Promoting the Spirit of Political Choice for All Americans Issue 20 * May 19, 1999 David W, Almasi, Editor The National Center for Public Policy Research Amy Moritz Ridenour, President 20 F Street, NW #700 * Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) ...
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Try this quick quiz: Who invented Mother's Day? Why is Mother's Day the second Sunday of May? Is Mother's Day changing? Four hundred years ago, the English began a holiday they termed "Mothering Sunday." Taking place on the fourth Sunday ...
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A rash of foreign governments have begun filing lawsuits against U.S. tobacco companies. The suits, filed so far by Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Venezuela, and perhaps soon by others including Russia and Brazil,1 are patterned after tobacco lawsuits filed ...
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On May 20, a U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee panel will convene to answer a question that will affect the daily lives of millions of U.S. schoolchildren.1 That question: Should school districts be allowed to use educational programming, ...
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"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home." -Ken Olson, President, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977 The New York Yankees" Yogi Berra once said, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." In few ...
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A New Visions Commentary paper published May 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. It is easy to control the minds of a people. All one has to do is change history ...
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Any discussion of how well Americans are doing should begin with an acknowledgement of something we often forget: Americans have a higher standard of living today than ever. Technological advancement is one reason, but so is economic prosperity. In 1970, ...
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A 1998 Vanderbilt University study found that 73% of white high school and college students have a computer in their home, yet only 33% of their black peers do. 28% of white Americans with household incomes of less than $40,000 ...
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I have often wondered why commencement speakers are usually someone rich and famous. It seems sad that the day of hearing parting words from a minister, elected official or other worthy speaker has almost disappeared. In the modern view, a ...
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Florida Voucher Plan a Bright Ray of Sunshine for Black Students in Substandard Schools Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud state legislators in Florida for enacting the first statewide school voucher plan in the nation. The legislation, ...
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