Category: Articles

Drill

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To burst the oil bubble, just use a drill, says David Ridenour, in an op-ed piece at least two dozen newspapers (another example here and here) have now run on their commentary pages. A version of the piece (various papers ...
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Deneen Borelli on the Supreme Court’s Ruling Against the D.C. Gun Ban

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Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli will discuss today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the Washington, D.C. ban on handgun ownership live this afternoon with Vicki McKenna on WIBA-Madison at 4:35 pm eastern [see note below], with Don Kroah on WAVA-Washington ...
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Horace Cooper on the Supreme Court’s Ruling Against the D.C. Gun Ban

Project 21 member Horace Cooper, a former constitutional law professor at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's Thursday ruling overturning the Washington, D.C. ban on handgun ownership live with Scott Sloan on WLW in ...
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In Kennedy v. Louisiana, Court Deaf to Child Welfare and State Sovereignty

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Research Associate Reece Epstein takes a critical look at the Supreme Court's decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana: On May 2, 1998, Patrick Kennedy raped his eight-year-old daughter. Brutally. The medical examiner discovered: A laceration to the left wall of the ...
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Clean Water Restoration Act Could Trigger Largest-Ever Expansion of Federal Powers Over Private Property

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BACKGROUND: The Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 makes it a crime to discharge pollutants into the "navigable waters of the United States."  However, what constitutes a "pollutant" or "navigable water" has often left federal regulators scratching their heads and ...
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America Only Oil-Producing Nation That Severely Limits Its Production

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National Center for Public Policy Research Research Associate Reece Epstein has a letter to the editor in today's D.C. Examiner newspaper, written in response to an opinion column by Irwin Stelzer entitled, "No Quick Energy Fixes, Despite Officials’ Promises." Says ...
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Weyrich: Congressional Hearings on Land Trusts Needed

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Conservative leader par excellence Paul Weyrich has written a column about National Center for Public Policy Research Senior Fellow Dana Joel Gattuso's National Policy Analysis paper, "Conservation Easements: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." Paul begins: Phil Truluck is ...
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Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie on the Death of Tim Russert

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Project 21 chairman Mychal Massie asked that we pass along his comments on the passing of NBC "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert this past Friday: We acknowledge the passing of Tim Russert; and with deepest and most sincere condolences ...
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Farm-Belt Voters Favor Eliminating or Scaling Back Corn Ethanol Mandate, New Poll Finds

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76% of Americans Want Ethanol Law Changed; 41% Want Mandate Repealed Entirely Washington, DC - Most Americans - including those in the Farm Belt - want Congress to reduce or eliminate the corn ethanol mandate, according to a new poll ...
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Project 21’s Borelli Rebuts Jesse Jackson at JPMorgan Chase Shareholder Meeting

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Deneen Borelli, Project 21 Fellow, shares at our request the details of her appearance at the question-and-answer session of the recent JPMorgan Chase stockholder meeting, at which she had a decidedly different question for CEO Jamie Dimon than did her ...
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