Author: David Ridenour

National Center VP Wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Great news! I just won the Nobel Peace Prize... along with 305 million other Americans. Sure, the Nobel Committee meant to give it to Barack Obama, but it was so anxious to push its political agenda that it didn't bother ...
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Ezekiel Emanuel Must Go

Ezekiel Emanuel Must Go

National Policy Analysis #589 /
I'll never forget the morning our son wouldn't wake up. It was three days after Thanksgiving and getting late.  I hadn't heard a peep from my eldest son, Jonathan, so I tried to roust him out of bed. But he ...
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It’s a Sad State of Affairs…

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...when the leader of the free world isn't the President of the United States, but the Israeli Prime Minister. Written by David A. Ridenour, vice president of the National Center for Public Policy Research. Write the author at [email protected] As ...
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A State of War Exists in the Americas

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Brazil should be expelled from the Organization of American States. It is currently housing deposed would-be dictator Manuel Zelaya in its embassy in Tegucigalpa, which seems to be a fairly clear violation of Article 19 of the OAS Charter, which ...
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Netanyahu Asks World: “Is This a Lie?”

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Netanyahu delivered a terrific speech before the U.N. He asked the nations that didn't boycott the Iranian dictator's speech, or who didn't walk out during it when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched into an anti-semitic tirade, "...but to those who gave this ...
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Big Ag’s Free Ride Should Be Eliminated from Cap-and-Trade Bill

National Policy Analysis #584 /
Farm belt congressmen who voted for the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill committed – to borrow from the New York Times’ Paul Krugman – a form of treason.  It was treason against the agricultural communities they represent. Sure, they got a few ...
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The Best Health Reform May Be to Kill Cap-and-Trade

National Policy Analysis #577 /
If you worry about what Congress could do in its health care legislation, you should be terrified by the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, which could cost millions of Americans their health insurance. Nearly 15 million Americans are now looking for work, ...
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Drill, Baby, Drill!

Drill, Baby, Drill!

National Policy Analysis #583 /
Miguel Cervantes created one of the most memorable characters of literature with Don Quixote, a delusional old man who jousted with windmills he thought were giants. Now the Obama Administration is quixotically raising its lances against another hypothetical menace: fossil ...
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Obama Administration Wrong to Cut Off Aid to Honduras

National Policy Analysis #579 /
The Senate recently confirmed Sonia Sotomayor as the 111th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, but it needn’t have bothered.  The Obama Administration apparently believes Supreme Courts can be ignored. Following the removal of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya from office, ...
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Another Cash for Clunkers Clunker

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During the Cash for Clunkers program, GM sales dropped 20 percent vs. last year's and Chrysler's dropped 15 percent. Ford sales increased 17 percent. The reason -- aside from the fact that people don't want to buy from Government Motors ...
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