Tag: New Visions Commentary

Second Amendment Rights Not a Matter of Race, by Jimmie Lee Hollis

Second Amendment Rights Not a Matter of Race, by Jimmie Lee Hollis

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I'm not a firearm enthusiast, but I am a staunch defender of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Based on years of watching the gun control debate in the public square, my conclusion is that some Second ...
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Civil Rights Commission Needs to Assess the Economic Impact of Environmental Justice Policies, by David Almasi

Civil Rights Commission Needs to Assess the Economic Impact of Environmental Justice Policies, by David Almasi

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Over the past few years, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hasn't been known for promoting racial harmony. Chairman Mary Frances Berry is a stalwart liberal who rules the Commission with an iron fist. Critics accuse her of using the ...
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Brownfield Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl, by Syd Gernstein

Brownfield Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl, by Syd Gernstein

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As concern over "urban sprawl" intensifies, the Bush Administration is coming to the rescue by making it easier to revitalize decaying city infrastructures. This will both lessen the need for cities to expand and create new jobs and new sources ...
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Which Uncle Tom Am I? by Mike Green

Which Uncle Tom Am I? by Mike Green

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A while ago, as a response to the reparations debate, I wrote that it was us - black Americans - who owed our slave ancestors a debt of gratitude for their suffering. We must "pay" reparations by living up to ...
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Act With Patience or Panic? The EPA Lets Demographics Decide, by Syd Gernstein

Act With Patience or Panic? The EPA Lets Demographics Decide, by Syd Gernstein

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A New Visions Commentary paper published December 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. Residents of the ...
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A Piece of Black History is Lost, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

A Piece of Black History is Lost, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

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A New Visions Commentary paper published December 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. The Choctaw Terminal ...
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King Family is Selling Out Martin's Legacy, by Michael King

King Family is Selling Out Martin’s Legacy, by Michael King

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"I'm going to King-Land, King-Land; in Atlanta, G-A, I'm going to King-Land..." - with apologies to singer Paul Simon. It appears that the family of slain civil rights giant Martin Luther King, Jr. is looking for more ways to milk ...
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Still Reflecting on September 11 and Security, by R.D. Davis

Still Reflecting on September 11 and Security, by R.D. Davis

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With the murderous destruction of the World Trade Center, many individual freedoms were also destroyed. And many more will inevitably fall. If there's one thing I hate, it's losing my freedom. I personally think I'm more sensitive to this than ...
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Will Blacks Fall for the "Old Line" -- the Race Card -- Once Again? by Kevin Martin

Will Blacks Fall for the “Old Line” — the Race Card — Once Again? by Kevin Martin

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A New Visions Commentary paper published November 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 , Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. The nickname of ...
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Who's the Real Source of Wartime Hysteria? by Kimberley Jane Wilson

Who’s the Real Source of Wartime Hysteria? by Kimberley Jane Wilson

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I'm feeling pretty grouchy. I recently attended the monthly meeting of one of my book clubs. Instead of discussing the really horrible imitation Terry McMillan novel we read this month, we had a guest speaker - "trauma/grief counselor." I'm not ...
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