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Digging Up Another Case of Wasteful Spending: USDA’s School Lunch Gardens

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With all the talk of the need to reign in wasteful government spending, you’d think agencies would be cutting back on programs not central to their mission. You’d be wrong. In a piece for Forbes, “Waste And Bad Judgment Sprout At ...
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Economics 101: Consumers Will Pay for Higher Taxes on Energy Production

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Rep. John Sullivan, vice chairman of the House Energy and Power Subcommittee, on President Obama’s call for higher taxes on energy producers: This kind of logic makes you wonder if the president will tax grocery store owners more because food ...
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Outrage of the Day

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Senate Democrats have apparently been playing the race card yet again, this time, against Republican Senators critical of the nomination of Edward Chen to the federal bench. The twist this time is that the nominee (since confirmed) is Asian, not ...
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Project 21’s Borelli: Bin Laden Death Didn’t Jump-Start Economy

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Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli assesses Barack Obama’s political capital in the wake of the attack that killed the terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, noting that Obama’s foreign policy victory does not offset the nation’s poor economy. This “A-Team” discussion ...
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Project 21’s Borelli on Anti-Free Market CEOs

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Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli, talking about her shareholder activism and participation in that day’s Goldman Sachs annual meeting and other shareholder meetings across the nation, notes that “CEOs are pushing policies that are harmful to our country.” This discussion ...
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We’ve Got It: Osama Bin Laden’s Last Tape

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Curiously, Osama Bin Laden leaked his final tape to Steven Crowder. You can view other videos in the National Center's Steven Crowder video series on the National Center for Public Policy Research Steven Crowder page here ...
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There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, Or a Free Day at the Beach

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A recent trip to the beach became a lesson in government miscommunication and mismanagement. Maybe some will think this is hyperbole, but it was definitely a case of government officials not being quite sure about who actually controls what, and ...
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Project 21’s Borelli to Appear on Fox Business Network Friday Night

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Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli is scheduled to be a guest on the “Lou Dobbs Tonight” program on the Fox Business Network on Friday, May 6.  The program can be seen at 7:00 PM eastern. Deneen will be participating in ...
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Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers Being Challenged Over Support of War on Energy

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National Center Free Enterprise Project Director Tom Borelli and Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli are, as I write this, challenging Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers over his support of President Obama's war on fossil fuels at the Duke Energy shareholder ...
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Examiner Columnist Highlights National Center Pressure on Duke Energy’s Support for Liberal Policies

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Read Examiner columnist Tim Carney's piece here ...
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