Government Hinders Environmental Progress, Free Market Advances It
The free market can be one of the most powerful forces for solving the nation's environment problems if government doesn't stand in the way. Two cases in point are the experiences of Benjamin Cone of North Carolina and the Lexmark ...
Congress Considers Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment
In the year 1057, Lady Godiva urged her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes on the people of Coventry. Leofric replied that he would do so only if his wife rode naked through the town marketplace. Lady Godiva ...
Authority, by Eddie Huff
A New Visions Commentary paper published April 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202/543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. I got a chuckle ...
The Case for Private Environmental Stewardship, by John Carlisle
There's just no pleasing some people. Twenty-nine years ago, the first Earth Day was held to raise public awareness to very real environmental problems this nation faced. Today, two-thirds of the American people consider themselves environmentalists and the private sector ...
Court Shoots an Air Ball on NCAA Academic Standards, by Michael King
When a federal court recently threw out the NCAA's academic standards for freshman college athletes because the standardized tests they were based on were thought to be culturally biased against blacks, it effectively set up yet another barrier for groups ...
The Big Lie: Margaret Sanger’s “Negro Project,” by Kimberley Jane Wilson
Many years ago, when I was still a first grader, my father and I went for a walk. We strolled past a brand-new building made of shining white concrete and gleaming glass doors. My father had been quite interested in ...
God Stands Knocking at the Door of America’s Heart: Will the Tragedy at Columbine High Be Enough to Let Him Back In? by Bishop Earl Jackson Sr.
How many nightmarish scenes of youth violence must America witness before we realize that this is the harvest of a generation which has turned its back on God? We have banned prayer from the public schools and God from public ...
Supreme Court and Congress Act Against Junk Science
Newspaper readers nationwide chuckled recently, reading Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and Associated Press stories about a southern Florida sports club that had banned soap, shampoo and shaving cream for the club's locker room.(1) The club had recently paid more than $50,000 ...
Great Lakes Designated “Oceans” to Tap into Federal Dollars
A newsletter covering regulatory reform efforts in Washington and across America, published by The National Center for Public Policy Research 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 507-6398 * Fax (301) 498-1301 E-mail [email protected] Web https://nationalcenter.org Issue ...
March 26, 1999
Issue Seventeen March 26, 1999 The National Center for Public Policy Research Amy Moritz Ridenour, President 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone (202) 507-6398 Fax (301) 498-1301 [email protected] https://nationalcenter.org Contents: * Lions and Tigers and... Bolivians ...
