Category: Articles
House to Vote on Prescription Drug Reimportation – Measure One of the More Divisive in Recent Memory
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Thursday on a controversial provision that would lift restrictions on the reimportation of prescription drugs. Debate over the proposal has been extremely divisive and the vote is expected to be close. Edmund ...
READ MORE
READ MORE
If Bill O’Reilly…
...thinks the "shoot a naked woman with a paint gun" story is so appalling, why does his show keep showing viewers very-slightly blurred footage of a naked woman running away from a guy with a paint-ball gun? ...
READ MORE
READ MORE
Project 21 Press Release: Black Network Suggests Apology from Rainbow Coalition After Official Calls NASCAR Fans “Cracker” and “Redneck”; Monitor of Racial Sensitivity Freely Uses Insensitive Language
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are calling upon the Rainbow/PUSH organization to apologize for derogatory comments about fans of NASCAR auto racing made by Rainbow Sports director Charles Farrell. In a recent interview with CNSNews.com, Farrell said, ...
READ MORE
READ MORE
Legal Briefs newsletter #28: The Medical Liability Crisis Affects Us All, by Edmund F. Haislmaier
We've just witnessed an unfamiliar phenomenon in the U.S. - strikes by doctors. While such strikes are commonplace in countries with nationalized health systems, they have been rare in the U.S. But unlike their foreign counterparts, U.S. doctors aren't striking ...
READ MORE
READ MORE
Mr. President: Your Desire for Bill-Signing Ceremony on Medicare’s 35th Anniversary Isn’t Worth Turning the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit into a Political and Policy Disaster
If a Medicare prescription drug benefit is important enough to spend $400 billion taxpayer dollars on, its important enough to do properly, says The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative Capitol Hill think-tank that is calling on the ...
READ MORE
READ MORE
Project 21 Press Release: Black Network Applauds Proposed Voucher Plan for Nation’s Capital: Parent Choice Initiative Could Serve as Model for Communities Nationwide
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud congressional efforts to create a school voucher program that will aid impoverished students living in our nation's capital. A proposal introduced by U.S. Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) aims to provide monetary ...
READ MORE
READ MORE
Project 21 Press Release: Black Group Calls on Jesse Jackson to Put Money Where is Mouth Is and Sponsor a Black NASCAR Driver: Jackson Received a Quarter-Million in NASCAR Donations by Claiming Blacks are Excluded from Stock Car Racing
Activists with the African-American leadership network Project 21 are demanding that Jesse Jackson support a promising black driver who currently lacks the financial sponsorship needed to advance in the sport. Jackson has publicly complained that black drivers have been excluded ...
READ MORE
READ MORE
Project 21 Press Release: Black Network Praises President for Proactive Role in Africa; Bush Trip to Africa Highlights President’s Concern for Region
President George W. Bush begins a five-day visit to the African continent on July 7. Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are proud of the President's hands-on approach to fighting terrorism and famine and preserving human dignity in ...
READ MORE
READ MORE
Really Strange Bedfellows: The Odd Alliance Promoting Drug Re-Importation, by Edmund F. Haislmaier
"Politics makes for strange bedfellows," goes the old adage. But sometimes the bedfellows aren't just a little strange. Sometimes they're... um... ah... well... really strange. Consider the case of Congressman Gil Gutknecht. He's a solid conservative Republican - pro-free-market, against ...
READ MORE
READ MORE
This Land is My Land: How United Nations Claims of World Heritage May Swipe America’s Past, by Ryan Balis
It is curious that we Americans have placed some of our most valued landmarks - such as the Statue of Liberty, Independence Hall and Yellowstone National Park - under United Nations jurisdiction. National symbols have an unmistakable allure. They have ...
READ MORE
READ MORE
The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today’s public policy problems. We believe that the principles of a free market, individual liberty and personal responsibility provide the greatest hope for meeting the challenges facing America in the 21st century.