High tax rates make it financially unreasonable for American companies to return their international profits to America. Member of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applauds a new plan that proposes easing the tax burden presently placed on the foreign ...
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BACKGROUND: Since 1970, April 22 has been recognized as Earth Day. The environmental left will mark the date with press releases, rallies and other activities calling for additional government regulations and more private and public expenditures to "save the planet." ...
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African-American environmental achievements are celebrated and concerns are aired by Project 21 as part of the African-American leadership network's observance of Earth Day 2003 on April 21. "Solidarity and Stewardship: African-Americans and the Environment" can be found on Project 21's ...
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"We support our troops when they shoot their officers" proclaimed a banner carried by protesters at a pro-homicide march in San Francisco recently. Whoops, sorry, it was a "pro-peace" march. Perhaps you'll forgive me if I can't tell the difference ...
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On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could redefine how affirmative action racial preference policies determine school admissions. A decision is expected by the end of June. As a public service intended to ...
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As the U.S. military continues liberating the Iraqi people from Saddam Hussein's murderous dictatorship, American protesters on the political left continue to march, shouting "no blood for oil."1 The claim that the U.S. has gone to war to acquire Iraqi ...
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"Between 1980 and 1989, some four billion people, including 65 million Americans, would perish [from starvation]."1 "Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind."2 Prophesies foretelling the end of the world? ...
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Amid the happiness and perhaps relief within the White House that the war in Iraq has been so successful is this unsettling fact: President Bush is reenacting the political scenario that doomed his father's 1992 reelection bid. The senior President ...
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You'd have to be made of granite to not be moved by Jessica Santillan's plight. The sweet-faced 17-year-old weighed 85 pounds and suffered from a birth defect that left her heart and lungs unable to function properly. Her one chance ...
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Savoy magazine recently addressed the issue of getting more blacks elected to public office. Views were diverse, and all disturbed me. Mellody Hobson of Ariel Capitol Management sounded naive: "I don't care what the platform is, I just want a ...
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