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Let’s Move. Further?

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In an op-ed appearing in various McClatchy-Tribune newspapers this week, I wrote that the first lady’s  “Let’s Move” anti-obesity campaign could have been a lot worse.  I wrote, In the year since Michelle Obama launched her campaign against obesity, she’s ...
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In Honor of Trig Palin and all the Kids Out There Even Remotely Like Him

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We had Papa John's pizza for dinner tonight to send a small bit of appreciation to Papa John's for swiftly pulling its ads from Wonkette after that website published a vicious attack on three-year-old Trig Palin, who has Down Syndrome ...
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EPA Ignores Jobs Impact of Regulations as News Surfaces that U.S. Trails Europe in Jobs Rate

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Job numbers continue to look bleak in this country. Shamefully, as the OECD reports today, unemployment in the U.S. is among the worst in the developed world. Where the jobless rate in the U.K., Italy, Ireland, Greece—and even economically troubled Portugal—has ...
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Are Speculators Gouging Us At The Pump?

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No, conclude Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren of the Cato Institute, writing on Forbes.com: If this is going on we would expect to see some sort of inventory buildup. While crude inventories in the U.S. are increasing, they always ...
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Defamed for His Tea Party Activism, Project 21’s Stacy Swimp Refuses to Give Up

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On April 15, Project 21 member Stacy Swimp was a featured speaker at a rally organized by the Southwest Michigan Tea Party Patriots in Kalamazoo, Michigan. During his remarks, Stacy talked about the issues of black and white and liberal ...
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Black and Gay Jokes Herald New TV Diversity?

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“Friends” wasn’t the first show to feature a young ensemble cast dealing with relationship issues (ask “These Friends of Mine” like Ellen Degeneres, whose similar show debuted months earlier), but it was the juggernaut.  It was the show that Entertainment ...
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Project 21’s Kevin Martin: Tax Policy Punishes Nation’s Producers

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As many Americans scurry around at the last minute, to get their tax returns in order and in the mail to Uncle Sam, Project 21 member Kevin Martin offers something to think about regarding the way our taxes are collected ...
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First it was the Food Police. Now it is the Medicine Police

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On Townhall.com, I explain how the “medicine police” are wrong in trying to persuade the Food and Drug Administration to remove an approved weight-loss drug from the market. When it comes to regulating pharmaceuticals, it is important to remember that ...
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Project 21’s Bob Parks Discusses Immigration Reform

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On April 7, as part of the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” radio row event, Project 21 member Bob Parks was a guest of WAVA-Washington radio talk show host Don Kroah.  Bob spoke with ...
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America’s Post-Racial Pastime

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On this day, 64 years ago, Jackie Robinson heroically broke baseball’s color barrier, becoming the first black player in Major League Baseball.  Today, baseball rosters are filled with players of varied backgrounds and ethnicities.  Now, all players are judged on ...
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