Race, Police, Courtesy and Respect, by Jimmie L. Hollis

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  Race, Police, Courtesy and Respect by Jimmie L. Hollis (bio) Racial profiling made headlines again recently when Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was arrested by police in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A neighbor reported seeing two men forcing their way ...
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Look, Everybody, I Have a Hybrid!

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Not me; I don't, but when I saw this car in a parking lot, I thought, "Gee, do you suppose car companies believe hybrid buyers want the world to know they drive a hybrid?" I think I'll get a big ...
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Quote of Note: How to Control Health Care Costs

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"When President Obama tells you he's 'reforming' health care to 'control costs,' the point to remember is that the only way to control costs in health care is to have less of it." -Mark Steyn, "Being Taken Care of Weakens ...
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Project 21 Critical of Members of Congress Under Ethics Investigation for Retaliating Against House Ethics Office and for Playing “Race Card

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"Prevention of a disease, we all assume, should save us money, right? An ounce of prevention...? Alas, If only such aphorisms were true we’d hand out apples each day and our problems would be over. It is true that if ...
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Black Activists Praise Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision; Justices’ Ruling Throws Sotomayor Nomination into Serious Question

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Washington, D.C. - An apparent effort by the Congressional Black Caucus to deter ethics investigations of its membership is drawing sharp criticism from members of the black leadership group Project 21. CBC members reportedly are considering changes to the law ...
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We’re Not Traitors, But Is Paul Krugman?

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Washington, D.C. - With the U.S. Supreme Court dealing a stinging blow to race-based employment practices, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are praising the Ricci v. DeStefano decision as a step toward removing the racial trappings of ...
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Project 21 Critical of Members of Congress Under Ethics Investigation for Retaliating Against House Ethics Office and for Playing “Race Card”

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Washington, D.C. - An apparent effort by the Congressional Black Caucus to deter ethics investigations of its membership is drawing sharp criticism from members of the black leadership group Project 21. CBC members reportedly are considering changes to the law ...
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What Killed GM

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In this CNBC interview, Peter Flaherty of the National Legal and Policy Center argues that government regulation killed GM. Peter includes the role of government-backed unions in his analysis: ...[GM's management's] biggest shortcoming... was the failure to take on the ...
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Subjects of Congressional Ethics Probe Fight Back

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Project 21 just issued a press release criticizing the Congressional Black Caucus's apparent plans to retaliate against the House Office of Congressional Ethics, which concluded that several CBC members should be investigated by the full Ethics Committee for alleged violations ...
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Black Activists Praise Supreme Court

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Project 21 has issued a press release on the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision today: Black Activists Praise Supreme Court's Affirmative Action DecisionJustices' Ruling Throws Sotomayor Nomination into Serious Question For Release: June 29, 2009 Contact: David Almasi at 202/543-4110 ...
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