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The Federal Reserve has spent more than $2 trillion buying up assets since 2008 (often government bonds and mortgage securities) in an attempt to shore up the economy. Proponents argued what was called “quantitative easing” or QE was…

Wages have been big news in 2013, although the battle over a “living wage” has gotten little attention even as left-wing activists protest in cities across the country.

President Barack Obama called for an increase in…

Economists, business owners and employees are worried that the Affordable Care Act is resulting in fewer hours for workers.

The networks had been ignoring this shift toward part-time work and its relationship to…

When Detroit declared bankruptcy in June, broadcasters acted like it was a shocking turn of events. NBC “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams told the “sad news from Detroit, the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy.” CBS’s Mark Strassman…

In the saddest news for the polar bear world since the death of Knut, a polar bear in Norway has starved to death, according to NBC News and The Huffington Post. One starved polar bear wouldn’t normally make the news, but climate change…

Columbia University helps define the news business. Its School of Journalism is perhaps the foremost institution of its kind in the United States, and its alumni fill the ranks of news organizations. It is also home to the Pulitzer Prize – the…

The July jobs report was released on Aug. 2, 2013, showing fewer jobs created than had been expected. The unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent, but only 162,000 jobs were added and May and June were revised down by a total of 26,000…

What do you call an increase in part-time and temporary workers along with stagnant unemployment numbers? Progress, according to the White House and the broadcast networks’ evening news programs.

The networks have…

“Overpopulation” is a buzz word often used by environmental and abortion activists.  Some liberals warn that practices like abortion, euthanasia, and population control like China’s “one-child policy” are needed to keep the earth from…

CBS’s Charlie Rose and Norah O’Donnell apparently think it’s their job to be economic policy experts instead of journalists. On July 23’s “This Morning,” CBS did a segment on the battle between Walmart and the Washington, D.C. Council and the…

A year ago, President Barack Obama derided Mitt Romney for admitting he would let Detroit car companies go bankrupt. He told supporters he wouldn’t do that. “I refuse to turn my back on communities like this. I was betting on the…

Landowners are furious and Josh Fox is doing a happy dance, since it was reported on July 16 that Hess Corp. and Newfield Exploration Co. have notified property owners their drilling leases are no longer in effect.

The gas leases had been…

Texas Governor Rick Perry was a joke, at least according to the same media that had ignored his impressive economic record.

The Associated Press called Perry “a political punchline on par with Dan Quayle,” while MSNBC’s…

It’s not 1913, it’s 2013.

Yet, children are getting sick and some are even dying from polio, measles, and pertussis (whooping cough) in the U.S. and Great Britain, thanks to vaccination scares led by the media and…

Rolling Stone magazine really ought to stick to music and entertainment, instead of trying to get into science fiction. In it’s latest issue, the magazine presented the fictional destruction of Miami due to rising seas and climate…

Government intervention always has consequences, and in the case of the federal raisin reserve The Washington Post found out it is hurting the very farmers it was meant to help. Even the Post mocked the outdated law and positively…

Which celebrities make the most money and get the most interviews and other attention from the media? Nearly all of them are liberal Democrats. At least according to a new list by Forbes, called “the Celebrity 100.”

Independence Day is the perfect day to remember that Democrats want Americans to be dependent on government. Nancy Pelosi reminded Americans of that on June 27 with her remarks to the press about the national holiday.

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In a speech June 25, President Barack Obama called for the Environmental Protection Agency to put limits for carbon dioxide emissions on power plants, higher fuel efficiency standards, more taxpayer-backed loans for renewable energy…