Author: Amy Ridenour

Print Trumps Broadcast Media in Accurate Reporting of Bioengineered Corn Recall

National Policy Analysis #311 /
Now that the corn dust has settled regarding Kraft Food's voluntary recall of taco shells containing bioengineered corn not approved for humans, it is time to assess how well the media covered this story. My grade: C. But there were ...
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Clinton Administration Places Special Interests Over Civil Rights

National Policy Analysis #300 /
Americans recently have been shocked to learn of lax standards surrounding the protection of key nuclear secrets. Because of the potential for loss of life, this scandal may trump all others in significance. But another, less known scandal may have ...
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Proposed 15% Postal Rate Increase Would Hurt Everyone

National Policy Analysis #287 /
Americans across the 50 states are in agreement on one point: Gasoline prices are too high. Gas prices recently hit an all-time high of an average $1.57 per gallon nationally.1 But Americans do have one thing to be grateful for: ...
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2000 Directory of Environmental and Regulatory Victims

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The National Center for Public Policy Research 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 507-6398 Fax (301) 498-1301 [email protected] Web www.nationalcenter.org Comments about the directory, or submissions of stories for future editions, can be sent to John ...
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A Canadian Horror Story: Seniors Suffer When Governments Curb Flow of Advanced Drugs to Patients

National Policy Analysis #285 /
Like Count Dracula, some really bad legislative proposals are almost impossible to kill. House moderates last year tried hard, but failed to drive a stake through the heart of an ill-conceived bill that would impose price controls on prescription drug ...
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Government Energy Policy Errors Contribute to High Gasoline Prices

National Policy Analysis #283 /
First, do no harm. 2,400 years ago Hippocrates applied this maxim to medicine, but it applies just as well to the nation's energy policy. White House, Congress Examine Gas Price Reduction Strategy Options President Clinton announced March 18 a modest ...
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Government Intervention in Marketplace Harms Consumers

National Policy Analysis #280 /
One of the best things about the AOL/Time Warner merger is that AOL's acquisition of Time Warner's TV cable holdings should mean a cease-fire in AOL's effort to get government to choose sides among Internet competitors. For over a year ...
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Campaign Reform Advocates Reap Gifts from Trial Lawyers

National Policy Analysis #282 /
With all the tough campaign reform talk, you'd think there would be more coverage of specific cases in which money appears to have purchased political influence. Maybe that's because some of the most prominent campaign reform supporters receive donations designed ...
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Congressional Research Service Reports Often Written To Reflect Lawmaker’s Bias

National Policy Analysis #276 /
In his autobiography, Mark Twain apparently put words into the mouth of the English statesman Disraeli, quoting him thusly: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." The line became one of the most quoted - and ...
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Free Elian Gonzalez!

National Policy Analysis #274 /
Many supporters of sending six-year-old Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba believe the boy should automatically be reunited with his surviving parent. Those who hold this view should ask themselves: if Elian's only surviving parent was an inmate at Auschwitz, would ...
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