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July 3, 2008
On my desk is a book of the hundred greatest political speeches in American history. I am always struck by how harsh they were. The speeches were rough-and-tumble and politically incorrect by today’s standards.
In those days, candidates…
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July 3, 2008
If the free market responds to an economic problem, and no one in the media reports it, does it still happen? When it comes to high gas prices, Americans won’t have to find out.
The July 2 ABC “World News with Charles Gibson” reported…
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July 3, 2008
Food inflation is hurting everybody – even those who don’t have to pay for it, according to the July 2 “CBS Evening News.”
“With food prices climbing, more and more Americans these days are struggling to feed their families,” anchor Katie…
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July 2, 2008
It’s time to short-sell Clear Channel Communications stock if you follow the analysis by CNBC contributor and Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Wolff. He criticized a record deal that locks Rush Limbaugh in with the…
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July 2, 2008
As Democrats solidified their control of Congress in early 2007, the newly empowered leadership pledged to “truly declare our energy independence” by July 4, 2007.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (…
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July 2, 2008
'Energy Independence Day': Take Two
Its
been a year since Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared
July 4 Energy Independence Day. In…
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July 2, 2008
The consequences of a military attack on Iran to thwart its nuclear intentions could have a devastating economic impact.
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel warned on…
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July 2, 2008
Now that environmentalists and the media have succeeded to getting polar bears – the global warming mascot of the northern hemisphere – listed as a “threatened species,” now they’re turning their eyes to another creature: the penguin.
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July 1, 2008
As the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed only a few points higher than it opened on June 30, ABC marked the end of a volatile month for stocks with a pessimistic segment on the market and personal retirement…
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July 1, 2008
The same day Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum followed the lead of attorneys general in California and Illinois by suing Countrywide (NYSE: CFC), and just one day before Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) planned to complete…