Author: David Almasi

Tom Joyner Tunes Out Health Concerns

New Visions Commentary /
During the presidential campaign, John Kerry was branded a "flip-flopper" for continually taking conflicting positions on issues. It seems radio host Tom Joyner has a similar problem. On one hand, Joyner wants black America to make healthy choices. On the ...
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Spurring Lower Prices: FDA Aided America’s Rx Drug Consumers By Not Banning Authorized Generics

For years, generic drug manufacturers have been telling us that making more generic drugs available - earlier - is the key to saving consumers money and bringing greater access to prescription drugs. Competition, they said, will benefit millions of Americans ...
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Spurring Lower Prices: FDA Aided America’s Rx Drug Consumers By Not Banning Authorized Generics

New Visions Commentary /
For years, generic drug manufacturers have been telling us that making more generic drugs available - earlier - is the key to saving consumers money and bringing greater access to prescription drugs. Competition, they said, will benefit millions of Americans ...
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Explicit Toys?

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Executive director David W. Almasi finds some poor choices being made by one of America's largest toy retailers: The Tom Cruise movie "The Last Samurai"received an R-rating largely because of its violent content. It's now on sale at Toys "R" ...
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Hey Roland, Wanna Buy the Brooklyn Bridge?

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National Center executive director David W. Almasi is critical of "The Day After Tomorrow" director's muse: In an interview with SCI FI Wire, "The Day After Tomorrow" director Roland Emmerich admits he previously pledged never to make another disaster movie, ...
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The Benefit of Brown: Providing Opportunity for Those Who Want It

New Visions Commentary /
At a recent press conference in the U.S. Capitol, black political activist Mychal Massie noted: "I stand here cognizant of the fact that, not many years ago, my mother could have hoped only to scrub the floors here. But, today, ...
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Elitist “Environmental Justice” Bad News for Minorities

New Visions Commentary /
Environmentalists like playing the race card, but they make a dreadful mistake. They don't play with a full deck. "Environmental justice" is a term green activists use to demonize businesses and complain that the government isn't doing enough to help ...
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Blacks Need Green to Compete with Whites in NASCAR

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A New Visions Commentary paper published March 2004 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Don't expect to spot any black drivers when this weekend's Daytona 500 kicks off the 2004 NASCAR season ...
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Captain Renault’s Return: The FCC Should Set a Bright-Line Standard for Radio and Television

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A note from NCPPR executive director David Almasi: Howard Stern is foul-mouthed and his show is intentionally titillating. I think we all understand that. The fact that Clear Channel suddenly found him to be indecent reminds me of Captain Renault ...
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Legal Briefs #38: Four-Tiered Judicial Crisis

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There is a judicial crisis in this nation: Radical Judges: Activist judges, largely appointed by liberal presidents, are interpreting the law in ways that the Founding Fathers never intended. Bans, for instance, on students saying the Pledge of Allegiance but ...
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