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Thomas Edison, Call Your Office

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The Washington Post reports that a Maryland fluorescent light bulb recycler has pleaded guilty to ten felony counts of mishandling mercury, posing "serious threats" to workers. Keep in mind that consumers who use compact fluorescent bulbs, often referred to as ...
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Project 21’s Stacy Swimp on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Personal Responsibility

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Here are some words of wisdom from Project 21 spokesman Stacy Swimp about properly commemorating Martin Luther King Day.  They are taken from an interview that Stacy gave to Michigan Live in 2011 after he spoke at a King Day ...
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Project 21 Speaks Out on Obama’s Request for More Debt

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In a one-line letter to Congress that was sent on January 12, President Obama announced his intention to seek a $1.2 trillion increase in the national debt ceiling. As part of the deal reached with Congress last August, Obama had ...
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Project 21’s Stacys Condemn Obama’s Recess Appointments

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On January 4, President Obama — whose official bio notes he was a constitutional scholar — decided the Senate was out of session long enough for his needs and claimed recess appointment authority to install Richard Cordray as the first director ...
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Famous “F-Words” for $100, Alex

A week and a day after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case about obscenity on broadcast television, ABC is planning to make history with what some think is the first television show to feature a child using ...
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Sign Up to Receive National Center’s Free “News of Interest” Newsletter

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Vermont’s WJJR Radio’s Terry Jaye wrote today to say this about the National Center’s new newsletter, News of Interest: Again you are a source of amusement. Thanks for the material. Use it all the time. But remember, we are laughing ...
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Illinois Residents Need ID to Buy Drano, But Not to Vote

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One of the more controversial laws enacted at the beginning of 2012 is one in Illinois that requires people who purchase caustic substances such as drain cleaner to present government-issued identification to the store clerk, who then makes a detailed ...
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Leading Free-Market Group Calls on Obama Administration to Withdraw “Guidance” Warning Employers Against Asking Prospective Employees if they Have a High School Diploma

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Federal Warning May Increase High School Students' Dropout Rate, Group Warns Washington, D.C. - The National Center For Public Policy Research is criticizing an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance letter warning employers who require a high school diploma as a ...
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Obama Administration Urges Students to Drop Out

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Throughout his tenure, President Obama and his administrators have often promised to pivot their focus to job creation.  At most, this has been – and remains – an empty promise. From the stimulus bill (which had a crowding out effect ...
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Project 21’s Shelby Emmett Slams Using Civil Rights to Avoid Competition

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Arguments have begun in a trial that pits some students and alumni of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the state of Maryland against that state’s educational system. The plaintiffs complain that Maryland education officials haven’t set aside the ...
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