Author: Amy Ridenour

Smart Growth Policies Apparently Hurt the Rich, Too

In 2002, The National Center released a report (PDF link) showing how "smart growth" restrictions on land development could become an impediment to homeownership for minorities, the poor and young families. National Center Executive Director David W. Almasi found indications ...
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What Conservatives Think: Coming to An E-Mail Box Near You

Faced with what seems to be an increasing level of misleading rhetoric about conservative positions on public policy issues, The National Center has resolved to help bridge the gap between rhetoric and reality. To do so, we've begun a new ...
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Black Votes — No GOP Fantasy

Interesting article in today's Washington Post on a big jump in the percentage of African-Americans self-identifying as conservative and/or Republican ...
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Judge, May I Walk My Dog?

A federal judge has blocked the new federal rules requiring unions to report on the use of members' dues, says the AP. Judge Gladys Kessler says the Labor Department "has simply failed to offer any reasonable justification for requiring such ...
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Gee, Who Would’ve Thunk It?

Anybody else noticing that the spammers don't seem to care about the new federal anti-spam law? ...
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Fighting Lawsuit Abuse

We've got a new edition of our Legal Briefs newsletter posted today. Feature article is on lawsuits against makers of drugs designed to fight the effects of schizophrenia. As usual, we include a brief story about a silly lawsuit ...
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Washington Post Slams Bush Global Warming Policy

The Washington Post ran a front page article slamming President Bush's global warming policies. I dissect the assumptions underlying it here ...
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Top 10 Lowlights of The New York Times in 2003

I read this report from the Media Research Center to see if my personal pet peeve about the New York Times -- some particulars about its environmental coverage -- made the list. It didn't, but I see from the list ...
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Washington Post Slams Bush Global Warming Policy, But There’s More to the Story

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: The Washington Post on January 1 ran a page one article questioning the usefulness of the Bush Administration's reliance on voluntary programs to reduce emissions of so-called "greenhouse gases." The article, which ran in other newspapers nationwide, begins: "Two ...
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Take That, Hans Blix!

An observation from NCPPR executive director David W. Almasi: President Bush's strong stand against Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and the prospects of an Iraqi program to produce weapons of mass destruction made the writing on the wall very clear to ...
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