Author: Amy Ridenour

Websites Worth a Look

Two groups I really like, the National Legal and Policy Center and the Heartland Institute, have re-designed/updated websites. NLPC has had major success recently in its efforts to curtail corporate support for Jesse Jackson, and its work to make labor ...
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Interesting,Though Probably Useless, Information

A Gallup poll reports that Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to report that they are "very happy" with their lives ...
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France in Uproar over Cloth Strips

Despite public support, French legislators are beginning to reappraise the idea that Jews should not wear yarmulkes, Christians should not wear crosses, and Muslims should not wear veils in French public schools. According to the Guardian, most French people support ...
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Changing France: That is Impossible

Britain's Prospect Magazine has an article in the January 2004 edition exposing just how corrupt the French government is. Worth a read, unless you already know how bad it is over there, which I didn't. Thanks to David Frum's Diary ...
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Black Conservatives Repudiate Jesse Jackson at MLK Day Rally

CNSNews.com has a nice article on Project 21's involvement in a protest of Jesse Jackson's activities outside of Jackson's Los Angeles office today ...
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Stop Presses: Left Thinks Bush Lies, While NBC Blows Off Objectivity

Here is an unintentionally funny story claiming liberal reporters try really, really hard to be objective, while conservative reporters don't even bother. If you don't feel like reading the link 'cause it sounds like the story might be idiotic, I'll ...
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The Strong, Silent Type

A nice profile of Dick Cheney in the Washington Post today ...
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MoveOn.Org: Confused Again?

Went to the MoveOn.org website this evening and viewed some of the winners of their vaunted ad contest. To my great surprise, the winning ad, called "Child's Play," has a conservative theme. It has one message: opposition to deficit spending ...
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Enron of the Left?

While reading this Washington Post story, IRS to Audit Nature Conservancy From Inside, it was hard not to think of Enron. Will be interesting to see how it all turns out ...
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The Anti-Clarity Washington Post

The Washingtomn Post has an odd formulation in a story today about Gore's speech. It calls the free-market Competitive Enterprise Institute the "anti-regulatory Competitive Enterprise Institute." Wierd grammar, but also a wierd thing to say. What does the author expect ...
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