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David Ignatius, an op-ed columnist for the Washington Post, thinks a value-added tax (VAT) may be just the ticket to get the United States out of its deficit mess.

That’s what he argued in a column on April 29:

“President Obama…

While questions swirl about the ins and outs of the Securities and Exchange Commission charges against Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), and the eventual result is no clearer.

According to CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer, after the release of…

Obama called for further regulation of the financial system on April 22, delivering a New York City speech “in the shadow of Wall Street.”

In their reports that night, both ABC and NBC mentioned the Securities and Exchange…

Finally! What the public thinks is now important.

That was the takeaway from an April 22 CNBC “Squawk Box” segment in which the network’s Washington correspondent John Harwood explained the upside for the Obama administration in taking an…

Earth Day Special Report: Networks Hide the Decline in Credibility of Climate Change Science  For years the global warming alarmists mantra has been…

So you do your part and pay your taxes to the federal government. However, you feel you pay too much and you don’t like how that same government uses that money. Do you have the right to petition and protest that government?

If it’s on…

It’s been a rough five months for the credibility of many of the “leading” climate scientists.

First, the ClimateGate e-mails appeared to show unethical or illegal behavior of high profile scientists and a potential conspiracy…

Executive Summary

For years the global warming alarmists’ mantra has been “the science is settled.” But a recent series of shocking disclosures about climate science has shaken the credibility of that claim.…

It’s pretty obvious that oftentimes the media and the Democratic Party work in concert to marginalize opposition of a common goal. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos working with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel was just one example. The question…

The media is still having trouble understanding the Tea Party movement and what it is protesting, even though its roots are clear.

On Feb. 19, 2009 during CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rick Santelli made his famous rant heard around the world,…

Well, it only took them nearly a year to tackle this breakdown journalistic ethics, but the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) took on a CBS “60 Minutes” segment that aired back in May 2009.

Nonetheless, an analysis by Martha M. Hamilton…

As procrastinators rush to beat the April 15 tax deadline and thousands rally at Tea Parties to oppose out of control government spending, politicians and the national news media are mulling the possibility of a new European-style national sales…

Networks Fail to Report VAT Tax Since Volcker Call for Tax Increases  As taxpayers rush to beat the IRS deadline, a new tax is rumored to be coming…

Back in 2008, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich caught a lot of heat for participating in Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection advertising campaign in a TV commercial with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. He has since defended his…

A little over a year ago, President Obama signed into law the $787-billion stimulus legislation that was supposed to prevent the unemployment rate from exceeding 8 percent. And although the unemployment has receded some from its high, it’s still…

Liberal commentator Nancy Skinner conceded there is one issue the right is right on – the value-added tax (VAT) is an absurd idea.

Skinner who is a regular guest on the Fox Business Network, stated April 7 that the VAT will do absolutely…

Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, has moved on from the health care debate and found a new oppressed, downtrodden minority: student loan recipients. And naturally, the Huffington Post was happy to afford “the Reverend” a platform for his…

Once upon a time, liberals didn’t much like Ronald Reagan – his policies, his ideology or even just because they thought he was a lousy executive and an “amiable dunce.”

"The Tower commission did not find Reagan a lousy orator; they found…

Here’s a largely unreported story: Stuffed inside the health care reform bill is a measure summarily throwing private lending institutions out of the college loan business. That business is being taken over by the federal government, with…

It’s a simple law of economics, right?  If there’s a demand for a certain service or good, that business has a strong shot at thriving. Since the now-defunct Air America shut down for the last time earlier this year, the casual observer must…