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Nearly 70 Policy Groups Warn: Beware of ‘Invasive Species’ Regulations

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Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research has delivered a coalition letter signed by representatives of nearly 70 policy organizations to Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-OK) urging him to protect private property ...
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Huffington Post Beware: A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing, Part II

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David Hogberg continues his newest two-part series on health care, begun yesterday: Here are some other problems with Blake Fleetwood's two blog posts (here and here), in no particular order. What Is Single Payer? Fleetwood writes: The facts are clear: ...
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Huffington Post Beware: A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing, Part I

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David Hogberg says: Over at the Huffington Post, journalist Blake Fleetwood claims "Poor Little Greece Has Better Health Care than the U.S." In that blog post, he links to another of his posts, titled "Cuba Has Better Medical Care Than ...
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Congratulations to Peyton Knight

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Congratulations to Peyton Knight, the National Center's director of environmental and regulatory affairs, for being awarded the Property Rights Foundation of America Tenth Annual Property Rights Advocate Award on October 14 in New York. Peyton received this award for his ...
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Gorbachev’s Chutzpah

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Wow, that's chutzpah: It is one thing when a lightweight dilettante in the matter, like former Mexican weak-man Vicente Fox, pretends that a wall intended to slow the flood of illegal immigrants into a country is similar to a wall ...
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Sourcing Bob Woodward, Since He Won’t

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Redstate compares the way Bob Woodward reported an interview with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with the transcript of said interview as released by the Department of Defense, and concludes: "Mr. Woodward is a serial modifier who selectively isolates statements, ...
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Critics Fear National Heritage Area Would Threaten Property Rights

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The AP has a nice story on the "Journey Through Hallowed Ground" proposed National Heritage Area today: Objections are coming from several sources over a proposal for a 175-mile National Heritage Area extending from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Monticello...Virginia Congressman Frank ...
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Details, Details

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PostWatch says the Washington Post left out at least two important details in its Saturday story about a British coroner's charge that the U.S. military committed a war crime in Iraq. Details that may be exculpatory. Addendum: Based on this ...
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Secretly Testing Politicians for Drug Use

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Any bets on how long it is before ABC's Brian Ross tries this? If not Ross, then some other journalist. And we can expect PACs and political parties to do it to their opponents. Now that the genie's out of ...
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Peer-Reviewed?

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Next time you see the phrase "peer-reviewed journal," consider the fact that the guy in this video is the top editor of one of the most respected ones. Yikes. Hat tip: Asymmetrical Information. Addendum, 10/15/06: Tim Blair has strong thoughts ...
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