Author: The National Center

Medicare’s Fatal Weakness: Expensive New Technologies are Rationed, by Edmund F. Haislmaier

National Policy Analysis #525 /
Recent news stories -- such as the Washington Post's "Medicare to Cover Cardiac Device," which appeared at the time of the second Bush/Cheney Inauguration -- illustrate both the achievements of American medicine and the failure of Medicare to deliver its ...
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Vladimir Putin May Need to Get Out More

This story, by John F. Dickerson in the March 7 edition of Time magazine, is amazing: George Bush knew Vladimir Putin would be defensive when Bush brought up the pace of democratic reform in Russia in their private meeting at ...
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Portland Home Prices: Higher Than Necessary?

An Oregon Congressman apparently is offended by National Center Policy Analyst Ryan Balis' observation in the Washington Post that "smart growth" anti-sprawl policies in Portland, Oregon have tended to push housing costs higher. The Congressman responds with his own letter ...
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First Annual Flat Earth Award for Truth-Telling on Global Warming

This is an award I would love to earn. But I have to admit that the three finalists are more worthy choices than I. Great men, all. And, alas, regardless of how hard I work to spread the truth about ...
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First Annual Flat Earth Award

This is an award I would love to earn. But I have to admit that the three finalists are more worthy choices than I. Great men, all. And, alas, regardless of how hard I work to spread the truth about ...
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Why African Americans Should Be Leading The Charge For Social Security Reform, by Eddie Huff

New Visions Commentary /
By calling for Social Security reform, President Bush has signaled he is serious about taking on the "third rail of American politics." This comparison to the lethal electric rail on a subway implies that politicians risk certain death - or ...
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Purple Fingers in Iraq Have Doubters, Tyrants Seeing Red, by Ak’bar Shabazz

New Visions Commentary /
Now, the world knows. For several months, bitter liberals, terrified Arab monarchs and dictators everywhere told the world Muslims weren't prepared for democracy.  They essentially claimed voting is a luxury exclusively for those in the West.  Terrorists tried every conceivable ...
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African-Americans Deserve More from Social Security, by Malcolm Moore

New Visions Commentary /
I recently learned about an African-American male who died of lupus at the age of 40. He is survived by a wife and four children - with the youngest only two years old. Although the cause of his death is ...
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Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way

The National Center's Ryan Balis has suggested I recommended this Miami Herald op-ed by Patrick Moore to blog readers. Moore is a founder of the environmental group Greenpeace. In the op-ed, Moore explains why he left Greenpeace ("By the mid-1980s, ...
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Blacks, Social Security and the Associated Press

The Heritage Foundation's Heritage Policy Weblog chides the Associated Press for saying that "only" the Heritage Foundation has said that the present Social Security system cheats African-Americans. Hey AP, haven't you ever heard of Google? ...
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