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February 4, 2009
Once newspapers were the answer to the riddle: “What is black and white and read all over?” They’re no longer just black and white, but they are red all over. Red ink spills off nearly every page onto balance sheets across America.
The newspaper…
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February 4, 2009
In an interview in the January issue of Esquire, super tough guy and Cleveland Brown of all Cleveland Browns, Jim Brown said: “A liberal is arrogant enough to think he can do you a half-***ed favor. He is superior enough to think he can give you…
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February 3, 2009
Editor, The New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
The title of Frank Rich's column Feb. 1 proclaims that "Herbert Hoover Lives." Indeed he does. But contrary to Mr. Rich's argument, Hoover's ghost seems to animate…
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February 3, 2009
Editor, The New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
Because Frank Rich sensibly claims that "the job growth the Bush administration kept bragging about ('52 straight months!') was a mirage inflated by the housing bubble…
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February 3, 2009
Remember the outrage when it was discovered former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain – how he spent over a $1 million to redecorate his office, as meticulously itemized by CNBC correspondent Charlie Gasparino for The Daily Beast?
Merrill Lynch was…
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February 2, 2009
ABC’s “World News Sunday” found a new twist on the obesity crisis Feb. 1. Apparently, recession can “lead to a spike in obesity.”
Anchor Dan Harris introduced the “counterintuitive” report saying, “Americans are cutting back on food spending which…
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February 2, 2009
31 January 2009
Adam Davidson, National Public Radio
Dear Adam:
I enjoyed your and Alex Blumberg's Jan. 29 report on the resurgence of Keynesian economics. In your list of anti-Keynesian schools of thought, though, you missed an important group…
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February 2, 2009
If insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, people might want to be wary of the economic stimulus package.
Four analysts were arguing on Fox News Channel’s “Bulls…
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January 30, 2009
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
To the Editor:
Terence M. O'Sullivan alleges that "voluminous research" shows that legislatively mandated higher construction wages do not raise builders' costs because these…
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January 30, 2009
Despite what the news media keep saying, capitalism and deregulation were not the causes of the financial meltdown.Instead, BB&T CEO John Allison pointed the finger at government creations like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),…