Author: Amy Ridenour

Project 21’s Deneen Borelli Quoted in Washington Times Editorial

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Deneen Borelli, a fellow with the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network, is featured in an editorial in today’s Washington Times. Earlier this week, Project 21 members spoke out against Attorney General Eric Holder shamelessly playing the race card ...
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Vinson Ruling No Victory for Obama

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Despite what you may have read in the pro-Obama press, the White House did not receive good news today from Judge Roger Vinson. In fact, Judge Vinson upped the ante on the President by forcing the Administration now to choose ...
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Your Government at Work – Unionizing It

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Carter Wood, writing for Shopfloor, the blog of the National Association of Manufacturers, reports the federal government is buying Google ads advertising the federal National Labor Relations Board, which, the ads claim, will help people learn how form a union ...
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Statement of National Center for Public Policy Research President Amy Ridenour on Obama Administration Assertion that the Defense of Marriage Act Violates the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause

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Washington, D.C. - The following is a statement by National Center for Public Policy Research President Amy Ridenour on the Obama Administration's assertion that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause: President Obama and General ...
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AFL-CIO President George Meany Didn’t Believe in Public Sector Unions

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When it comes to the question of public sector (government employee) unions, the granddaddy of labor leaders, George Meany, didn't believe in them. At least, according to him. By the time Meany wrote the following words, he had been a ...
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If “Buckwheat” is Not Racist, Let’s See What Happens if Glenn Beck Says It (Experimentally, of Course)

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A self-described "progressive liberal" elected official (as opposed to a conservative liberal, I suppose) called a black conservative tea party activist "buckwheat" in a public Facebook discussion Saturday. The term "buckwheat" is sufficiently known to be racially derogatory that there ...
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Next Time You See a Union Flack on TV Saying Teachers Unions Fight for Kids…

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Remember this: MILWAUKEE -- Some Milwaukee Public School teachers are fighting to get Viagra and other erectile dysfunction medications covered under their medical benefits. But in a time of deep teacher and budget cuts, parents of students in the district ...
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Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Government Employee Unions

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A poll indicates that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is not going far enough. There is substantial public support for ending all public sector unionism. A Feb. 4-8, 2011 poll by the nonpartisan Clarus Research Group reveals that only 29% of ...
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Text of FDR Letter Opposing Public Employee (Government) Unions

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, like the overwhelming majority of Americans today, opposed public sector unions. See below the full text of FDR's letter to Luther C. Steward, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, of August 16, 1937. My dear ...
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Read the Name on Your Door Next Time

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The above is just a little advice for officials of the ironically-named Office of Law Enforcement over at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which itself is part of ...
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