Category: Articles

New Visions Commentary: LeBron James and 50 Cent – Public Enemies #1, by Bruce H. Edwards

Across America, bouncing basketballs are heard a little more often. "Professional basketball player" reigns as the top answer when young black boys are asked what they want to be when they grow up. A close second is being a rapper ...
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Medicare Perspective Index (With a Nod to Harper’s Index) – by Edmund F. Haislmaier (PDF file)

MEDICARE PERSPECTIVE INDEX COMPILED BY EDMUND F. HAISLMAIER Pages in the House passed Medicare bill.1 747 Pages in the Senate passed Medicare bill.2 1,043 Estimated pages in the Medicare bill reported out of Conference Committee.3 1,100 Pages in the Clinton ...
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New Visions Commentary: After the Voucher Wars, Poor School Kids in Cleveland Now Have A Chance, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

As a product of Cleveland's public school system, I can attest to its dismal state. To say that poor, inner-city students in Cleveland were not receiving a quality education would be like saying Michael Jordan is good at basketball. The ...
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Political Money Monitor: Campaign Finance Reforms Opposed

Political Money Monitor /
This past election was the first in Arizona to be conducted under the Clean Elections Act. A ballot initiative passed in 1998, the Act provides public funding for candidates. Attorney Clint Bolick contends the new guidelines "proved to be anything ...
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Conservative African-American Group Project 21 Addresses Lott-Thurmond Controversy

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Members of the conservative African-American leadership network Project 21 are dismayed by recent remarks by incoming Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS). At a December 5 100th birthday celebration for retiring Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC), Lott said: "I want to ...
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Government “Scrooge” Ruining Breast Cancer Victim’s Christmas, by Christopher Burger

National Policy Analysis #444 /
The Ebenezer Scrooge of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol was a wealthy, mean-spirited man who lacked Christmas cheer. He was so consumed with his business that he failed to understand the importance of spreading good cheer and compassion. As every ...
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Senator Tom Daschle Should Praise, Not Attack, Talk Radio Hosts and America’s Diverse Media

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Responding to Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's November 20 statements claiming "Rush Limbaugh and all of the Rush Limbaugh wannabees" are responsible for violence and threats of violence, Amy Ridenour, President of The National Center for Public Policy Research in ...
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New Study Says Minorities and Poor Harmed by Anti-Sprawl Policies

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Policies to combat sprawl penalize minorities, the poor, urban families and the young, says a new econometrics report being released at a November 21 Washington policy conference by the Center for Environmental Justice of The National Center for Public Policy ...
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Environmental Justice Study to Be Released November 21

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A new econometrics report will be released at a November 21 Washington policy conference by the Center for Environmental Justice of The National Center for Public Policy Research. The study, "Smart Growth and Its Effects on Housing Markets" examined this ...
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League of Conservation Voters Makes Traditional Misleading Attack on Republicans; Promotes Democratic Party Candidates, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: The League of Conservation Voters has once again issued its environmental scorecard and list of "dirty dozen" candidates targeted for defeat in the November 5 election. As usual, the scorecard's selection of issues and phraseology seems designed to promote ...
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