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The Welfare State Expands Access to Health Insurance – Not

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We received a notice today from The National Center for Public Policy Research's health insurance carrier, an HMO, to remind us that our January invoice will be two percent higher thanks to a new District of Columbia tax on employers ...
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New Poll Finds that Majority of African-Americans Oppose Public Lands Bill

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Will African-Americans Continue to be Taken for Granted Even After Historic Election? Vote on Harry Reid's Omnibus Public Lands Bill Will be Key Test Washington, DC - Senator Harry Reid's effort to pass the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act this ...
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Writing from Operation Iraqi Freedom, A Soldier Comments on the Election

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Many of our long-time blog readers will recall the 2004 blog entry "A Soldier Assures Us: Our Progress is Amazing," by my old friend Joe Roche, then on active duty with the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division in Baghdad. For ...
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Project 21’s Horace Cooper on C-Span to Discuss Race Issues in Obama’s America

Project 21 member and National Center board member Horace Cooper has been scheduled to discuss how the dynamic of race relations is changed by Barack Obama’s election to the presidency on C-Span's "Washington Journal" program Friday morning. You can see ...
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What Greenhouse Gas Restrictions Could Do to Our Economy

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Writing in Investor's Business Daily today, David Ridenour says, "When our economic bus is teetering at the edge of a cliff, it's a bad time to throw on some extra weight." He's talking about government-mandated restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Prince Charles: Cutting Carbon a Priority; Economy Comes Second

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I wonder if he flew to Toyko ...
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The Root Features Project 21 Commentary on Green Policies Hurting Blacks’ Bottom Line

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As cooler weather approaches, there are indications that it is going to be both a cold and expensive winter. Scientifically-monitored sunspot activity and the wise Farmer's Almanac both predict it will be cooler than normal, and the federal government is ...
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Slavery Apology and Reparations Debate Neglects Pressing Matters of the Present Day

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A commentary by Project 21 staff research associate Stephen Roberts about the reaction to a recent congressional apology for slavery was published by The Washington Times this past Saturday. In his commentary, Roberts discusses the need to get past the ...
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Pickens Plan Requires More Digging

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Lots of Questions Unanswered, States Public Policy Group Washington, DC - Key questions remain unanswered about the so-called "Pickens Plan," an energy plan being promoted across the U.S. in an expensive marketing campaign by billionaire T. Boone Pickens, says a ...
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We Didn’t Ask for an Apology, Mr. Pickens

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Washington, DC - The following is the response of National Center for Public Policy Research President Amy Ridenour to T. Boone Pickens' response* when a reporter from the Detroit Free Press asked him about the National Center's new paper, "The ...
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