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Serious movement in D.C. – and if I hadn't been there, I would not have believed it. For several months Joan Wire and her daughter have been trying to secure an appointment with a highly effective government official we'll simply call Mr. Washington. Joan Wire is the stalwart wife of Mike Wire. Mike is the storied "man on the bridge," the single most critical eyewitness in the saga of TWA Flight 800, the 747 that was inexplicably blown out of the sky on the night of July 17, 1996. The CIA built its notorious zoom-climb animation around Mike's position on...

Asbestos and Alar are only two of many instances where vast sums were spent on hypothetical risk while science was ignored. In the past we used our natural resources freely. We took great pride in our ability to convert resources into products with a direct benefit to the public. We turned trees into houses, coal and iron into automobiles. Today we hear that we must stop using our economic resources. Scale back! Harvest fewer trees. Drill fewer oil wells. Use less fertilizer. Build no new power plants. Encourage the government to buy back land it once offered to its people,...

The Heinz Endowments: By Tom Randall Sunday, December 14, 2003 CHICAGO - Pittsburgh is home to a new liberal funding organization that lists its priorities as the local environment, land use and "sustainability." However, its affiliations raise questions about its real purpose. Known as the Tides Center for Pennsylvania, formerly the Tides Center for Western Pennsylvania, it is a creation of the Tides Foundation and Center, headquartered in San Francisco, and two Pennsylvania-based foundations -- the Vira Heinz Endowment and the Howard Heinz Endowment-- chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry, heir to the Heinz food company fortune and wife of Democrat...

Misuse of Data for Political Gain July 12, 2003 Address to the 21st Annual Meeting of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Noon to 1:00 Address by Craig J. Cantoni Capstone Consulting Group – ccan2@aol.com – www.craigcantoni.com Good afternoon! Well, with all of the doctors in the audience, we certainly don’t have to worry if someone begins choking on my remarks. And if anyone becomes seriously ill, I’m sure that one of you would be happy to write a prescription for some free medicine, courtesy of George Bush. Of course, your professional expertise will also be free, since Ted Kennedy and Hillary...

The Plot Against Alar an ACSH interview with Robert Bidinotto, author of "The Great Apple Scare" Reader's Digest, Oct. 1990 Robert James Bidinotto is a journalist and author of the investigative article, The Great Apple Scare. His story appeared in the October 1990 issue of Reader's Digest, and crumbled the underpinnings of the Alar myth. The controversy surrounding Alar raised serious questions, and Robert Bidinotto, along with his editors, wanted serious answers. Mr. Bidinotto, however, was not a stranger to investigative journalism. His article about the Willie Horton incident put the Massachusetts Furlough Program, and eventually a Presidential candidate, under...