Author: The National Center

Bush’s Stern Approach to Arafat a Welcome Sign, by Grant Threlfall

National Policy Analysis #360 /
American Presidents have spent countless, exasperating hours trying to create a lasting peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Unfortunately, all have utterly collapsed. Now, President George W. Bush is using more stick and less carrot as a means to ...
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Reprocessing, Waste and Bombs: Good News on the Energy Front, by Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford

National Policy Analysis #365 /
There's good news on the energy front. To increase our energy supply, the Bush Administration will tap emissions-free nuclear energy in a way that reduces both nuclear waste and opportunities for nuclear proliferation: spent reactor fuel would be reprocessed by ...
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Expectations are Everything, by Dr. B.B. Robinson

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published September 2001 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. In the 1970s, ...
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New Bio Oil Grown by American Farmers Offers Benefits to Farmers, Consumers and the Environment, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #356 /
A massive fire on August 14 knocked out a Citgo refinery southwest of Chicago, threatening to cause gasoline price increases and shortages in Chicago and other parts of the Midwest.1 A similar fire in southern Illinois sent prices soaring earlier ...
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Do Your Duty by Edmund F. Haislmaier

Asking, "What can I do?" Americans across the country have responded to the terrorist attack on America by donating blood, comforting the grieving, praying for the victims and their families and memorializing the fallen. In New York and Washington they ...
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In the War Against Terrorism, Our Old Friends are Our True Friends by Joe Roche

As President George W. Bush puts together the coalition to fight the war against terrorism, Americans need to bear in mind who in the Middle East really are our friends and allies. Right now, many of our enemies are pretending ...
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Global Warming Policies Could Unfairly Harm Minorities and the Poor, by Rep. John Peterson (R-PA)

National Policy Analysis #357 /
While the world continues to ask if global warming is occurring and, if so, if human beings contribute to it, most Americans have overlooked the effect that complying with the Kyoto Protocol would have on minorities and the poor. Let's ...
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Hopping Across the Digital Divide, by Melissa Wiedbrauk

National Policy Analysis #362 /
There is an ongoing concern that the poor and minorities are not up to speed with the rest of America when it comes to computer technology. It's called the "digital divide." But, like many other modern complaints about race, class ...
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Global Warming Policies Could Unfairly Harm Minorities and the Poor, by U.S. Rep. John Peterson (R-PA)

New Visions Commentary /
While the world continues to ask if global warming is occurring and, if so, if human beings contribute to it, most Americans have overlooked the effect that complying with the Kyoto Protocol would have on minorities and the poor. Let's ...
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Energy Plan Passes U.S. House, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: After much heated debate, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a comprehensive energy bill. While President Bush had to compromise on some issues, Democrats voted with Republicans to allow drilling in 2000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...
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