Category: Articles

Eugene Robinson: White People Can’t Talk

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In the Washington Post today, in-house columnist Eugene Robinson diminishes everything the true civil rights leaders fought for. Eugene Robinson: "Why Imus Had to Go": ...For young black hip-hop artists to use such language [as "nappy-headed hos"] to demean black ...
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Sacrifice is for the Proletariat

From the London Evening Standard comes news of one politically-correct ultra-green media darling taking a helicopter to visit another politically-correct ultra-green media darling, when taking a train would have taken only two hours. Hat tip: Greenie Watch ...
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Some Of Us Still Hope They Cure Cancer

I guess curing diseases, developing new drugs, investigating outer space, charting our DNA, etc. isn't so important to the news media anymore. The science news is all about global warming ...
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Support Eroding for Rep. Frank Wolf’s Journey Through Hallowed Ground Heritage Area; Alternative Measure Gains Backing of Two Congressmen in Affected Area

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Washington, D.C. - Support for Congressman Frank Wolf's controversial Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act (H.R. 319) continues to erode, reports The National Center for Public Policy Research. Two Congressmen are cosponsoring an alternative measure that, unlike Wolf's ...
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60 Minutes Does Health Care III: CBS Responds to Our Criticism

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CBS News, via its blog, has responded to the National Center for Public Policy Research's critique (covered here yesterday) of its 60 Minutes show Sunday. In a nutshell, The National Center's David Hogberg had complained that the 60 Minutes broadcast ...
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60 Minutes Misleads Viewers About the Price of Prescription Drugs Paid By Medicare

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Washington, D.C. - On April 1, 2007, the CBS News program 60 Minutes broadcast a segment on prescription drug prices that relied heavily on a flawed report written by a group with a clear political motive.  Producers of the program ...
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Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Global Warming in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency

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Washington, D.C. - Amy Ridenour, president of The National Center for Public Policy Research, released this statement today following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency: "The Supreme Court's decision is a victory for the bad ...
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A Rational Response to an Irrational Act, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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A Rational Response to an Irrational Act by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D. (bio) Recent events put Don Imus' neck on the chopping block for broadcasting a statement - which you already know and which I will not repeat here - about ...
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New Phrase: “Fuel Poverty”

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In Britain, very likely the country doing more than any other to fight what its government believes is a threat from human caused global warming, the phrase "fuel poverty" is gaining currency (no pun intended). One of the side effects ...
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Single-Payer Health Care: “Incompetence, Debt, Misery and Filth” – London Times

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Britain's government-run single-payer health care system mixes men and women in hospital wards. Privacy and decency, let alone safety in some cases, apparently are incompatible with single-payer, government-run medicine. If you read nothing else about single-payer government medicine all year, ...
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