Category: News Release

The overall rate of serious crime has fallen to a 25-year low for a reason: Since the early 1980s, we've taken the profit out of crime.

Declaring that the nation's crime rate has reached a 25-year low for a reason, Dr. Morgan Reynolds, director of the Criminal Justice Center at the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) will release the fourth annual edition of Crime and Punishment in America at a news conference Monday, Oct. 18, at the National Press Club.

Governor George W. Bush announced Friday the appointment of National Center for Policy Analysis President John C. Goodman as a member of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Uninsured.

As the President and members of Congress consider expanding Medical Savings Account (MSA) provisions to increase access to health insurance for the uninsured, Dr. John Goodman, recognized as "the father of MSAs" and president of the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis, will be in Washington this week to dispel myths some members of Congress recently tried to attach to MSAs during the Patient Bill of Rights debate.

 Responding to Ohio Judge Robert Ruehlman's decision today to dismiss Cincinnati's liability lawsuit against gun manufactures, National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) Senior Policy Analyst H. Sterling Burnett issued the following statement.

The National Center for Policy Analysis announced today that an episode of the nationally syndicated program DebatesDebates, a series of 22 programs which are sponsored by the NCPA, will be made available to stations starting today, Wednesday, Sept. 29.

The projected federal budget surplus offers a rare opportunity to reform Social Security and eliminate its current multi-trillion dollar unfunded liability.

Responding to the President's decision to veto the tax cut approved by Congress, National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Bruce Bartlett issued the following statement.

Talking about his life on the court and the difficult process that placed him there, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was the featured speaker at the National Center for Policy Analysis' recent Sumners Lecture Series luncheon, which will air on Saturday, Sept. 25, on the C-SPAN cable network.

Several serious solutions for reforming Social Security have emerged in the U.S. Congress, including those with bipartisan support.

Are the public schools failing our kids? Should market-based competition come to the rescue? Or would a greater financial commitment solve the problem?

National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Policy Analyst H. Sterling Burnett will take part in a panel discussion entitled, "Guns, Gunowners and the Courts."

The National Center for Policy Analysis announced today that an episode of the nationally syndicated program DebatesDebates, which was sponsored by the NCPA, will be made available to stations starting Wednesday, Sept. 14.

The political market place is so rigged to protect incumbents that it amounts to a monopoly.

Offering his opinion on some of the great legal, political and social questions of the day, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will be the featured guest at the National Center for Policy Analysis' next Hatton W. Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series luncheon.

Does the public think new gun control laws are needed to stop the recent spate of mass shootings or are they a step in the wrong direction?

The nearly $800 billion tax cut recently approved by Congress is a modest, balanced and fair effort to give something back to those who are mainly responsible for the surplus: the taxpayers.

Should the President sign the modest $792 billion tax cut passed by both houses of Congress, and if so, what effect will it have on the economy?

Declaring the nearly $800 billion tax cut recently approved by Congress "modest, balanced and fair," National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Bruce Bartlett is set to release "The Case for the Tax Cut."

The federal estate (death) tax wastes resources, discourages work, savings and investment, and does virtually nothing to equalize the distribution of wealth.

"The estate (death) tax is an attack on the American Dream and does more harm to the nation's economy than is justified by miniscule amount of revenue it collects."

What chance does the congressional tax cut package have of passing in both the House and the Senate?

Beginning this Sunday, Dallas Community Television (DCTV) will broadcast "Should Social Security Be Privatized?" an episode of DebatesDebates, the hour-long public affairs program sponsored by the National Center for Policy Analysis.