Author: The National Center

Toyota Should Apologize for Sponsoring Racially-Divisive Speaker

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Black Activist Group Joins NLPC in Calling on Automaker to Cease Financial Support for Racist and Anti-Semitic Programs Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are demanding that Toyota executives apologize for subsidizing a speech by the Nation of ...
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The Perceived Stupidity of the Black Voter, by Kevin Martin

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When I changed my political affiliation ten years ago, I thought I broke the chains of the liberal plantation.  But I am resentful of the crass racial politics still aimed at me and the rest of the black community. I ...
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Goodbye Dan, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
It may be hard for those under 30 to imagine, but most Americans once only had three television networks to watch.  If one was lucky and - and had a strong antenna - they might also have channels showing syndicated ...
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Empowering People to Act for Themselves is the Best Solution for Africa’s Dilemma, by Franklin Cudjoe

New Visions Commentary /
The leaders who gathered at the G-8 Summit to seek solutions for Africa's myriad problems unfortunately overlooked the most obvious: What matters most to poor countries - not just in Africa, but everywhere - is learning what they can do ...
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A Relationship with God Plays into Lives of Both Virtue and Vice, by Leah Sammons

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At an earlier time in their lives, Steven L. Craft and Roxon Flowers could not appear more different.  Craft was a drug addict.  Flowers was a New York City detective. Eventually, however, these two seemingly disparate spirits became friends.  In ...
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Making Sense of Mexico, by Jeffrey Brian Hicks

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While trying to morally justify the continuous and illegal flow of Mexican nationals over our border, Mexican President Vicente Fox recently sparked an uproar that may be telling about Mexican society. With national security and economic concerns related to this ...
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Property Rights Advocates Brace for Another Betrayal; Like Kelo Decision, ESA Reform May Place Special Interests Above Property Rights

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Still reeling from the Supreme Court decision Kelo v. City of New London, property rights advocates are bracing themselves for another betrayal of private property rights - this time from the GOP-controlled Congress - according to The National Center for ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Ask Bush to Consider Constructionist Jurists for Supreme Court; List of Characteristics Important to Black Americans Cited

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Today's announcement of a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court provides President George W. Bush with an important duty that has the potential to affect judicial decision-making for generations to come. Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are ...
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Flag Burning — The Real Question

The Washington Post says in a Monday editorial that flag-burning should not be banned because Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech. The great power of this principle is that it admits no exception: not for the ...
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Cap-and-Trade is More Pain Than Gain; Early Credit Proposal to Stem Climate Change Would Create Special Interest Lobby While Doing Little for the Environment

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Efforts to encourage corporations to curb "greenhouse gas" emissions through a mandatory "cap-and-trade" scheme imposes a hidden tax on small businesses and amounts to a Kyoto-style rationing of energy use, says the National Center for Public Policy Research. Early crediting ...
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