Category: Blog

As Putin Visits the EU…

From a Reuters Report, November 6: "An EU official in Brussels, who declined to be named, told reporters the way the Yukos case was being handled was 'way off what we would consider acceptable in the European Union.'" ...
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The Congresswoman Can’t Tell the Difference Between A Human Life and A Uterus

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter is on television just now comparing a ban on partial birth abortion to a ban on hysterectomies The root word for "hysterectomy" is "hysteria," as in "behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, or a mental disorder characterized ...
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Gays Don’t Have Full Freedom of Religion or Expression, Judge Says

The judge in this news story is effectively trying to decree that homosexuals have less First Amendment rights than anyone else. Briefly, Denver Judge John Coughlin has ordered a mother not to teach her child any Christian teaching that condemns ...
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Medicare Bill Obstructed: Naughty GOP Has Been Trying to Help Seniors

The headline, "GOP Blocking Drug Bill, Democrats Say," in this Washington Post article today is a little bizarre, given that the piece goes on to discuss a possible Democrat filibuster of the bill. The article's paragraph two also is ridiculous: ...
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Teaching “Integrity” Costs Taxpayers Over a Quarter Million

A note from our executive director, David W. Almasi: Because, according to a Metro spokesman, "integrity and trust are the cornerstones of effective leadership," the mass transit authority for the Washington, D.C. region spent over $275,000 on workshops to teach ...
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If the Public is With You, Why the Crafty Poll Questions?

An e-mail from Mike Catanzaro over at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee raises some very good questions about polling done on a global warming bill the U.S. Senate voted on last week: One of the many canards about ...
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Not So Poor

A note from our executive director, David Almasi: I'd love to have a bigger television, but I bought the biggest one I believe my family can afford. Today the Washington Post discusses the long-awaited move of some public housing tenants ...
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Important Enough to Obstruct, But Not Important Enough to Vote On

From National Center executive director David W. Almasi: Utah Governor Mike Leavitt was finally confirmed to become the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on October 28. He was confirmed by a vote of 88-8, with four members not ...
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You Be The Judge

Putin says his #1 concerns are establishing the rule of law and economic development. You be the judge. Financial Times, 10/27/03 The Moscow stock market plunged more than 10 per cent on Monday after the arrest of the head of Yukos, ...
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I Know Worrying About Russia is an 80s Thing, But Indulge Me

The Washington Post is saying it better than I can: Washington Post, 10-27-03: “…Khodorkovsky had the additional misfortune of being the last surviving oligarch. For those who have not kept up their Russian, ‘oligarch’ is a term of art for ...
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