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Missile Defense Takes the MADness Out of Defense Policy, by Grant Threlfall

National Policy Analysis #350 /
In 1991, the collapse of the Soviet Union ended the forty-year Cold War. Until that point, nuclear war with the United States was largely averted by a form of deterrence known as "Mutually Assured Destruction" (MAD). MAD doctrine surmises that ...
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National Missile Defense: Learning the Lessons of Pearl Harbor, by Grant Threlfall

National Policy Analysis #352 /
I remember sitting on my grandfather's knee as he told me about Pearl Harbor. In 1941, while war raged elsewhere, America was at peace. Then, from across the sea, an enemy struck our naval base at Pearl Harbor, killing over ...
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National Academy of Sciences Global Warming Report Fails to Live Up to Its Billing

The Relief Report /
Contents: National Academy of Sciences Global Warming Report Fails to Live Up to Its Billing LCV Ads Target Members of Congress on ANWR New Legislation Would End National Academy of Sciences Study of Safe Arsenic Levels National Academy of Sciences ...
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I Find CBS Rather Insensitive, by Kevin Martin

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published August 2001 Reprints permitted provided source is credited. For the past couple of weeks, major newspapers have carried stories about new efforts to privatize the U.S. Social Security System (SSS). Although the real battle ...
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Reparations, Anyone? by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published August 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. I first heard ...
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Tuning Out Jesse Jackson, by Michael King

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published August 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. No good deed ...
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Climate Change Science? National Academy of Sciences Global Warming Report Fails to Live Up to Its Billing, by Gerald Marsh

National Policy Analysis #349 /
"Greenhouse gases are accumulating in Earth's atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise." Thus begins the summary of the June 2001 National Academy of Sciences report "Climate Change Science," which ...
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Missile Defense Takes the MADness Out of Defense Policy by Grant Threlfall

In 1991, the collapse of the Soviet Union ended the forty-year Cold War. Until that point, nuclear war with the United States was largely averted by a form of deterrence known as "Mutually Assured Destruction" (MAD). MAD doctrine surmises that ...
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Mr. President, Use your Bully Pulpit: Bush is Right on Environmental Issues, But Fails to Say So, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #353 /
The July 27 U.S. House of Representatives vote to arbitrarily set a limit of ten parts per billion for arsenic in drinking water provided yet another example of the Bush Administration's stunning inability to articulate positive environmental messages, even when ...
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It’s Time to Face Facts – Current Alternative Energy Options Don’t Add Up, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #354 /
Why doesn't the United States rely on alternative energy? The conspiracy-laden theories environmentalists use to answer this question could bring prideful tears to the eyes of the creators of the "X-Files." "Secret agendas" involve the government, corporations and everyone in ...
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