Now even the mainstream media is paying attention. In today’s Los Angeles Times, Dr. Henry I. Miller of the Hoover Institution and I explain how the Obama administration is handing out tax-dollars to activist groups and local governments to advance ... READ MORE
If one of the goals of the Centers for Disease Control’s Community Transformation Grants is to lower your blood pressure, it won’t work; not unless you are a radical liberal. I’ve been discussing the issue on talk radio across the ... READ MORE
As I wrote for Townhall.com today, I do not believe the government should use taxes as a way of changing behavior. But until we convince the politicians to stop using the tax code to try and tinker with our choices, ... READ MORE
Earlier this month, Project 21 member Horace Cooper predicted that government regulators would soon begin an effort to ban menthol flavoring from cigarettes. In his New Visions Commentary“The Coming War on Menthol,” Horace wrote: For decades, people have been warned ... READ MORE
Washington, D.C. - Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier gave a liberal answer to every question posed by the National Center for Public Policy Research about Merck's support of ObamaCare at Tuesday's Merck shareholder meeting in North Branch, New Jersey. National Center ... READ MORE
Poll Shows Merck Vulnerable to Boycott from Conservatives for Financially Supporting President Obama's Health Care Takeover Washington, D.C. - Policy experts from the National Center For Public Policy Research will challenge Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier today, May 24, over his ... READ MORE
John Graham of the Pacific Research Institute thinks this video, by Jonathan Rauch of National Journal, is the best health care video ever. I don't know that I'd go that far, but it is pretty good, and gives a lot ... READ MORE
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 ... READ MORE
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 ... READ MORE
Pro-life activists exposed serious abuses at Planned Parenthood. There was outrage from the left. In offices around America, actors pretending to be a pimp and an underage girl taped Planned Parenthood employees giving out advice about obtaining illegal abortions and ... READ MORE
The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today’s public policy problems. We believe that the principles of a free market, individual liberty and personal responsibility provide the greatest hope for meeting the challenges facing America in the 21st century.