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If a conference concerning one of the greatest housing crises in American history happens and the media don’t report on it, did it really take place?

On August 17, the Treasury Department convened a conference on ‘The Future of Housing…

Colonel Sanders is rolling over in his grave.

An August 17 New York Daily News story reported that KFC’s second quarter sales fell 7 percent. The reason? According to KFC franchise owners, KFC”s recent marketing strategy of promoting…

What's the best way to address rising debt and deficits? According to one liberal blogger, it's not cutting spending, but taxing churches, that will solve America's financial woes.

“[Americans] should have the right to support any…

Want to see a textbook example of how the left has tried to frame the debate against extending the Bush tax cuts? Take a look at Cenk Uygur, of “The Young Turks” fame, playing the class warfare/populism card.

On MSNBC’s Aug. 17…

CBS News reporter Leslie Stahl definitely wasn’t born a coal miner’s daughter.

On the August 15 edition of ‘60 Minutes,’ Stahl featured a 13-minute segment about coal ash, a byproduct of coal production, and revisited the infamous December…

Forget the Xbox or the Wii. When kids get bored, they jet off without telling their parents.

On the August 13 edition of “Good Morning America,” Steve Osunsami reported on three Florida kids who attempted to fly to Dollywood, Tennessee…

Art Linkletter hosted ‘Kids Say the Darnedest Things’ and USA Today should create a new show called ‘Kids Buy the Darnedest Things.’

An August 13 USA Today story reported on proposed legislation in San Francisco that would ban toys from…

The wisdom of Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart: defending the Bush tax cuts is only a useful gesture against President Barack Obama and not a serious policy position.

That sounds pretty weak at face value. But Stewart, or least his writers…

Just because the summer is almost over doesn’t mean the vacation has to end, especially for public school teachers.

In an August 12 ABCNews.com story, reporter Rich Blake raised an intriguing question: are civil servants the new “fat cats…

Are the media blindfolds about the previously sacrosanct Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac starting to fall off?

In an August 11 USA Today story, reporter Paul Wiseman laid out the nation’s mortgage problems and called for the reformation of…

JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater snaps, hurls obscenities, grabs some beer and slides down an emergency exit – tossing away a 20-year career. And he smiles on his way to lockup. An angry customer “loses her cool at an Ohio McDonald’s.” She…

All last week, poll results had pundits like Chris Matthews puzzled and outraged that a near majority were willing to question President Obama’s very legitimacy. Matthews and co. chalk it up to ignorance, stupidity and – most of all – racism. But…

You can’t always get what you want and that appears to be a bitter pill for former Vice President Al Gore to swallow.

Gore, the leader of the global warming alarmism movement, told supporters during an Aug. 10 conference call that…

Want evidence that working at CNN can wear you down? Although this isn’t definitive, something has happened to network meteorologist Chad Myers.

Back on Dec. 18, 2008, Myers explained to viewers of CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” that he…

Surprise – the Federal Reserve announced it will keep the Fed funds rate between zero and 0.25 percent.

OK – it’s not really much of a surprise. However, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has responded to the slowing…

When the credits are the most intriguing part of the movie, there’s a problem.

In the new film “The Other Guys,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell, two mismatched cops try to make a name for themselves by investigating a potential…

You might wonder how the media – and, more to the point, the oil markets – have missed an important story like this.

On Aug. 8, Iran announced over its state-run airwaves that four new submarines were added to its fleet. But very little…

If members of Congress are looking for a book to read over their summer break, perhaps they should pick up the children’s book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.” It’s the story of how, given a cookie, the mouse will innocently demand more and more…

In liberal reporters’ minds, the “more perfect union” referenced in the Preamble to the Constitution is a more perfect labor union.

In an August 6 ABCNews.com story about pay raises for the middle class, reporter Ray Sanchez found a few…

CNN “Newsroom” anchor Kyra Phillips reported the “breaking news” about July’s unemployment data just after 9 a.m. Aug. 6. Misreported would be more accurate.

“We begin with the breaking news this morning on a broken economy. We have new…