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Debate on Organics is Over: The National Center was Right!

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Consider the National Center ahead of the curve… by more than 12 years! Two landmark reports were issued this week that cast doubt on the health and safety benefits used to cheerlead for organic foods over conventional foods and the ...
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National Center Commentary Helps Obama Official Win “Nanny of the Month”

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Plaudits go to the National Center’s Jeff Stier — director of our Risk Analysis Division — for his assist in getting Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius the “Nanny of the Month” award from Reason TV. The Sebelius award ...
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Try Teaching American Exceptionalism to Raise Self-Esteem

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Despite lots of attention and lots of money, there is still a problem of black and Hispanic boys “clustering at the bottom” in student achievement. Project 21 member Leo G.A. Fuller has a radical idea: teach kids differently.  He’s not ...
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MSNBC Doesn’t Care What The Public Thinks

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I formally challenge MSNBC host Alex Wagner to a debate on the merits and constitutionality of voter ID laws.  More on that later… But first: as MSNBC’s viewership continues to dwindle, perhaps its executives should question why the network’s hosts ...
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NCPPR’s Jeff Stier Defends Consumer Choice for Energy Drinks

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On the 8/28/12 edition of CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” National Center Risk Analysis Division director Jeff Stier says New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is on a “fishing expedition” that may lead to the next nanny state assault on consumer choice ...
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Want to See the Voter ID Trial? Be Sure to Bring ID.

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This week, the Obama Administration is claiming in federal court that acquiring a government-issued identification in order to vote is too much of a burden for some people.  The case is being argued in a building that has a strict ...
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Reputation of NASA Goes Into Freefall With Rapper Stunt

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At 4:00PM eastern earthtime on August 28, American taxpayers’ $2.5 billion investment in interplanetary exploration will be retasked from searching for clues about the possibility of life on Mars to become the most expensive music box ever. Curiosity, the rover ...
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Danhof Debates WikiLeaks on Chinese Television

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In this clip, National Center general counsel Justin Danhof debates veteran diplomat and author Peter Van Buren on the issue of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and the expectations of our government to be able to keep secrets on the 8/23/12 edition ...
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Voter ID Opponents Looking for Excuses?

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In a recently-published Daily Caller commentary, I point out that the lead plaintiff in the ACLU/NAACP lawsuit against the Commonwealth’s new voter ID law was able to get herself an ID the day after the law was upheld. I noted ...
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Regulatory Reform? Really?

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In a piece in today’s Townhall.com, I explain how the administration’s regulatory record doesn’t match its reform rhetoric. The Obama Administration would like to have us believe that his agencies have struck a reasonable approach to using its regulatory powers ...
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