The National Center for Public Policy Research's health care senior policy analyst, David Hogberg, contacted the CBS television show "60 Minutes" five times last week -- by telephone, fax and e-mail -- to warn the show's producers that a report ...
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Washington, D.C. - On April 1, 2007, the CBS News program 60 Minutes broadcast a segment on prescription drug prices that relied heavily on a flawed report written by a group with a clear political motive.  Producers of the program ...
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Washington, D.C. - Amy Ridenour, president of The National Center for Public Policy Research, released this statement today following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency: "The Supreme Court's decision is a victory for the bad ...
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Outside of the Iraq War, the debate over health care reform is one of the most contentious issues in politics today. With ongoing debate in Washington and a flurry of activity in the states, the need to make health care ...
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"When we've finally gotten serious about global warming, when the impacts are really hitting us and we're in a full worldwide scramble to minimize the damage, we should have war crimes trials for these bastards - some sort of climate ...
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How would you like to work for just one day and earn thousands of dollars for it afterwards?  Perhaps that sounds like an infomercial on cable TV at three in the morning.  Or maybe it sounds like another FOX TV ...
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A Rational Response to an Irrational Act by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D. (bio) Recent events put Don Imus' neck on the chopping block for broadcasting a statement - which you already know and which I will not repeat here - about ...
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Chavez Commemoration Craves Consensus it Lacks by Joe Hicks This past March marked the 80th anniversary of the birth of the late farm labor organizer Cesar Chavez, and some members of Congress are pushing legislation that may someday lead to ...
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Black Liberals Need To Stop The Double Standard by Akindele Akinyemi (bio) Radio host Don Imus's reputation and career quickly went downhill. Imus recently made the bad decision to describe the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "rough girls" with ...
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  Subprime Mortgages:  A Case of Back to the Future by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D. (bio) Are you living "the American Dream"?  More importantly, are you able to pay for it? According to Census Bureau figures, almost 70 percent of American ...
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