Washington, DC (March 15, 2005) – In a hearing today before the U.S. Senate National Parks Subcommittee, Peyton Knight, executive director of the American Policy Center charged that, "National Heritage Areas are nothing more than property targeted by environmentalists and the National Park Service for...
Statement of J. Peyton Knight Executive Director of the American Policy Center Concerning S. 175: The Bleeding Kansas National Heritage Area Act S. 322: The Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Act S. 429: The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act S. 323: French Colonial Heritage National Historic Site Study Act Read before the Subcommittee on National...
March 11, 2005 By Tom DeWeese The issue that will define our era and determine the nation’s future is illegal immigration. Political debate is full of schemes like "guest worker" programs and temporary worker cards to allow illegals to "fill jobs that Americans just don’t want to...
February 16, 2005 By Tom DeWeese The UN finally got what it wanted. The Kyoto Climate Change treaty became international law on February 16th. The treaty went into full effect with the approval by the Russian Federation, even without the support of the United States. Time will...
February 11, 2005 By Declan McCullagh The U.S. House of Representatives approved on Thursday a sweeping set of rules aimed at forcing states to issue all adults federally approvedelectronic ID cards, including driver's licenses. Under the rules, federal employees would reject licenses or identity cards...
February 7, 2005 By Tom DeWeese Our nation, indeed our world has become much polarized in the right/left spectrum. People now are categorized in one camp or the other based on certain ideas. We live in a world of sound bites. For example, today, if you attack...
By Peyton Knight (January 2005) Victims of Oregon’s tyrannical web of land use restrictions, ordinances, and regulatory takings can finally seek justice. Measure 37 passed on November 2 and it allows Oregon property owners who have been wronged by any myriad of radical land use restrictions...
January 17, 2005 By Tom DeWeese Many parents have sought to protect their children from the behavior-modification programs that have taken the place of academic education in public schools. To escape the assault of Outcome-Based Education (OBE), multi-culturalism, and workforce training programs, parents in ever-increasing numbers are...
January 3, 2005 By Tom DeWeese There is an important lesson that bullies never seem to learn: you can only push people so far before they begin to push back. We are starting to see such a response to Big Brother’s assault on American liberties, as...
December 15, 2004 By Tom DeWeese There is no scientific evidence to back claims of man-made global warming. Period. Anyone who tells you that scientific research shows warming trends—be they teachers, newscasters, Congressmen, Senators, Vice Presidents or Presidents—is wrong. In fact,...