Author: The National Center

Why Not a Dazzling Offense? by Casey Lartigue

New Visions Commentary /
Known for his outspoken tough love, Bill Cosby once publicly admonished a young black student from the University of the District of Columbia. The young man hoped for a promotion at his Drug Enforcement Administration job after he got his ...
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PC is PU, by Christopher Arps

New Visions Commentary /
Political correctness, or PC, is defined by the Internet's Wikipedia reference web site as the effort to remove "prejudicial terms from common usage." It is an often-misguided attempt to ensure that individuals are not offended due to their race, gender, ...
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Thank a Soldier Week

Possible impending global cooling is causing "alarm," says the UK's Guardian, and it may be caused by global warming. That sounds silly, but actually makes sense. Massively oversimplified, the article refers to a phenomenon in which melting Arctic water slows ...
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Policy Group Distributes Toilet Paper ‘Emissions Credits’ at U.N. Global Warming Conference

Press Release /
Possible impending global cooling is causing "alarm," says the UK's Guardian, and it may be caused by global warming. That sounds silly, but actually makes sense. Massively oversimplified, the article refers to a phenomenon in which melting Arctic water slows ...
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ANWR: To Drill or Not to Drill? There is No Question, by Peyton Knight

National Policy Analysis #535 /
As the debate over whether to drill for oil in a tiny, desolate portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) grows – however improbably – even more contentious, it is important to remember that honest debate must be properly ...
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Nobby Zoologists, Climate Change and American “Loonies”

"Impact of Climate Change 'Can be Likened to WMD'," screams a headline based on remarks by Lord Robert May in Britain's left-wing Independent newspaper. So, have they found the WMDs? The Independent says this nob is criticizing George W. Bush ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Support Increased Domestic Oil Exploration

Press Release /
Good grief. In reference to the author Dean Koontz Japanese racism brouhaha, it is being said that referring to the Bataan Death March and World War II to a Japanese executive is akin to mentioning slavery to a black person ...
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Small Group of House Republicans Derails ANWR Drilling

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Both the U.S. House and Senate budget bills included a provision that would allow for oil drilling in a small fraction of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  The Senate passed its budget bill last week, but leaders in the ...
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Historic Preservation v. Property Rights?

Peyton Knight has written a critique of the Trust for Historic Preservation, "Historically Untrustworthy: How the Trust for Historic Preservation Works Against Property Rights," for the Capital Research Center: "The National Park Service and others will use the National Register ...
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Black Conservatives Say Black Candidates for Elected Office Should Not Be Abused on Account of Race; Group Calls on All Candidates and Parties to Shun Both Use of Racial Slurs and Those Who Employ Them

Press Release /
In light of the racial indignities being foisted upon Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, a black Republican who recently announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate, members of the black leadership group Project 21 call on all candidates and political parties ...
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