Category: Articles

League of Conservation Voters Gets It Wrong on Bush Record, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has released a report claiming President Bush deserves a grade of "D-" for his handling of environmental issues during his first years in office. In arriving at this grade, LCV president, Deb Callahan, ...
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Senator John Kerry’s Energy Plan Disagrees with Facts and Himself, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) delivered a rambling presentation of his "energy plan" on January 22, in which he grossly misrepresented facts and contradicted himself. In doing so, he has aligned himself with the extreme left-wing "environmentalists" of his party ...
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Project 21 Press Release: NAACP Intimidation Tactics in South Carolina Criticized

Press Release /
As the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) prepares to deploy "border patrols" to enforce their boycott of the state of South Carolina, the African-American leadership network Project 21 is highly critical of the NAACP's intimidation tactics ...
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Federal Government Unsure about Appealing Bitterroot Decision, by Gretchen Randall

BACKGROUND: A federal judge in Montana has barred the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) from opening 46,000 acres of the Bitterroot National Forest to salvage logging, saying the USFS decision did not allow for public comment and thus violated the Forest ...
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Endangered Species Act Studies May be Hoaxes Designed to Restrict Human Use of Government Lands, by Gretchen Randall

BACKGROUND: Seven officials from the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife were found recently to have submitted falsified samples of Canadian lynx hair to labs as part of a study ...
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President Bush Urges Senate to Approve Energy Bill to Protect Jobs, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: President Bush, speaking January 22 at a factory in Belle, West Virginia, emphasized the need for quick passage of the energy bill being held up in the Senate by Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD). The President said, "This nation ...
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Smart Growth and Its Effects on Housing Markets: The New Segregation (full text)

Environmental Justice Study /
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The Greatest Unfounded Health Scares of Recent Times, Part I: DDT, by Adam J. Lieberman (1967-1997) and Simona C. Kwon, M.P.H.

National Policy Analysis #386 /
Background DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) was first synthesized in 1877,1 but it was not until 1940 that a Swiss chemist discovered that it could be sprayed on walls and would cause any insect to die within the next six months, without any ...
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Fuel Efficiency Standards: What to Do Next? by Gretchen Randall

National Policy Analysis #393 /
Washington is debating whether to increase Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) standards to require automakers to produce cars, minivans, SUVs and light trucks that get better gas mileage. Some Democrats and Republicans are pushing for a mandatory increase in the ...
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Richard Nixon and Aaron Sorkin: A Love Story, People are the Problem, more

Scoop ® /
 Contents Nice Work, If you Can Get It Richard Nixon and Aaron Sorkin: A Love Story People are the Problem, Part I: Who Cares About the Salmon, We've Got Work to Do People are the Problem, Part II: They Got ...
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