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Star Parker is the founder and president of CURE, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, a 501(c)(3) non-profit think tank which promotes market based public policy to fight poverty.

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  • Star Parker: Traditional values will attract more blacks to GOP

    By Star Parker | 06/16/13 07:35 PM

    Anyone who doubts that the Republican Party can attract black voters need only look south to Louisiana. During @Large -- a conference in Baton Rouge in May aimed at attracting black conservatives -- a black Democrat in the Louisiana Legislature, Elbert Guillory, announced that he was switching...

  • Star Parker: Close wealth gap with personal retirement accounts

    By Star Parker | 06/09/13 07:45 AM

    Social Security trustees just issued their annual report and the news is that there is no news. Social Security is on its way over a fiscal cliff - what we hear every year when the report is issued. According to this year's report, Social Security will be insolvent in 2033 - 20 years from now...

  • The liberal onslaught against Sen. Kelly Ayotte

    By Star Parker | 06/02/13 06:25 AM

    We ought to get perspective on the real nature of the most recent push on gun control, which was initiated by the White House. This is classic bait-and-switch politics, characterized by what current Chicago mayor, and former Obama chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel once said, "never let a crisis go...

  • Star Parker: Closet racism in Virginia GOP opposes E.W. Jackson

    By Star Parker | 05/24/13 02:35 PM

    Some 25 years ago, I changed my life. A visit inside a church opened my eyes to the destructive life I was living, financed by welfare checks generously provided by American taxpayers. I got off welfare, went to work, got politically active and became a Republican. I didn't become a Republican...

  • Star Parker: There is an alternative to the abortion culture

    By Star Parker | 05/17/13 03:20 PM

    With the convictions in the case against abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell -- three counts of murdering live babies and one count of involuntary manslaughter -- abortion is back in the national discussion. It's pretty clear from the grand jury report that, during Gosnell's 30-plus-year career, he...

  • Star Parker: Welcome back to Washington, Mark Sanford

    By Star Parker | 05/10/13 02:20 PM

    Put me down as happy to see former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford coming back to Washington. He just handily defeated Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a special election for a House seat he himself once held. I hope he brings his piglets with him. While governor, Sanford once showed up at the...



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