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Project 21's Borelli on WWOR-TV this Sunday
Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli will discuss presidential politics and race this Sunday on WWOR, the New York-area television superstation... More...
Detroit Mayor Finally Removed from Office, Project 21 Member's Suggestions Finally Acted Upon
Project 21 member Tara Setmayer wrote a New Visions Commentary entitled “Haters Didn't Hurt the Hip-Hop Mayor, He Did” that points out that politicians have a duty to live up to the public trust... More...
"Jena Six" Defendant Could Provide Example of the Benefit of School Choice
Jesse Ray Beard, the youngest member of the "Jena Six," is reportedly interested in spending a portion of his legal defense fund on private school tuition... More...
Cap and Trade Carbon Policies Could Increase Emissions, Says Justin Danhof
If Congress adopts cap and trade, it may not like the results, analyst warns... More...
Businesses Strike Back
Not every business takes an unfair tort system lying down... More...
Secure Their Livelihoods; Secure Their Votes
Theirs is a segregation without perpetrator or benefactor, but it is segregation nonetheless, says Reece Epstein... More...
Congress Investigates EPA for Following the Rules on Clean Water Act Enforcement
EPA adheres to Supreme Court decision on Clean Water Act; Representatives Waxman and Oberstar investigate... More...
Congressman Paul Broun Fights for Property Rights
A note on the fight to protect property rights from Senior Fellow R.J. Smith... More...
On Climate, A Little More Washington Post Bias
It's not censorship when those we elect to run the government do so... More...
In Making Hurricane Predictions, NOAA Aims for Broadside of a Barn
NOAA's amusing 2008 Atlantic hurricane forecast... More...
Drill
To burst the oil bubble, just use a drill, says David Ridenour... More...
Clean Water Restoration Act Could Trigger Largest-Ever Expansion of Federal Powers Over Private Property
The Clean Water Restoration Act is less about protecting our nation's waters and more about expanding the federal government's power to regulate private property... More...
Weyrich: Congressional Hearings on Land Trusts Needed
Conservative leader Paul Weyrich calls upon Congress to hold hearings to expose the way conservation easements are being abused... More...
Ethanol: A Burden on the Poor
The red-hot Congressional love affair with the alternative fuel ethanol is starting to leave many supermarket customers feeling mighty blue, says David Ridenour... More...
Ethanol: The Fuel to Nowhere
Move over "bridge to nowhere," there's a new poster child of congressional waste and avarice - ethanol, the "fuel to nowhere," says David Ridenour... More...
America Only Oil-Producing Nation That Severely Limits Its Production
With demand for energy skyrocketing and supply subject to incessant instability, we have a clear imperative to develop American oil, says Reece Epstein... More...
Food Crises and Restrictive African Trade Practices
Thompson Ayodele links African food crises to inappropriate government agricultural policies that stifle the continent's great agricultural potential... More...
The Separate But Equal News Network
Mychal Massie recalls a conservative joke poking fun at liberal media that predicts coverage of an impending apocalypse would have the headline "World to End: Poor and Minorities Hardest Hit"... More...
Jesse Jackson Outrage Strategy: No Dough, No Go?
Remember when Jesse Jackson challenged XM Satellite Radio for its racist advertising? Probably not, since it never happened. Why he didn't is the question, say David Almasi and Justin Danhof... More...
Farm-Belt Voters Favor Eliminating or Scaling Back Corn Ethanol Mandate, New Poll Finds; 76% of Americans Want Ethanol Law Changed; 41% Want Mandate Repealed Entirely
Most Americans, including those in the Farm Belt, want Congress to reduce or eliminate the corn ethanol mandate, according to a new poll released today by the National Center for Public Policy Research.... More...
Text of Poll Questions on Public Opinion about Ethanol Mandates
The poll questions from our new poll surveying public attitudes toward our national ethanol policy are available... More...
Cross-Tabs of Poll Results on Public Opinion about Ethanol Mandates
The cross-tabs from our new poll surveying public attitudes toward are national ethanol policy are available... More...
Landowners Beware - The Government's Found a New Way to Control Your Land
Under the guise of making more land accessible for the public's use and providing tax relief for land-rich but cash-poor landowners, the government has found a convenient way to restrict the use of private land, says Dana Joel Gattuso... More...
Overwhelming Majority of Americans Oppose Cap and Trade
A National Center for Public Policy Research poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose the higher energy costs that cap and trade would impose... More...
Americans Reject Proposed Expansion of Clean Water Act, Poll Shows
A majority of Americans oppose the Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act, according to a survey by Wilson Research Strategies for the National Center for Public Policy Research... More...
Sportsmen Should Beware the Clean Water Restoration Act
Under the Clean Water Restoration Act, outdoor activities could be heavily regulated or restricted, says Peyton Knight... More...
Representatives of 53 Organizations Warn Congress, Public about Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act
Farm bureaus, manufacturers, sportsmen, taxpayer advocates, think-tanks and others express concern about expansion of federal power in Oberstar/Feingold legislation... More...
Global Warming Policies Cool Minority Economic Engines
For someone once considered "our first black president," Bill Clinton seems to have particular disregard for the economic well-being of minorities when it comes to energy, says Deneen Borelli... More...
Changing Attitudes, Changing Lives
Back in 1958, says B.B. Robinson, the pollsters at the Gallup organization asked people whether they approved of interracial marriage... More...
Underserved and Overlooked
Companies manufacturing new drugs are at risk of losing patent rights, which reduces the incentive for developing more effective drugs, says Bishop Council Nedd II... More...
Property Rights Going Up in Smoke
Sean Turner finds it deplorable when anti-smoking policies are applied to private property... More...
Americans Cool to Global Warming Action: New Poll Finds
Nearly Half Wouldn't Be Willing to Pay Even a Penny More for Gasoline;
Opposition to Taxes Especially Strong Among Minorities
48% of Americans are unwilling to spend even a penny more in gasoline taxes to help reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new nationwide survey released by the National Center for Public Policy Research... More...
54% of Americans Reject Oberstar-Feingold Proposal to Expand Clean Water Act, Poll Finds
A majority of Americans oppose a proposal to expand the Clean Water Act, according to a poll released by the National Center for Public Policy Research.... More...
Oberstar and Feingold Bait-and-Switch: Deceptively-Named "Clean Water Restoration Act" Would Expand, Not Restore Federal Powers
A letter signed by over 100 people representing diverse interests and millions of Americans say the Clean Water Restoration Act would expand the Clean Water Act far beyond its original intent... More...
Congressional Black Caucus Shortchanging Poor and Minority Energy Consumers
Energy is the resource on which everything else depends. It makes our jobs, health and living standards possible, says civil rights leader Roy Innis... More...
"Medicare for All" Universal Health Care Would Not Solve the Problem of Rising Health Care Costs
Putting all Americans under Medicare would not solve this nation’s problem of rising health care costs, says David Hogberg, Ph.D... More...
Would Ronald Reagan Support the Law of the Sea Treaty If He Were President Today?
Supporters of the Law of the Sea Treaty have argued that President Reagan's only objection to the treaty was its deep seabed mining section. But was it? More...
Sweden's Single-Payer Health System Provides a Warning to Other Nations
Like other nations with a single-payer system, Sweden has rationed health care, reports David Hogberg, Ph.D... More...
Life Expectancy and Infant Mortality are Unreliable Measures for Comparing the U.S. Health Care System to Others
Some would have you believe we can determine the quality of the U.S. health care system by comparing infant mortality and life expectancy. Not so fast, says David Hogberg... More...
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