Chicago, IL / Washington, D.C. - Justin Danhof of the National Center for Public Policy Research challenged the CEOs of two of America's Fortune 500 companies to explain their lobbying against limiting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) "food stamp" purchases ...
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In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel just moved to close 49 government-run schools.  This will lead to thousands of city kids – mostly poor and minority students – being forced to relocate to new classrooms as early as this fall. The ...
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In a piece for the Hoover Institution’s journal, Defining Ideas, Dr. Henry I. Miller and I highlight yet another abuse of power in the Obama Administration. As questions swirl around the IRS scandal, we expose the administration’s selective law enforcement. Why is ...
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Black Conservatives Criticize Civil Rights Lobby for Boycotting Some Places They Find Offensive While Relaxing in Another Washington, D.C. - As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on what could constitute major reform of how the Voting Rights Act ...
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Most people would be inclined to yawn at the above headline.  Thus, in reporting on this new study in Health Affairs, journalists wrote headlines such as “Cancer patients more than twice as likely to go bankrupt, study shows,” and “Cancer ...
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Just because conservatives think the government ought to stay out of our kitchens, doesn’t mean we don’t have positive ways to address obesity. We do. In an op-ed in Tuesday’s Washington Examiner, Dr. Henry I. Miller joins me in contrasting ...
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As the commencement speaker at the all-male and historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta this past weekend, President Barack Obama used what should be a moment of celebration and honor to preach what can only be considered more of the ...
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The Arctic Council, an intergovernmental organization, held its eighth annual meeting this week in Sweden. History was made when Nunavut’s Leona Aglukkaq took over the helm of the Arctic Council, becoming the first Inuk ever to lead the Council. Artic ...
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A previous blog post pointed out that one of the drawbacks of any government-run health-care system is that the care you get will depend in part on how much political power you have.  This is particularly bad news for those ...
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Tiffany CEO is "Proud" of Company's 'Pre-Boycott' of Informally-Proposed Critical-Minerals Mine in Alaska New York, NY / Washington, D.C. - All gold doesn't glitter equally at Tiffany & Co. At today's annual meeting of Tiffany shareholders in New York City, ...
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