Author: Amy Ridenour

Drugs Again

Good article on CNSNews.com on the opinions of Merrill Matthews (Institute for Policy Innovation) and Bob Moffit (Heritage Foundation) on the Medicare/prescription drug price debates. Meanwhile, their main page has a poll: Do you think prescription drug re-importation poses a ...
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Mailbag Regarding Buffalo Soldiers

Mail about Project 21's protest of the name of the Film "Buffalo Soldiers": To whom it may concern, I just read Michael King's comments on Townhall.org about the Congressional Black Caucus' silence regarding the film "Buffalo Soldiers.” I could not ...
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Quagmire II

Ed Haislmaier got a good chuckle out of this satire, "Left Coast Quagmire," from the August 1 James Taranto Best of the Web. I did, too ...
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$100 of My Personal Money to the First to Show the Post is Right on This Item, And I’m Wrong

From the Washington Post, page one, August 1: "...a study of more than 16,000 people from every inhabited continent found that men everywhere -- whether single, married or gay -- want more sexual partners than women do." $100 to the ...
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We Know Environmentalists Don’t Like Drivers Much, But This is Ridiculous

According to the Consumer Electronics Industry Association, 59 percent of all people who listen to the radio are in a vehicle. Ponder that fact when you consider the opening line of the Nature Conservancy's new radio commercial: Close your eyes ...
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Doctors Sued for Helping Woman

Legal Brief /
Several doctors in California were sued because two adult women saw their mother being rushed to emergency surgery. The women sued for "emotional distress." They apparently thought doctors should have diverted some of the time they were spending saving their ...
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Doctors, Not Lawyers, Should Treat Mental Illness

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The nation's top psychiatrists are struggling with a daunting dilemma these days. At issue: allegations that new drugs proving effective for schizophrenia might contribute to the risk of diabetes and the desire of some lawyers to sue "deep-pockets" drug manufacturers ...
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Time to End the Asbestos Lottery

One issue has caused the bankruptcy of over 60 companies and threatens the financial health of hundreds more. It has inspired 600,000 pending lawsuits and is likely to cost Americans well over $200 billion dollars - possibly much more. Corporate ...
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“Blackouts” Today, “Greenouts” Tomorrow: America Needs a Pro-Production Energy Policy

Tens of millions Americans got a wakeup call Thursday: cheap, accessible energy isn't something to take for granted. Unfortunately, many of America's most powerful environmental organizations do take energy for granted, and they are trying to set America on a ...
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Quagmire

A note for the blog from hubby, David: One hundred forty-eight of America's best died in the line of duty -- killed in shoot-outs, accidents or in peace-keeping operations. Some could call it a quagmire, an unwinnable war, for which ...
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