JFK Used Audits to Silence His Critics

Journalist John Berlau takes an in-depth, and to me, fascinating look in Insight magazine at the extent to which the Kennedy administration used IRS audits to harass and silence critics. The National Center for Public Policy Research has been audited ...
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Why Are Medical Costs So High? Courtrooms Are a Culprit; Arsonists Sue for Insurance Payoff; Judicial Probe looking at Big Jury Awards; Legal Reform is a Patient Issue

Legal Brief /
Every once in a while, you hear a story you know you will remember for the rest of your life. On July 5, 2002, Tony Dyess of Mississippi, a father of two, suffered head injuries in an auto accident. He ...
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9,000 Not Dead

Another interesting and informative e-mail just now from Mike Catanzaro of the staff of the U.S. Senate on Environment and Public Works: THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE Euro-climate alarmists are stewing over the heatwave sweeping the continent. There's much handwringing ...
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Will Drug Reimportation Lower Prescription Drug Prices?

A more libertarian take on the drug importation debate from the Oakland, California-based Independent Institute's Ariel Dillon ...
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Sue, Sam and Social Security, a Cautionary Tale

Sue, Sam and Social Security, a cautionary tale by Scott Burns in the Houston Chronicle (brought to my attention by the Cato Institute's SocialSecurity.org) ...
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Leadership

President Bush's speech on Iraq Sunday evening showed his leadership and courage in dealing with the war. We're going to need to see that side of George Bush if a good Medicare bill is to be approved this year. Without ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Attending World Trade Organization Meeting in Cancun – September 2003

Project 21 Members Attending WTO Talks on Agriculture Policy Two members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are attending the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico (September 10-14) and are available to the media for comments on ...
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Ecoterrorism a Real Threat to Homeland Security

National Policy Analysis #488 /
As the nation pauses to commemorate the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, Americans have once again been reminded that unbridled zealotry can beget a ghastly human toll. Of the many questions asked in the ...
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An Rx for Our Ailing Health Care System: Caps on Lawsuit Awards, by Amy Ridenour and David Ridenour

National Policy Analysis #483 /
Every once in a while, you hear a story you know you will remember for the rest of your life. On July 5, 2002, Tony Dyess of Mississippi, a father of two, suffered head injuries in an auto accident. He ...
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Environmental Litigation Threatens Endangered Species, by Dana Joel Gattuso

National Policy Analysis #482 /
You know environmental lawsuits have spun out of control when barge activity on the Missouri River must come to a halt to preserve habitat for the nesting piping plover. A federal district court decision ordering the Army Corps of Engineers ...
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