Arctic Council Meeting Proves It's A Circular World
The Arctic Council's climate change discussions this week are connected to your personal grocery store purchases... More on the Arctic Council and HFC's...

Tiffany & Co. Goes Far-Left; Supports Boycott on Expanding U.S. Access to Critical Minerals
Tiffany & Co. has chosen to appease the environmental left rather than consider sound science... More on Tiffany and Pebble Mine...

NAACP Leader's Double-Standard on Alleged IRS Abuse
The NAACP's Julian Bond says that Tea Party activists deserve the IRS abuse they have endured over the last two years, though he should be the first to sympathize... More on the NAACP, Tea Party, and IRS...

The Health Care You Get Will Depend On Your Political Clout--Specialty Drug Edition
Some people who need expensive "specialty drugs" are about to get a nasty surprise thanks to ObamaCare... More on ObamaCare and prescription drugs...

The IRS, Charlie Manson And Pirates Versus Patriots
The IRS is discouraging "patriots" working to "make America a better place" while giving Charlie Manson's followers and "pirates" tax-exempt status... More on Sea Shepherd...

Sharp Words Exchanged at Comcast Shareholder Meeting
Sharp words were exchanged at Comcast's annual shareholder meeting in Philadelphia today between Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and conservative activists David Ridenour and Justin Danhof, with Ridenour at one point condescendingly offering Roberts help in creating an accuracy policy for Comcast's NBC Universal and Danhof telling Roberts, "you can sit and laugh, but I'm going to finish my question." ... More on Comcast...

Why Does Comcast Refuse to Tell Shareholders How NBC, MSNBC and CNBC Reduce the Risk of Libel Suits?
This morning, at the 2013 shareholder meeting of Comcast, owner of MSNBC, NBC and CNBC, David Ridenour, president of the National Center for Public Policy Research, intends to ask Comcast CEO Brian Roberts why his company used shareholder dollars to fight a shareholder's proposal asking Comcast to prepare a low-cost report, omitting proprietary information, describing the procedures Comcast uses to avoid the risk and exposure of libel, slander and defamation lawsuits... More on Comcast...

Comcast Bans Gun Ads While Running Violent Programming
Today, at the annual meeting of Comcast shareholders in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a representative of the National Center for Public Policy Research plans to question Comcast CEO Brian Roberts about his company's hypocritical decision to ban gun and ammunition advertising on its airwaves... More on gun advertising bans and violent programming...

Black Conservatives Discuss Guilty Verdict in the Gosnell Abortion Murders Case
Members of the Project 21 black leadership network who spoke out early in the case when Gosnell's attorney attempted to play the race card to his client's advantage are commenting about the verdict and what it says about America... More on Gosnell verdict...

Marriott CEO Faces Questions Over Immigration
We asked Marriott's CEO how he feels about the immigration reforms currently being debated in Congress, and why his company says it needs immigrants when American unemployment is so high... More on Marriott and immigration...

Washington Post Company Admits "Mistakes" in Reporting
When we confronted them with examples of blatant media bias, Washington Post executives had no choice but to admit they have made mistakes. But will they change? David Almasi spoke bluntly to them: With a politically-divided nation, "you do not serve the shareholders well when you alienate half the people all of the time. It's not a winning business model."... More on Washington Post media bias...

Bank of America Faces Backlash Over Decision to Drop Free-Market Advocate and Helping to Label Voter Integrity Proponents as "Racist"
We asked the CEO of Bank of America how cowering to leftist radicals makes for a successful corporate strategy... More on Bank of America and ALEC...

Health Care Odds & Ends
The latest on ObamaCare and health care policy... More on ObamaCare...

Free-Market Group Proposes Plan for Repeal of Major ObamaCare Tax Provision to Zimmer Holdings CEO
Zimmer's CEO agreed with us that the ObamaCare medical device tax should be completely repealed... More on Zimmer Holdings and ObamaCare...

Black Conservatives Comment on Upcoming Benghazi Hearing
"I firmly believe that the congressional hearings on the Benghazi scandal will make Watergate look like a walk in the park," says Project 21's Darryn "Dutch" Martin... More on Benghazi hearings...

ObamaCare Developments Could Have Major Impact on Leading Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb
The executives of Bristol-Myers Squibb were guarded with their answers when we confronted them about harmful ObamaCare policies, but they also "are cognizant of the threats posed by the Obama Administration to their livelihoods and the health of the countless numbers of people they help worldwide with their products," according to David Almasi, who was there... More on Bristol-Myers Squibb and ObamaCare...

Eli Lilly CEO Dr. John Lechleiter Says Obama Administration "Dual-Eligibles" Rebate Plan Would Lead to "Catastrophic Consequences" for Innovation
"Even though Eli Lilly was a financial backer of the ObamaCare legislation, its leadership has recognized that the bill is flawed," says Free Enterprise Project Directory Justin Danhof, Esq. ... More on Eli Lilly and ObamaCare...

Project 21's Exclusive Interview with Michigan Public Official Called the "N-Word" Available Online
Is it now appropriate for elected officials to call each other the n-word? Project 21's Stacy Swimp interviews an offended party in Michigan... More on Buena Vista and the n-word...

IPAB's Non-Existence Is A Problem Too
It's becoming more and more obvious that ObamaCare's "death panels" are unworkable... More on Independent Payment Advisory Board...

Project 21 Members Echo Justice Thomas Comments on Elitist Expectations for Blacks
With first-hand experience of such treatment, Project 21 members back Justice Thomas on his assertions that the media and establishment aren't too happy with outspoken black conservatives. ... More on Clarence Thomas and black conservatives...

Project 21 EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Township Official Called the N-Word by Colleague
Project 21's Stacy Swimp interviews key figures in the case the n-word being used by one city official against another in Michigan... More on Buena Vista Township...

Environmental Activist Scare Debunked
In a piece for the Huffington Post, Dr. Henry I. Miller and Jeff Stier take on the Environmental Working Group for scaring the public about the safety of fruits and vegetables. They also condemn the scare-hungry media for reporting on the junk-science as if it had any merit... More on organic fruits and vegetables...

National Center Forces Duke Energy to Take a Stand on the Renewables Mandate
Duke Energy endorsed the state's renewables mandate Thursday, forced to by the press after he ducked a question from the National Center's Justin Danhof... More on Duke Energy and renewable energy...

The Shameful and Painful Spotted Owl Saga: Shooting Stripes To Save Spots
Our government prefers spotted owls to striped ones, and is exterminating the latter ones so they won't breed with the former... More on the spotted owl...

Is ObamaCare 'Government-Run' Health Care? Of Course Not...
David Hogberg examines whether or not ObamaCare should be categorized as "government-run" health care... More on ObamaCare...

Project 21's Green Talks Jobs, Economy and New Unemployment Numbers
Coinciding with the release of new jobless numbers, Derryck Green gives his monthly take on Obama's economic performance... More on Obama, economy and jobs...

Newsletter: Spring/Summer 2013
Can you guess why we just got a $4000 check from liberals who hate us? It's just one of many fun stories in our quarterly newsletter... More on successes of the National Center for Public Policy Research...

Duke Energy CEO Faces Questions About North Carolina's Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard
While Duke Energy's CEO defended his green energy investments, he was adamant that Duke would not put money into wind energy for North Carolina... More on Duke Energy and renewable energy...

ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion--Reality Intercedes
Which is true about a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine: that it "throws a huge STOP sign in front of ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion," or that it "didn't show that Medicaid harms people"? David Hogberg examines the arguments... More on Medicaid expansion...

New Sears CEO Asked About Membership in Controversial Trade Association
The new CEO of Sears said he'd never heard of RILA, but that he thinks "America is overregulated"... More on Sears, RILA and sustainability...

Project 21 Members Discuss National Day of Prayer
"But prayer cannot simply be condensed into a single day. It is not something that can be dusted off a shelf once and year and expected to perform at its highest magnitude. Prayer must be a lifestyle"... More on National Day of Prayer...

Pepsi CEO Responds to Questions About Company's Food Stamp Lobbying
Why should taxpayers be forced to subsidize sodas for those on food stamps? We asked the CEO of Pepsi why her company has been lobbying to keep this policy in place... More on food stamps for soda...

Project 21's Nedd: Sharpton No Longer Seems Wedded to Religion Beliefs
Council Nedd says, "For Al Sharpton to say that marriage isn't sacred tells me that he has completed his transition from ordained minister in the church of God to become a full-blown media personality"... More on Al Sharpton and gay marriage...

Health Care Odds & Ends
Some interesting pieces on health care policy... More on health care...

Group Tells Stryker CEO that Path to Ending Job and Innovation-Killing Medical Device Tax is Blowing in the Wind
At the April 30 annual meeting of Stryker shareholders in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the National Center for Public Policy Research presented Stryker CEO Kevin A. Lobo with a path to repealing a major ObamaCare provision that has already caused massive layoffs at the medical supply company... More on repealing the medical device tax...

It's Time for North Carolina to Scuttle Its Renewable-Energy Mandate
North Carolina desperately needs an economic boost -- but as long as it has a renewable-energy mandate on the books, it will be competing for new business with one hand tied behind its back... More on renewable energy mandates...

ObamaCare: Where's The Lefty Outrage? Part V
The evidence keeps piling up that ObamaCare is going to have some very unpleasant effects for employees and employers. And the left stays silent... More on ObamaCare...

Making the Black Community Sustainable
How can the black community remain healthy and sustainable? Dr. B.B. Robinson of Project 21 looks at the challenges, and offers some ideas... More on the black community...

Defense Contractor Refuses to Say What America Needs to Do to Defend Itself
Given an opportunity to showcase his company's products before a friendly audience, Boeing's CEO refused to give us suggestions as to how to defend the U.S. from North Korean missiles... More on Boeing and missile defense...

National Center for Public Policy Research to Participate in Five Shareholder Meetings this Week
More shareholder shenanigans are planned for the week of April 29-May 3, bringing our total so far to 18 meetings so far this shareholder season. Targets this week include Pepsi, Boeing, Sears, Stryker, and Duke Energy... More on shareholder meetings...

Why Is IPAB M.I.A.?
The Independent Payment Advisory Board, also known affectionately as the death panel, may be in its early death throes... More on ObamaCare IPAB...

The Union Way: Cheat Kids, Get Award
It's bad enough that some teachers play hooky in order to protest the pay and benefits that they agreed to when they chose their careers. But Project 21's Bob Parks points out this situation is made all the more atrocious when the organizers of these hooky-fests are rewarded for their activism... More on teachers unions...

Missing Deadline Shows ObamaCare's Independent Payment Advisory Board Is Unworkable
The infamous "death panel" agency has yet to be born because President Obama has yet to nominate anyone to serve on its board... More on ObamaCare and IPAB...

Obama's Controversial New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Goes After Vehicle Lenders
Harley-Davidson executives rose to the challenge we posed to them at their shareholder meeting - decisively stating "we're on it" when asked if the company was prepared to defend itself from Obama Administration racial politics... More on Harley-Davidson and the CFPB...

Dr. Carson's Comments Appropriate for President to Hear
Kevin Martin says Dr. Ben Carson's comments at the National Prayer Breakfast echoed the sentiments that he and other members of Project 21 black leadership network have been promoting for years... More on Dr. Ben Carson...

Big Soda SNAPping Up Welfare Dollars
Why should American taxpayers be forced to subsidize sodas and unhealthy snacks for welfare recipients? We went to the Coca-Cola shareholder meeting to find out... More on soda for welfare recipients...

National Center Policy Experts Quiz Pfizer CEO Ian Read and Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky
We had very different results at the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson shareholder meetings... More on Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson...

Project 21's Minor Reflects on the Legacy of George W. Bush
Project 21 member Demetrius Minor saw history in the making as an intern in the George W. Bush Administration... More on George W. Bush...

Jeff Stier, Pfizer CEO Criticize "Academic Detailing" in Health Care
Pfizer CEO Ian Read says the beliefs of the National Center and Pfizer "100-percent coincide" when it comes to the government advising doctors about medications... More on Pfizer and academic detailing...

Johnson & Johnson CEO Says Medical Device Tax Should Be "Reconsidered"
After the Johnson & Johnson shareholder meeting, we were left fairly disappointed with the responses we got from its CEO... More on Johnson & Johnson...

Government Health Care: What You Get Will Depend On Your Political Clout, Part II
David Hogberg's advice to you if ObamaCare never gets repealed? Don't get sick... More on ObamaCare...

Congress Creates Privileged Class Under ObamaCare
While Congress may not be exempting itself from ObamaCare, Ezra Klein misses the fact that Congress is creating a special privilege for its staffers... More on ObamaCare and congressional staff...

Conservative Group to Urge Johnson and Johnson to Rethink Its Decision to Stop Working with Mainstream Conservative Group at Behest of Left-Wing Extremists
Today we're at the Johnson & Johnson shareholder meeting with two important questions to ask the CEO... More on Johnson & Johnson...

Conservative Group to Urge Pfizer to Oppose Administration's Secretive "Academic Detailing" Program that Advises Doctors on Which Drugs They Should Prescribe to Patients
Did you know the federal government has hired PR firms to advise your doctors about which medications to prescribe to you?... More on Pfizer and academic detailing...

Free-Market Group Presents GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt with Proposal to Simultaneously End Harmful Medical Device Tax and Federal Wind Subsidies
We are encouraged that Immelt called our proposal an "interesting" idea... More on ObamaCare medical device tax and wind subsidies...

Government Health Care: What You Get Will Depend On Your Political Clout
One of the biggest drawbacks of any government-run health care system is that the health care you get is more likely to be determined by political clout than medical need... More on ObamaCare...

Coca-Cola Executives to Face Criticism at Shareholder Meeting for 'Food Stamp' Lobbying
We're at the Coca-Cola shareholder meeting today to ask its executives why American taxpayers should be forced to subsidize the purchase of soda by SNAP recipients... More on buying soda with food stamps...

Let's Take the Wind Out of ObamaCare's Medical Device Tax
Senator Lamar Alexander is proposing a good trade-off: He wants to repeal the medical device tax and replace some of the lost revenue by eliminating the production tax credit for wind energy... More on medical device taxes and wind energy subsidies...

Free-Market Group Criticizes Exelon's CEO over "Unusual Access" to Obama White House and Covert Dealings that Helped to Cripple Coal Industry
The Exelon CEO "defended his company's crony actions and even got indignant when I brought up Exelon's cozy relationship with the Obama White House," says Cherylyn Harley LeBon... More on Exelon and crony capitalism...

The Internet Sales Tax Is About Helping Local Businesses The Way Bernie Madoff Was About Helping His Investors
Politicians say an internet sales tax will help local businesses, but local retailers will be lucky to see a dime of it... More on internet sales tax...

Free-Market Activist Challenges Honeywell Over How Millions in Stimulus Money was Spent
Honeywell's CEO took $25 million in taxpayer dollars in order to create a whopping 10 jobs. And then he complained about the national debt. Today we confronted him on his hypocrisy... More on Honeywell and the national debt...

New York Post Book Review: The Food Police
In a review of Jayson Lusk's new book, Jeff Stier concludes that the trendy dictates of food elitists make it harder and more expensive for the average American to eat healthy food... More on food police...

Bringing Voting Rights Law into the 21st Century
While Project 21's Cherylyn Harley LeBon appreciates what the Voting Rights Act has accomplished historically, she says it's time for the Supreme Court to update the Act to reflect the realities of the 21st century... More on Voting Rights Act...

Wind Turbines: New Study Documents High Bird and Bat Kills
Those who love the environment should pay close attention to a new study that shows the high level of bird and bat fatalities that accompany wind turbines... More on wind energy...

Congress Updating The Antiquated Antiquities Act of 1906
Teresa Platt says someday we may be using the Antiquities Act to preserve the empty buildings left behind in all the small towns the Act is extinguishing.... More on Antiquities Act...

ObamaCare: Where's The Lefty Outrage? Part IV
As the evidence keeps piling up that many businesses will have to cut employee hours to avoid ObamaCare regulations, the lefties have gone silent... More on ObamaCare...

Arizona Urges Congress To Update The ESA
How much control should the federal government have in regulating endangered species within a state? More on ESA reform...

National Center Extends Sympathy to Victims in Boston
Our own Justin Danhof was at the finish line at the Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. Thankfully he is fine. Still, our hearts and prayers are with the victims and their families... More on Boston Marathon bombing...

Project 21's Butler on "Hannity": Paul Visit to Howard Was "Courageous"
Charles Butler calls Senator Rand Paul's conservative outreach effort to minorities at Howard University "a courageous thing" that yielded "great questions" and "great answers"... More on Senator Rand Paul at Howard University...

Toppling Turbines: It's Harder Than It Looks
While Falmouth, MA is resolved to topple its two 400-foot industrial turbines, it can't help but be daunted by the $15 million price tag for removal -- $8 million of which will need to be borrowed.... More on wind energy...

Project 21 Members Pan Obama Budget
Obama only just got around to unveiling his proposed 2014 budget -- two months late -- and Project 21's black conservatives find it lacking... More on Obama budget...

The ObamaCare Exchanges Are Unfair
The ObamaCare exchanges are particularly unfair to those who are young, or limited means, or vulnerable. Another winning program... More on ObamaCare exchanges...

Project 21 Members En Masse on "Hannity" Special
One-third of Sean Hannity's April 8 studio audience, brought together to discuss the issue of liberal intolerance toward black conservatives, were members of the National Center's Project 21 black leadership network... More on black conservatives...

MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Cares About Your Kids More Than You Do
If you have children, you might think that, in general, they are your responsibility. Au contraire, says an MSNBC host... More on successful children...

Income and Investment Tax Hikes: The Missing Explanation For March Job Numbers?
Has President Obama considered that his tax hikes on job-creators may have discouraged them from hiring more employees? More on the jobs report...

Why Public Health Advocates Hate E-cigarettes
How dare a product created by private-sector innovation do what many hundreds of millions of dollars of government spending, costly litigation, addictive excise taxes, warning labels and punitive regulation have been unable to do: help cigarette smokers quit happily... More on e-cigarettes...