My wife and I were married almost six months ago, but our marital bliss has been clouded. Our tax preparer recently told us we owed the government thousands more because of the "marriage tax." Nancy and I are proud of ...
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With all the tough campaign reform talk, you'd think there would be more coverage of specific cases in which money appears to have purchased political influence. Maybe that's because some of the most prominent campaign reform supporters receive donations designed ...
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In his autobiography, Mark Twain apparently put words into the mouth of the English statesman Disraeli, quoting him thusly: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." The line became one of the most quoted - and ...
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NBC's Today show recently brought tears to my eyes. In disbelief, I watched our nation's mainstream media honor Margaret Sanger, the woman who single-handedly gave birth to Planned Parenthood and the abortion movement. The movement that is responsible for literally ...
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Donna Brazile, Al Gore's presidential campaign manager, recently sought to breathe new life into the foundering campaign by playing the race card. She attacked top black Republicans Congressman J.C. Watts and retired General Colin Powell, charging that they and their ...
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A New Visions Commentary paper published January 2000 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202/543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Americans recently paused to ...
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A New Visions Commentary paper published January 2000 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202/543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Elian Gonzalez's parents were ...
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A New Visions Commentary paper published January 2000 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. For the first time in decades, issues of vital interest to the African-American community are actually being debated ...
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Many supporters of sending six-year-old Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba believe the boy should automatically be reunited with his surviving parent. Those who hold this view should ask themselves: if Elian's only surviving parent was an inmate at Auschwitz, would ...
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President Clinton's sweeping proposal to provide Medicare prescription drug coverage for the nation's 36 million senior citizens is a softball pitch that courageous Republicans like Ronald Reagan would have hammered out of the park. The issue, after all, is tailor-made ...
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