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What Conservatives Think #012004: Political Philosophy: Are Americans More Liberal Than They Realize?

The Left Says: "Whether they now describe themselves as liberal or not, most Americans remain strongly progressive in their views about taxation, health care, education spending, Social Security, environmental protection, and corporate regulation." Source: Joe Conason, "Big Lies: The Right-Wing ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Group Praises Recess Appointment of Judge Charles Pickering

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Members of the Project 21 African-American leadership network praised President George W. Bush for his recess appointment of Judge Charles Pickering to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Pickering, who was originally nominated in May of 2001, has over 40 ...
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Al Gore’s January 15 Speech on Bush and the Environment: Demagoguery

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Amy Ridenour, president of The National Center for Public Policy Research, has released the following comment about Al Gore's speech on the environment in New York today: "From a scientific and environmental perspective, Al Gore's speech today should be ignored ...
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What Conservatives Think #010904: Single-Payer Health Care: Could America Do It Without Compromising Quality?

The Left Says: "...In countries with national health insurance, urgent care is always provided immediately. Other countries do experience some waits for elective procedures (like cataract removal), but maintaining the U.S.'s same level of health expenditures (twice as much as ...
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What Conservatives Think #010804: Reaganomics: Were the 1980s the Decade of Greed?

The Left Says: The 1980s were "a time of Reaganomics, burgeoning yuppies, and the Decade of Greed." Source: Source: Matt Lauer, NBC Today Show, December 30, 2003, as cited by the Media Research Center's CyberAlert of December 31, 2003. What ...
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What Conservatives Think #010604: Tort Reform – Was Bush Wrong to Say It Would Benefit the Economy?

The Left Says: "Arguing that his economic policies consist of more than tax cuts geared to the wealthy, President Bush maintained last week in his year-end press conference that tort reform is a key part of his 'pro-growth' agenda, saying ...
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Legal Briefs newsletter #37: Turning a Line Drive into a Home Run

Writing in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Professor Ralph Reiland of Robert Morris University tells the story of an Illinois high school pitcher, Danny Hannant, who was hit in the head by a line drive. Rather than blame himself for failing to ...
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Fighting Disease is Better Than Suing Over It

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The FDA may have severely undermined a group of personal injury attorneys looking to sue the makers of a new class of wonder drugs for schizophrenia. It turns out that the nation's premier drug regulatory agency recently agreed with the ...
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Center for Environmental Justice: The Politics and Promotion of Environmental Justice

At an Earth Day observance in 2003, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) pledged to make "environmental justice" a top priority of his administration should he be elected president in the (then-upcoming) 2004 presidential election (a similar assertion can be found here) ...
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Center for Environmental Justice: New Website Unveiled

Everyone benefits from a cleaner environment, but not everyone is forced to shoulder the same economic and regulatory burden to meet the government's standards for a clean environment. African-Americans and the poor are often forced to take on an unfair ...
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