Author: The National Center

Signs of New Growth in the Forest Fire Debate? by Dana Joel Gattuso

National Policy Analysis #491 /
"If we had done all the thinning we wanted to over the years, we could have kept this fire from exploding, and we could have saved the towns it burned through." - Kate Klein, Forest Ranger, Smithsonian, August 2003 Catastrophic ...
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Rush’s 80 Words, by Geoffrey Moore

New Visions Commentary /
"I don't think he's been that good from the get-go. I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They're interested ...
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The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, by Richard Dimery

New Visions Commentary /
Our Declaration of Independence begins, "When, in the course of human events it becomes necessary..." This is important wording because it points out that we must always have the means to end a tyrannical government. Tyranny doesn't always come with ...
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An Untouchable Monopoly: The United States Postal Service, by Sean Turner

New Visions Commentary /
In 1998, the U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, maintaining that the world's largest maker of software held an illegal monopoly and stifled competition. Microsoft was found to use its monopoly power to harm competitors. This leads ...
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It’s Only Disfranchisement When Liberals Lose, by Kevin Martin

New Visions Commentary /
Do you ever get the feeling you're being used? The black voter has become a virtual pawn in the liberal political strategy. Our "disfranchisement" was an issue in the elections of 2000, 2002 and in the recent California recall. While ...
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American Trial Lawyers Take Aim at Beleaguered South African Economy, by John Meredith

National Policy Analysis #489 /
America's 34-million African-Americans should be outraged by the campaign of economic blackmail that a handful of profit-driven personal injury lawyers are waging against the financially beleaguered Republic of South Africa. Against the expressed wishes of the revered Nelson Mandela and ...
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American Trial Lawyers Take Aim at Beleaguered South African Economy, by John Meredith

New Visions Commentary /
  A New Visions Commentary paper published October 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. America's 34-million African-Americans ...
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LeBron James and 50 Cent – Public Enemies #1, by Bruce H. Edwards

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published October 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Across America, bouncing basketballs are heard a little more often. "Professional basketball player" reigns as the top answer ...
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Overwhelming Response to New Web Site on Russia Conveys Concern to President Bush Over Possible Return to “Evil Empire”

Press Release /
Since its launch two weeks ago, tens of thousands of Americans have visited and used the National Center's new "Future of Russia" Web site (www.Future-of-Russia.org) to convey deep concerns to President Bush about recent alarming events in Russia on the ...
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Environmental Litigation Threatens Endangered Species; In this Reparations Case, the Slaveowners Sue the Slaves; If It’s Commercial, Its Not Free

Legal Brief /
Environmental Litigation Threatens Endangered Species You know environmental lawsuits have spun out of control when barge activity on the Missouri River must come to a halt to preserve habitat for the nesting piping plover. A federal district court decision ordering ...
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