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Regulations keep Forest Fire Victims from Rebuilding

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One of my stronger memories from 2003 is listening to talk show host Roger Hedgecock, who is based in San Diego, describe the enormity of the forest fires that took place in California last November. As luck would have it, ...

The Senate Chases Motes

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The Straw Man Fallacy: When a person ignores another person's actual point-of-view and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that point-of-view for the purpose of rebutting a different, usually weaker, argument. The Senate Judiciary Committee has posted the ...

Judicial Pass It On

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Thoughts from hubby David, our VP: Everyone remembers the childhood game "pass it on." A story is whispered in the ear of one child, who then passes it on by whisper to another child and so on. You know what ...

Captain Renault’s Return: The FCC Should Set a Bright-Line Standard for Radio and Television

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A note from NCPPR executive director David Almasi: Howard Stern is foul-mouthed and his show is intentionally titillating. I think we all understand that. The fact that Clear Channel suddenly found him to be indecent reminds me of Captain Renault ...

Asbestos Commercials: Stingy With the Truth

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Had the local DC NBC affiliate news on tonight and saw a commercial about asbestos. I didn't catch who produced it, although it may be the one referred to near the end of this Washington Post article. If only trial ...

The Government Can’t Even Put Out a Fire

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There's a good bit of idiocy in this piece, which tries to tie forest fires to global warming. Environmentalists have a lot of gall. They oppose forest thinning and sensible management programs to reduce the chance of monster forest fires ...

Will ESPN Give Gregg Easterbrook the Rush Limbaugh Treatment?

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Here's what NCPPR executive director David W. Almasi is saying about a new controversy involving another ESPN personality under fire: It may be time to sack the "Tuesday Morning Quarterback. That's the name of Gregg Easterbrook's football column appearing on ...

Gingrich Recommends ‘Transformation’ of Medicare

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In this CNSNews.com story by Jeff Johnson, former Speaker Newt Gingrich explains -- in full-blown Gingrichian style -- why Medicare should be transformed (not reformed, he says, transformed) from the current top-down federally controlled system to something based on the ...

Except for Millions of Murders, Communism Works Great in China

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More dissatisfaction in the mailbag: You can't be serious! Do you really believe all that crap about Russia! Do you even know if that is from a credible source, or are you doing like most Americans and pointing your finger ...

Buffalo Soldiers

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An interesting letter in response to Project 21's complaints that Disney/Miramax (strangely) chose the nickname of widely-admired black military units for its new movie about military misfits. Hello, Mr. Almasi, My wife and I saw this film last night and ...

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