Tag: Commentary

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Rob Taishoff: Why Should My Daughter Lose Her Home Care Services Just for Crossing a State Line?

Able Americans, Commentary /
“Families move for jobs, for affordability, for safety, for caregiving and for love. People with disabilities deserve that same freedom — without fear of losing the supports that make independent life possible,” writes Rob Taishoff in a commentary published at The ...
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Two Wins that Give Children with Disabilities More Choices in the House Minibus

Able Americans, Commentary /
Washington rarely delivers sweeping victories for people with disabilities overnight. Progress usually comes the way real reform always does—incrementally, through persistence, and by seizing moments when common sense briefly outweighs dysfunction. That’s why the House minibus package deserves attention. Tucked ...
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Wind Project Pause is Welcome News for Those Concerned About National Security

Commentary, Environment /
Today the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it is "pausing—effective immediately—the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed ...
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Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley: America Urgently Needs Options To Care For Mentally Ill Neighbors

Able Americans, Commentary /
“The United States has only 18 mental health beds per 100,000 people, far below what is needed to serve people in need,” write Able Americans‘ Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley in a commentary published at The Daily Caller. “For individuals with the most severe mental health conditions, ...
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Bonner Cohen: Food Trumps Green Energy, Wind And Solar

Bonner Cohen: Food Trumps Green Energy, Wind And Solar

Commentary /
"Wind and solar power require a lot of upfront capital, and investors may be having second thoughts about placing their bets on what looks like a losing horse," writes Dr. Bonner Cohen in a Daily Caller commentary. Bonner provides an ...
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Remembering Charlie Kirk

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We at the National Center for Public Policy Research are all in shock and mourning over the senseless assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Charlie was a larger-than-life figure, a dad to two beautiful children, a faithful husband and a ...
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Repeating the Mistakes of the Past is No Way to Reshape Modern Disability Policy

Able Americans, Commentary /
"People with disabilities are not broken. Our systems are," write Neil Romano and Sara Weir Rogers in a commentary posted at "Helen: The Journal of Human Exceptionality." They elaborate: The government doesn’t invest in their future, not because the need ...
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David Ridenour: A Lifelong Battle: Parents Demand Dignified Care for Children with Disabilities

Able Americans, Commentary /
"Unless it touches your life, it’s difficult to realize how many people with disabilities are being harmed by the very programs intended to help them," notes National Center for Public Policy Research Chairman David Ridenour. In a commentary published at The ...
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Rachel Barkley on the ADA’s Promise at 35: A Progress Report and a Call to Action

Able Americans, Commentary /
On the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley reflects on where we are and where we still need to go. Her thoughts and her story are below. This month marks the 35th anniversary ...
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The National Center Pays Tribute to Ed Feulner

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The staff of the National Center for Public Policy Research joins the rest of the conservative movement in mourning the loss of Edwin J. Feulner, Jr., one of the greatest heroes of the modern conservative movement. "I was deeply saddened ...
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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.