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February 11, 2004
Journalists are usually quite reserved about using the military as
arbiters of scientific credibility. One may recall, for example, the
outraged skepticism expressed over the Pentagons plans to study the…
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January 22, 2004
Two studies, one suggesting
that 30 percent of US children surveyed reported eating fast food on
at least one of the two days they were studied, the other claiming
that our teenagers believe they are the…
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January 20, 2004
Claims that global warming will cause
mass extinction by 2050 were received with uniformly sympathetic
coverage by media outlets. Newspapers in Britain, Canada and the
United States featured stories…
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November 14, 2014
First Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, compared net neutrality to
“Obamacare
for the Internet,” and now outspoken businessman Mark Cuban has tweeted
that Obama’s proposed policy is something “straight out of Ayn
Rand.”
Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas…
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November 14, 2014
Five years ago, a huge document hack and leak occurred at the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit. The incident became known as ClimateGate and the leaked files and emails damaged the credibility of global warming alarmists in many…
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November 14, 2014
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s deal to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in both countries couldn’t have come at a more ironic time.Their Nov. 11, announcement came just days before the fifth anniversary of…
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November 20, 2014
Left-wing website AlterNet declared pets “Public Enemy Number Two,” just days after one of its writers shamed moms as “environmental villains” for having children.AlterNet, which is known for its kooky posts, has stirred liberal guilt and promoted…
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December 11, 2014
As gas prices have plummeted, cost savings arguments for hybrid cars took a hit making them a less attractive option.Bloomberg Businessweek suggested Toyota must hope prospective buyers of their Prius hybrid “don’t pull out a calculator,” since its…
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December 17, 2014
A class action suit filed by families of Sandy Hook shooting victims could “go nowhere” because of a 2005 law protecting gun makers, but that crucial point was ignored in most network stories about the lawsuit. A lawyer representing the families of…
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January 6, 2015
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, started creating even more headaches for both employers and employees across the country beginning Jan. 1, 2015.That was the day Obamacare’s employer mandate went into effect, requiring companies…