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February 2, 2007
So you want to grow the economy? Just force employers to pay employees more. That way they’ll spend more money, and voila! Economic growth!
That was CNN business reporter Ali Velshi’s economic analysis on the February 2 edition of “…
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February 2, 2007
Two weeks ago, Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan suggested the fashion industry was exhibit A for why industry cannot regulate itself. She’s back at it again with a new angle to her complaint: the “excuses for hiring super-skinny…
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February 1, 2007
The South American dictator who famously called President Bush “the devil” during a UN speech is one step closer to nationalizing his country’s oil. Yet the same day that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez received new powers to rule by decree, none of…
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February 1, 2007
On January 31, President Bush became only the second sitting president to walk the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, just hours after the federal government released new data showing the economy grew at a healthy 3.4-percent growth rate…
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January 31, 2007
If you want to shut down a debate, simply call your opponent a Nazi.
It’s quick, easy and requires no thought whatsoever.
Laugh at your opponent without allowing him to speak. Oh, and make a film about your point of view and name…
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January 31, 2007
When the Terminator outlined his plan for universal health insurance coverage in California on January 9, news media declared the plan “bold,” “ambitious,” “innovative,” “ground-breaking” and a “sweeping remedy.”
“Well there’s definitely…
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January 31, 2007
Health
Care Face-Off
The media love the idea of universal health insurance,
calling Gov. Schwarzeneggers California plan bold and innovative. The…
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January 31, 2007
So much for energy independence.
The Washington Post downplayed the potential loss of four Western hydroelectric dams that might be destroyed to make life easier … for salmon.
According to the January 31 article by the Post’s…
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January 31, 2007
American taxpayers are making possible the January 29 airing of a documentary in praise of one of the 20th century’s greatest free market advocates. And that doesn’t sit well with New York Times TV critic Ginia Bellafante, who complained of an…
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January 30, 2007
New York Times reporter Amelia Gentleman subtly slanted her January 30 story on a pending Indian court case regarding drugs patents by directing readers to see prescription drugs as a “right.”
“The supply of low-cost generic versions of…