Author: The National Center

Black Activists Outraged By Politicization of Coretta Scott King’s Funeral

Press Release /
Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are outraged by political grandstanding by speakers at the funeral for civil rights icon Coretta Scott King. In eulogies at the February 7 funeral, former President Jimmy Carter and Reverend Joseph Lowery ...
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On Professors Who Deny Reality

Regarding the tenured Northwestern professor who publicly denies the Holocaust, one answer is: Abolish tenure. College costs parents and taxpayers a lot of money. The product sold ought not be faulty ...
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Martin Luther King Holiday Considered

The left should decide what it wants more: Martin and Coretta King as symbols of the liberal agenda, or a Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday. If the national remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life work actually is something ...
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NLPC: AARP Funding is Wasteful and Improper

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The National Legal and Policy Center is calling on Congress to cut funding for the AARP: The National Legal and Policy Center yesterday sent a coalition letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert asking Congress to end all federal subsidies to ...
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Time — and a Terrible Towel

Back during the original Pittsburgh Steeler dynasty years, I used to place my Terrible Towel on top of my parents' TV set during Steeler games in order that it might soak in luck. During the intervening decades, I have taken ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Slam Extremist Comments from NAACP Chairman Julian Bond

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Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are appalled by comments NAACP chairman Julian Bond reportedly made during a recent speech in North Carolina.  Members say the radical nature of Bond's comments are detrimental to the civil rights group's ...
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Kyoto’s Anniversary: Little Reason to Celebrate, by Dana Joel Gattuso

National Policy Analysis #537 /
February 16 marks the Kyoto Protocol's first anniversary -- it's been one year since the UN global warming agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions went into effect. But don't plan on uncorking the bubbly any time soon. In spite of ...
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Repeat After Me: Race isn’t Everything

I agree with Atlas Blogged on this one. Donovan McNabb and Senator Ken Salazar should get together sometime and write "Race Isn't Everything" 100 times or however often it takes to sink in. I'd suggest Julian Bond should join them, ...
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The Anti-Capitalism Virus, by Thomas J. Borelli, Ph.D.

National Policy Analysis #536 /
While the world watches and worries about the possibility of a pandemic bird flu influenza, another virus has been spreading in epidemic proportions in the nation's capital.         The dangerous virus is known as ACV - the anti-capitalism virus - ...
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What We All Owe William J. Seymour, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

New Visions Commentary /
Throughout black American history, religious leaders have played an influential role.  We are familiar with the names of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Fred Shuttlesworth and Hiram Revels, but what about William J. Seymour? A largely unsung hero, Seymour ...
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