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August 7, 2008
It bothers some in the media that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, Ariz., has continued to ridicule his opponent’s suggestion that properly inflated tires “could save all the oil that they’re talking…
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August 7, 2008
Perhaps the near monopoly NBC will enjoy in broadcasting the Summer Olympics from China beginning August 8 has encouraged the network to be more kind to struggling American businesses.
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August 6, 2008
The high price of gas has driven down demand. Now politicians like Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty are worried gas taxes might not be able to fund infrastructure projects.
Pawlenty proposed a…
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August 1, 2008
The media have made a habit of reporting record oil company profits with disdain rather than perspective; bitterness rather than accuracy.
That’s just how the July 31 “NBC Nightly News”…
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July 30, 2008
Knocking off iconic cereal box characters in 2007 wasn’t enough for the self-appointed “food police.” Now they want characters like that to promote only healthy foods.
The July 29 “World News…
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August 1, 2008
The U.S. economy has just barely flirted with a recession, yet one business columnist sounded the death knell for entrepreneurial capitalism on August 1.
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington…
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July 25, 2008
If only Congress would get its act together, all our current energy woes would be solved.
That seemed to be CNN’s take on the energy bill in a July 25 segment. CNN correspondent Kate Bolduan…
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July 28, 2008
When Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) took the role of Speaker of the House on January 4, 2007, the national average price of gas was $2.33 a gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration. Now the average price is…
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November 17, 2009
Joe the Plumber was certainly on to something when he got then-candidate Barack Obama to admit he wanted to redistribute the wealth, according former Republican presidential candidate and Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.
Huckabee, who now…
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July 22, 2008
The price of food will continue to rise with the price of corn, according to ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson.” But as far as the July 21 broadcast was concerned, everything except government-mandated ethanol was to…