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April 7, 2010
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 purported…
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March 20, 2009
Maybe he’ll fare better than other aging child stars, but for now, he’s something of an embarrassment. Cute and cuddly sold climate panic. Predatory and perilous does not.Two years ago on March 23, Knut the polar bear cub who was saved by zookeepers…
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March 6, 2009
On March 5, Jim Cramer published a response on his website to White House attacks on his credibility on financial issues. The most startling aspect of the response was Cramer’s admission on his politics. “To be totally out of the closet, I actually…
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March 9, 2009
Even with our economic troubles, things are not yet as bad at the Depression-era with its unemployment level of about 25 percent. But that didn’t stop the “Today” show from drawing the comparison with a “modern day shanty town” near the “railroad…
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March 5, 2009
It’s a bad time to be taking a “business” trip to a luxurious retreat in a warm climate. Especially if you’re doing it on someone else’s dime. If the networks find out, they’ll sneak hidden cameras in and report every detail of your lavish parties,…
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February 25, 2009
What a crime! A profitable company honors a contract and spends its own money to host events for clients – the audacity!Taking a page from ABC’s AIG hit job, NBC’s “Today Show” on Feb. 25 took a cheap shot at Northern Trust Bank for the perceived…
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February 16, 2009
In case you were unaware, soft drinks may be hazardous to your teeth.ABC’s Diane Sawyer made that abundantly clear in a report during the Feb. 13 “20/20. The report was the product of two years investigating the poverty and adversity faced by…
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February 12, 2009
Occasionally, the news media provides justice for a wronged industry or company.
That’s what correspondent Mark Strassmann’s story did on the Feb. 11 “CBS Evening News.” He exposed the repercussions of the recent salmonella…
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April 23, 2012
I have a simple question for the media:The hand-wringing and protestations about states forcing or attempting to force people to show photo ID before voting continues. It is loudest and most persistent from Al Sharpton on MSNBC, but it is widespread…
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May 4, 2012
An ad hit the airwaves this week featuring Bill Clinton talking about Obama’s moment of courage, in ordering the “get Bin Laden” operation. What does it signify?They don’t really like each other, Bill and Barry. Pundits like Chris Matthews, stuck…