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  • WebMemo posted September 15, 2011 by Wendell Cox How Smart Growth and Livability Intensify Air Pollution

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to implement stronger air pollution restrictions on ozone (smog) for the stated purpose of improving public health.[1] These regulations are misguided because they would impose significant costs for little or no benefit.[2] At the same time, policies being implemented at… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted August 11, 2010 by Ronald Utt, Ph.D. The President’s Worrisome Narrative to Discourage Homeownership

    Abstract: There is no question that there is much wrong with America’s housing finance and homeownership market. There is much evidence to indicate that many of the costly efforts by the federal government to promote housing and homeownership were at best ineffective and at… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted September 22, 2008 by Christine Kim Academic Success Begins at Home: How Children Can Succeed in School

    American taxpayers invest heavily in education. Last year, spending on public K–12 education totaled $553 billion, about 4 percent of gross domestic prod­uct (GDP) in 2006.[1] For each child enrolled in a pub­lic elementary or secondary school, expenditures averaged $9,266 that year—an increase of 128 per­cent, adjusted… Read more

  • WebMemo posted August 29, 2008 by Derek Scissors, Ph.D. Industry v. Environment: China May Choke on Its Own Growth

    The air at the Beijing Olympics provided strong competition for headlines against Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. Almost every story, article, or feature included comments that air quality would soon worsen again as full-scale industrial activity resumed. The perception is that there must be a tradeoff between a cleaner environment… Read more

  • Play Movie Ernest Istook on Sanctuary Cities Video Recorded on October 15, 2007 Ernest Istook on Sanctuary Cities

    Ernest Istook discusses sanctuary cities and immigration on FOX 5 Evening News. … Read more

  • Lecture posted October 3, 2007 by the Lamar Smith Immigration: Many Questions, A Few Answers

    Delivered July 30, 2007 immigration has become the most controversial, complex, and sensitive subject we face today. It directly affects our economy, our culture, and our future. To ensure that any action we take on immigration policy is in our national interest, we need to approach the subject with reason and facts.… Read more

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  • Backgrounder posted September 22, 2008 by Christine Kim Academic Success Begins at Home: How Children Can Succeed in School

    American taxpayers invest heavily in education. Last year, spending on public K–12 education totaled $553 billion, about 4 percent of gross domestic prod­uct (GDP) in 2006.[1] For each child enrolled in a pub­lic elementary or secondary school, expenditures averaged $9,266 that year—an increase of 128 per­cent, adjusted… Read more

  • Lecture posted October 3, 2007 by the Lamar Smith Immigration: Many Questions, A Few Answers

    Delivered July 30, 2007 immigration has become the most controversial, complex, and sensitive subject we face today. It directly affects our economy, our culture, and our future. To ensure that any action we take on immigration policy is in our national interest, we need to approach the subject with reason and facts.… Read more

  • WebMemo posted September 15, 2011 by Wendell Cox How Smart Growth and Livability Intensify Air Pollution

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to implement stronger air pollution restrictions on ozone (smog) for the stated purpose of improving public health.[1] These regulations are misguided because they would impose significant costs for little or no benefit.[2] At the same time, policies being implemented at… Read more

  • WebMemo posted August 29, 2008 by Derek Scissors, Ph.D. Industry v. Environment: China May Choke on Its Own Growth

    The air at the Beijing Olympics provided strong competition for headlines against Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. Almost every story, article, or feature included comments that air quality would soon worsen again as full-scale industrial activity resumed. The perception is that there must be a tradeoff between a cleaner environment… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted August 11, 2010 by Ronald Utt, Ph.D. The President’s Worrisome Narrative to Discourage Homeownership

    Abstract: There is no question that there is much wrong with America’s housing finance and homeownership market. There is much evidence to indicate that many of the costly efforts by the federal government to promote housing and homeownership were at best ineffective and at… Read more

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  • WebMemo posted September 15, 2011 by Wendell Cox How Smart Growth and Livability Intensify Air Pollution

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to implement stronger air pollution restrictions on ozone (smog) for the stated purpose of improving public health.[1] These regulations are misguided because they would impose significant costs for little or no benefit.[2] At the same time, policies being implemented at… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted August 11, 2010 by Ronald Utt, Ph.D. The President’s Worrisome Narrative to Discourage Homeownership

    Abstract: There is no question that there is much wrong with America’s housing finance and homeownership market. There is much evidence to indicate that many of the costly efforts by the federal government to promote housing and homeownership were at best ineffective and at… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted September 22, 2008 by Christine Kim Academic Success Begins at Home: How Children Can Succeed in School

    American taxpayers invest heavily in education. Last year, spending on public K–12 education totaled $553 billion, about 4 percent of gross domestic prod­uct (GDP) in 2006.[1] For each child enrolled in a pub­lic elementary or secondary school, expenditures averaged $9,266 that year—an increase of 128 per­cent, adjusted… Read more

  • WebMemo posted August 29, 2008 by Derek Scissors, Ph.D. Industry v. Environment: China May Choke on Its Own Growth

    The air at the Beijing Olympics provided strong competition for headlines against Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. Almost every story, article, or feature included comments that air quality would soon worsen again as full-scale industrial activity resumed. The perception is that there must be a tradeoff between a cleaner environment… Read more

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