BACKGROUND: Senators Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ) have proposed a de facto energy tax on the American public that most likely soon will be debated on the Senate floor. Their bill, titled the "Climate Stewardship Act of 2003" ... READ MORE
A Cincinnati-area politician has just lost a lawsuit in which he contended that the Cincinnati Bengals should pay $200 million because the football team has a lousy record. Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune said the team received taxpayer support for ... READ MORE
"Much of the commentary by the pro football community in the wake the the Rush Limbaugh/ESPN controversy has been hostile to conservatives," says Amy Ridenour, president of The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative group. "Some of it ... READ MORE
"Most of those who are excoriating Rush Limbaugh for saying what he believes about media coverage of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb are hypocritical grandstanders or opportunists," says Amy Ridenour, president of The National Center for Public Policy Research, a ... READ MORE
"If we had done all the thinning we wanted to over the years, we could have kept this fire from exploding, and we could have saved the towns it burned through." - Kate Klein, Forest Ranger, Smithsonian, August 2003 Catastrophic ... READ MORE
A problem with public transportation: the federal government is closed today because Washington's subway system is closed. This Washington Post article has details. At 1 PM, it is sprinkling lightly here in DC; it's a bit breezy but nothing remarkable ... READ MORE
...unilateral is "anything done without United Nations approval." How else to explain their continuing insistence that U.S. actions in Iraq, conducted in concert with and with the support of thirty countries, is "unilateral"? ... READ MORE
You know environmental lawsuits have spun out of control when barge activity on the Missouri River must come to a halt to preserve habitat for the nesting piping plover. A federal district court decision ordering the Army Corps of Engineers ... READ MORE
Two members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are attending the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico (September 10-14) and are available to the media for comments on the proceedings. Project 21 National Advisory Council member Deroy ... READ MORE
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 will join the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary, Hispanic activists and others in front of the Washington, D.C. offices of People for the American Way at 10:00 am on Monday, September 8, ... READ MORE
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