley Honors

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Rep. Mike Thompson of California extended his remarks July 12 for the purpose of honoring a Mr. Angelo Regusci, who, Rep. Thompson says, has been named the 2005 Agriculturalist of the Year by the Napa County Farm Bureau. The Regusci ...
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Arlen Specter’s Weird Idea

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This, from the New York Times, is weird: Senator Arlen Specter, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, suggested on Sunday that President Bush could name Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is retiring from the Supreme Court, to the position of chief ...
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FEC Hears Bloggers’ Bid to Share Media Exemption

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A revealing excerpt can be found in a Washington Post storyTuesday about bloggers and the FEC: "Bloggers want it both ways," said Carol Darr, head of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet at George Washington University. "They want ...
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Congressional Action: London Sympathies

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The Senate, returning from recess, approved on July 11 S. Res. 193, a resolution introduced by Majority Leader Bill Frist expressing sympathy for the people of Great Britain following the terrorist attacks of July 7, 2005. The resolution was sponsored/co-sponsored ...
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Protect Yourself from Terror Attacks

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The Fox News Channel website has an interview posted with a terrorism expert, Juval Aviv, who predicts a terror attack on U.S. soil within the next 90 days. Aviv has this advice for people who use mass transportation: ...have with ...
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Congratulations to Jay Timmons

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Congratulations to National Center Board of Directors Member Jay Timmons, who has just been appointed senior vice president of policy at the National Association of Manufacturers, the nation's largest industrial trade association and easily one of the most influential organizations ...
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Originalism Defined

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An e-mail from Barbara Ledeen: As Senator Specter and others have attacked originalism or constitutionalism, it might be helpful for everybody to have this explanation. It comes from Judge Bork's opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 15, ...
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Rep. Richard Pombo Thinks We’re “Far Right”? … Surely Not

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Americans frequently complain about the ugly state of public discourse -- but it's not all the politicians' doing. Tabloid-style journalism, which feeds on controversy, is a big part of the problem. And I'm not just referring to the Washington Post ...
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Hands Off Our Stuff — Personal and National Property Rights Deserve Defense

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National Center Policy Analyst Ryan Balis is becoming a prolific online author on the topic of property rights -- both personal and, believe it or not, national. Writing in Human Events Online July 1, Ryan has this to sayabout personal ...
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O’Connor’s Replacement Should Not Be…

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Something quite quotable from Mychal Massie: Sandra O'Connor's replacement should not be male, female, black, white, Hispanic or other, and should under no circumstances be Democrat or Republican. Her replacement should be an originalist that understands their singular function is ...
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