Author: Amy Ridenour

Sue Me Before I Speak Again

The June 30 Wall Street Journal editorial page reports that after a group of tort reform advocates held a press conference recently, the speakers were immediately subpoenaed by a firm of trial lawyers. The press conference was about class action ...
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Public Access to Yosemite National Park

Bonner Cohen, who just joined the National Center as a senior fellow after leaving the Lexington Institute, has a new piece on our website discussing the National Park Service's Yosemite Plan. It seems the Park Service wants to spend $442 ...
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Striking a Deal on Asbestos

National Policy Analysis #467 /
Among conservatives, there is perhaps no senior figure in Washington more associated with compromise than Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT). Considered a strong conservative by liberals, Hatch frustrates conservatives. He's supported federal health care, anti-gun measures and the legal destruction of ...
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Feed the World: Bush Challenges European Ban on Genetically-Modified Foods

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BACKGROUND: Citing Third World Humanitarian concerns, the Bush Administration has asked the World Trade Organization to break the European Union's five-year de facto moratorium on the importation of new genetically-modified food products, or GMOs. In a speech at the coast ...
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On Global Warming, the New York Times Spins Bill O’Reilly’s “No Spin Zone”… and the Rest of Us

National Policy Analysis #470 /
The New York Times spun a tall tale the other day, and Bill O'Reilly of the Fox News Channel - the fabled "No Spin Zone" - fell for it. Hard. About a hundred newspapers joined him.1 It happened in the ...
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It’s Time to Debate Global Warming Again

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BACKGROUND: The global warming debate is again coming to the forefront on Capitol Hill. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has scheduled global warming hearings in the Senate Commerce Committee May 7; Senator Joseph Lieberman is expected to give a speech May ...
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Meanwhile, ABC Still Refers to These Bozos as “U.S. Allies”

Gerhard Schroeder says calls within Germany for Germans to join forces in Iraq trying to help Iraq become a stable democracy make him "want to puke." Jacques Chirac, however, thinks a few oil contracts are worth a puke ...
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American Lung Association ‘State of the Air’ Report is Designed to Scare

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BACKGROUND: On May 1, 2003, the American Lung Association will release its annual "State of the Air" report providing details on air pollution levels across the U.S. The report is likely to be alarmist. TEN SECOND RESPONSE: This report is ...
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Doctors, Not Lawyers, Should Treat Mental Illness

National Policy Analysis #464 /
When the nation's top psychiatrists gather May 17-22 in San Francisco for the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, they will be struggling with a vexing dilemma. They will also be closely watched by personal injury lawyers. At issue: ...
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Peace Marchers Make Strong Case – for Bush

National Policy Analysis #459 /
"We support our troops when they shoot their officers" proclaimed a banner carried by protesters at a pro-homicide march in San Francisco recently. Whoops, sorry, it was a "pro-peace" march. Perhaps you'll forgive me if I can't tell the difference ...
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