Tuning Out Jesse Jackson, by Michael King

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published August 2001 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. No good deed ...
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Climate Change Science? National Academy of Sciences Global Warming Report Fails to Live Up to Its Billing, by Gerald Marsh

National Policy Analysis #349 /
"Greenhouse gases are accumulating in Earth's atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise." Thus begins the summary of the June 2001 National Academy of Sciences report "Climate Change Science," which ...
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Missile Defense Takes the MADness Out of Defense Policy by Grant Threlfall

In 1991, the collapse of the Soviet Union ended the forty-year Cold War. Until that point, nuclear war with the United States was largely averted by a form of deterrence known as "Mutually Assured Destruction" (MAD). MAD doctrine surmises that ...
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Mr. President, Use your Bully Pulpit: Bush is Right on Environmental Issues, But Fails to Say So, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #353 /
The July 27 U.S. House of Representatives vote to arbitrarily set a limit of ten parts per billion for arsenic in drinking water provided yet another example of the Bush Administration's stunning inability to articulate positive environmental messages, even when ...
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It’s Time to Face Facts – Current Alternative Energy Options Don’t Add Up, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #354 /
Why doesn't the United States rely on alternative energy? The conspiracy-laden theories environmentalists use to answer this question could bring prideful tears to the eyes of the creators of the "X-Files." "Secret agendas" involve the government, corporations and everyone in ...
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Should African-Americans Favor Privatizing Social Security? by Dr. B.B. Robinson

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. For the past couple of weeks, major newspapers have carried stories about new efforts to privatize the U.S. Social Security System (SSS). Although the real battle to effect this change is far from beginning ...
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National Academy Of Sciences Issues Final Report On Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards, by Gretchen Randall

BACKGROUND: The National Academy of Sciences issued its report on the fuel efficiency standards of cars and light-duty trucks, noting that there are trade-offs in tightening the fuel standards. Currently automakers must achieve an average of 27.5 mpg for their ...
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Speech of Executive Director David Almasi at the National Missile Defense Press Conference, U.S. Capitol – July 31, 2001

Executive Director David Almasi addressed a press conference on national missile defense at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2001. Other speakers included Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Senator John Kyl (R-AZ), Congressman David Weldon (R-PA), Heritage Foundation analyst Baker Spring, ...
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Speech of Executive Director David Almasi at the National Missile Defense Press Conference, U.S. Capitol

Executive Director David Almasi addressed a press conference on national missile defense at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2001. Other speakers included Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Senator John Kyl (R-AZ), Congressman David Weldon (R-PA), Heritage Foundation analyst Baker Spring, ...
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CAFE Standards Increases Would Be a Lose-Lose Proposition for People and the Environment, by Pearse M. Frazier

BACKGROUND: A leaked draft of the upcoming National Academy of Sciences report on Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards re-ignites an old debate over the wisdom of having and raising federally-imposed fuel economy standards. Environmental groups, some media and many ...
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