NCPA Commentaries by Other NCPA Experts
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Jul 05, 2001 Eco-Activists Rely On Precautionary Principle To Thwart Hunger-Ending Biofood Technology
Because it's impossible to prove that any product will not, at some point, cause harms to humans and the environment, the Precautionary Principle was a handy weapon for fringe groups that were forced out of desperation to rely on scare tactics to combat reason.
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Sep 25, 2000 Wake Up America! We're In For A Fight
We are a thirsty country. The United States is exhausting its freshwater resources faster than they are replenished. Yet in the face of impending water shortages, we continue to rely on an outdated government regulations to manage our water supply.
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Aug 24, 2000 Kow-Towing To Teachers' Unions Shortchanges Kids' Education
When the public schools, which now control 92 percent of all money spent on elementary and secondary education, know that parents have a choice of schools for their children, they will have to rely on more than duress to fill their buildings.
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May 08, 2000 At Least a Start Toward Saving Social Security
Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, believes that what is needed is a gradual move away from pay-as-you-go financing of Social Security, and toward letting each worker at least partially fund his or her own future retirement instead.
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Apr 28, 2000 Teaching America's Youth to Play by the Rules
Consequences play a crucial role in deterring crime.
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Dec 30, 1998 A New Agenda for a New Speaker
Can you hear them? The groans rising up from all over Washington, D.C., especially from liberals and the media?
