Author: David Almasi

A Four-Tiered Judicial Crisis

National Policy Analysis #501 /
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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Blacks Need Green to Compete with Whites in NASCAR

National Policy Analysis #502 /
At this weekend's Daytona 500, the beginning of the 2004 NASCAR season, don't expect to spot any black drivers. While NASCAR's logo contains a rainbow of colors, the diversity of hues doesn't translate to the track. Auto racing continues to ...
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Civil Rights Report Wrong on Environmental Justice Priorities

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published November 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Select Steel, Inc. couldn't build a steel mill in Genesee County, Michigan due to "environmental justice" concerns. Now ...
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Civil Rights Report Wrong on Environmental Justice Priorities

National Policy Analysis #494 /
Select Steel, Inc. couldn't build a steel mill in Genesee County, Michigan due to "environmental justice" concerns. If the staff of a federal commission has its way, more companies might find their expansion plans disrupted as well. To environmental activists ...
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Parents Beware: Chain Stores Going Crazy Selling “Girls Gone Wild”

National Policy Analysis #493 /
Probably thinking of himself as being on the cutting edge of the civil rights struggle, rapper Snoop Dogg broke his ties with Mantra Entertainment - makers of the "Girls Gone Wild" videos - because it doesn't feature enough black and ...
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Hispanic Economic Progress Endangered by McCain-Lieberman

National Policy Analysis #497 /
Hispanics, who have become America's largest minority,1 are in the midst of an economic renaissance. Unemployment is at a record low while poverty is falling dramatically. Hispanic businesses are growing at a rate of four times the national average.2 This ...
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Parents Beware: Chain Stores Going Crazy Selling “Girls Gone Wild”

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published October 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Probably thinking of himself as being on the cutting edge of the civil rights struggle, rapper Snoop Dogg ...
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Overzealous Environmental Rules Impede U.S. Military Training

National Policy Analysis #457 /
If a Marine landing on Red Beach at Camp Pendleton travels off one of the three authorized roads leaving the beach, he risks a $50,000 fine and other penalties. He's not being disciplined for putting himself or his fellow soldiers ...
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Regulatory Reform: The Next Civil Rights Battlefield

New Visions Commentary /
After expending so much time and effort in the pursuit of civil rights, it's outrageous that the government itself is now infringing our freedoms through overreaching regulation. The problem lies in the one-size-fits-all approach through which many of our regulatory ...
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Political Money Monitor: Campaign Finance Reforms Opposed

Political Money Monitor /
This past election was the first in Arizona to be conducted under the Clean Elections Act. A ballot initiative passed in 1998, the Act provides public funding for candidates. Attorney Clint Bolick contends the new guidelines "proved to be anything ...
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