Author: The National Center

What Conservatives Think #010604: Tort Reform – Was Bush Wrong to Say It Would Benefit the Economy?

The Left Says: "Arguing that his economic policies consist of more than tax cuts geared to the wealthy, President Bush maintained last week in his year-end press conference that tort reform is a key part of his 'pro-growth' agenda, saying ...
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Legal Briefs newsletter #37: Turning a Line Drive into a Home Run

Writing in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Professor Ralph Reiland of Robert Morris University tells the story of an Illinois high school pitcher, Danny Hannant, who was hit in the head by a line drive. Rather than blame himself for failing to ...
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Fighting Disease is Better Than Suing Over It

Legal Brief /
The FDA may have severely undermined a group of personal injury attorneys looking to sue the makers of a new class of wonder drugs for schizophrenia. It turns out that the nation's premier drug regulatory agency recently agreed with the ...
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Center for Environmental Justice: The Politics and Promotion of Environmental Justice

At an Earth Day observance in 2003, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) pledged to make "environmental justice" a top priority of his administration should he be elected president in the (then-upcoming) 2004 presidential election (a similar assertion can be found here) ...
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Center for Environmental Justice: New Website Unveiled

Everyone benefits from a cleaner environment, but not everyone is forced to shoulder the same economic and regulatory burden to meet the government's standards for a clean environment. African-Americans and the poor are often forced to take on an unfair ...
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“I Have Wanted to Revisit France, Since Being There in WWII…”

R.J. Smith As people in Utah and Nevada (and other places!) can tell you, it's too bad Congress is so bad at taking advice. With President Obama's new designations of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and the Gold ...
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Real Reason to Oppose Affirmative Action, by Theodore R. Essex

New Visions Commentary /
Conservative leaders have slain one of their loyal foot soldiers - senior staff aide to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), Manuel Miranda - in a vain attempt to appease their liberal counterparts. In a since-leaked April 17, 2002 memo, ...
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Jesse Jackson: Can We Please Just Move Along? by Lisa Fritsch

New Visions Commentary /
As the 2004 political campaigns heat up, Jesse Jackson is making the rounds to rally support for liberal candidates and stirring the pot on hot racial issues. Officially in my hometown of Austin, Texas, to speak to the African-American Chambers ...
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Why People Defend Michael Jackson, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
Michael Jackson. Go ahead, crack a joke, sigh or shake your head. Michael's lifestyle and his current predicament inexorably lead to those reactions. There seem to be only two main schools of thought concerning the one-time "King of Pop": he's ...
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How to “Make It” in America, by Geoffrey Moore

New Visions Commentary /
Black America has a growing problem that needs to be addressed. It is, in my opinion, the most persistent problem facing us as a race in this country. Despite what "our" media-appointed black leaders tell us, this problem is not ...
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