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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The Mercatus Center at Virginia's George Mason University reports that businesses with 100 employees or less spend a whopping $2,500 per employee simply to comply with federal regulations. This doesn't count state or local regulations, or taxes. Now a major ...
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Drivers of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) have recently been called gas-guzzlers, had their faith and religion questioned and even been called terrorists (the poor gas mileage of some SUVs helps put money in Osama's pocket, you see). Why are SUV ...
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A New Visions Commentary paper published April 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Regarding America's war against ...
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Sundays in my family meant church. It was the center of our lives. In segregated black Birmingham of the late 1950s and early 1960s, the church was not just a place of worship; it was the social and civic center ...
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BACKGROUND: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, has released the following statement: "The Pentagon recently announced that in addition to troops, the U.S. military is using chickens, dogs, dolphins, pigeons, and sea lions to fight ...
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BACKGROUND: As the war to replace the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq continues, protesters on the political left continue to claim that the U.S. government's military action is designed to acquire Iraqi oil.1 TEN SECOND RESPONSE: Gulf War II is ...
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DATE: March 15, 2003 BACKGROUND: In an interview with MTV dated March 13, U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said: "On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other ...
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The National Center for Public Policy Research is delighted that the Senate Judiciary Committee is meeting today to further investigate options for mitigating at least some of the damage caused by the asbestos litigation crisis. Personal injury lawyers have sued ...
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To highlight the staggering degree to which government regulations can harm average Americans, The National Center for Public Policy Research's John P. McGovern, M.D. Center for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs has published its fourth compilation of stories of victims of ...
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