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May 19, 2010
Since Obama took office, there’s been a leftward swing toward increased regulation. The news media have supported that tilt, generally failing to demand explanations for high profile failures of government regulators.From the financial crisis to the…
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November 12, 2008
As stocks rose on Election Day 2008, the media were more than happy to credit investors’ excitement over Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s chance of winning. But when stocks tanked in the days following Obama’s election…
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April 21, 2010
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 to distort…
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April 21, 2010
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.
The first scandal –…
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April 23, 2010
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 Commission case…
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November 10, 2008
The New York Times isn’t keeping it a secret that it wants President-elect Barack Obama to follow in the footsteps of progressive icon Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Two recent columns have called for Obama to promote a new New…
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March 31, 2010
The “obesity epidemic” is the fault of poor individual choices and sedentary lifestyles, but in the news, blame typically falls on companies, rather than on the individual. CNN has attacked grocer stores, restaurants and food manufacturers for…
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October 29, 2008
1929 was a devastating year. The October stock market crash erased more than people’s life savings; in many cases it also robbed them of hope as the United States entered the Great Depression. It’s a year Americans have been…
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March 24, 2010
After cheerleading and campaigning on the issue for months, the network news media gleefully reported the signing of the $938 billion monumental health care “reform” bill on March 23.
At the signing, President Barack Obama emphasized “tax…