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Stier Speaks Against E-Cig Strictures in City of Angels

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Jeff Stier, director of the National Center’s Risk Analysis Division, testified before the Los Angeles City Council on February 24 against putting unnecessary restrictions on the use of e-cigarettes. As he waited for his chance to testify, Jeff was also ...
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Project 21 Member Speaks for Traditional Marriage, Gets Called the N-Word

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After planning and participating in a press conference of pastors opposed to redefining marriage to include same-sex couples, Project 21 member Stacy Swimp received an anonymous voicemail in which he was called the n-word. On February 24, Stacy and dozens ...
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If You Like Your Cancer Medication, You Can Keep Your…Er, Never Mind

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Over the weekend Stephen Blackwood told the rather harrowing story of his mother and her experience with ObamaCare.  “Carcinoid, a form of neuroendocrine cancer,” Blackwood writes in the Wall Street Journal, “is a terminal disease but generally responds well to treatment ...
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Pastors Join Together to Protect Traditional Marriage in Michigan

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Project 21 member Stacy Swimp is set to join with over 100 black pastors from the Detroit area to denounce the intent of a pending court case to effectively undermine the voting rights of Michigan citizens. Stacy and the pastors ...
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Our New Policy May Be Worse Too

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I have an article today in the American Spectator looking at whether small-group health insurance cancellations will get the media attention that the cancellation of individual policies received.  In it I note that my fellow National Center for Public Policy Research ...
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Project 21’s Horace Cooper Discussed Felon Voting With CNN

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Project 21 co-chairman Horace Cooper was interviewed for CNN’s “The Situation Room” about allowing felons to regain voting privileges after they have technically repaid their debt to society.  Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has expressed interest in possible reinstatement of such ...
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Project 21 Members React to Report on Estimated Minimum Wage Increase Job Losses

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A new report issued by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office suggests that around 500,000 jobs — perhaps as many as a million — could be destroyed between now and 2016 as a result of a mandated raise in the federal ...
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Alter: Obama ‘Fumbled’ Debut Of ObamaCare

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Liberal Jonathan Alter examines the lead up to the roll out of HealthCare.gov, and concludes that: …whatever happens to the ACA, the many mistakes made with the rollout have tarnished the president’s reputation for competence. Obama will always have to ...
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John Meredith Speaks About Vandalism of His Father’s Ole Miss Statue

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Project 21 member John Meredith released a statement about the vandalism of the statue depicting his civil rights icon father, James Meredith, that is located on the campus of the University of Mississippi. In the early morning hours of Sunday, ...
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And The Quality Of Your Doctor May Get Worse Too

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Via American Interest, I came across this article in the New York Times about a health care trend that probably isn’t a welcome one: American physicians, worried about changes in the health care market, are streaming into salaried jobs with ...
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