Business

White House Pushes Economic 'Recovery,' Media Spin Jobs Reports Journalists emphasize 'glimmers of hope' for the economy as unemployment rises to a 26-year-high…

It’s “silly season” according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. You know silly season. It’s the time when all of the ridiculous stuff the administration is doing gets revealed – no matter how little the media actually report any of it…

Since hitting their lows back in March, financial markets have rallied in the wake of last year’s financial crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is up 43 percent since March 9. But can it last?

It could be all given up with…

It’s clear that President Barack Obama’s $787-billion stimulus hasn’t worked as advertised, but some economists are worried it could backfire and cause something much worse.

According to a new study by economists Charles Rowley of George…

He has been a voice in the wilderness for global warming realists, but now that he’s taking on other issues put forth by President Barack Obama, some on the left’s network, MSNBC, are suggesting Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is putting the…

How little would a CEO have to make to avoid the media’s cries of “wretched excess?” That’s hard to say given the constant calls for pay caps by journalists.

CNN “American Morning” beat that drum again on Sept. 3 when co-anchor John Roberts…

Dear Rev. Wright

I started to write: “Having a wonderful time. Wish you were here.” But you know better. Being president isn’t fun and games like I hoped. And I really don’t wish you were here. I could use a friend, but I need the…

Apparently a cell phone is now a right, and therefore must be guaranteed with an entitlement. As the TV commercials say: you probably qualify for a free cell phone and free minutes every month if you are on Medicaid or food stamps.

The…

It was bound to happen. That is, someone was due to blame the catastrophic wildfires in California on global warming.

Rep. Linda Sanchez, the Democratic congresswoman from California’s 39th Congressional District, appeared on MSNBC’s…

It’s no secret the print newspaper industry is struggling. It’s become all too common to hear that papers, like the Christian Science Monitor or the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, have ceased publishing a print edition and gone completely online.…

Don’t like ObamaCare? Well, more than likely – you’re suffering from some sort of psychological delusion according to Newsweek Senior Editor and self-declared psychiatrist Sharon Begley.

Begley, in a piece posted on Newsweek’s Web site…

The threat of a government-run public option plan in health care legislation was frightening enough to spur thousands of people to attend town hall meetings across the country and voice their dissent, sometimes angrily.

Now legislators and…

Health Care Co-ops: Just another Public Option Due to the outcry of many about a public option, some senators have suggested a compromise in the form of health insurance co-ops. Conservatives…

We need to get special interests out of politics. They spoil everything.

For once President Barack Obama is right: special interests are messing up health care reform. “Every time we are in sight of health insurance reform, the special…

Editor, Washington Post

1150 15th St., NW

Washington, DC 20071

Dear Editor:

E.J. Dionne suggests that only "antigovernment ideologues" doubt that "If governments around the world, including our own, had not…

This may go against the wishes of some of the personalities on MSNBC, but CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer thinks the Glenn Beck boycott won’t have an impact on NewsCorp’s (NASDAQ:NWSA), the parent company of Fox News, bottom line.

During…

Complaining about rising costs, but ignoring the root of the problem is a common media mistake. And it is one ABC “World News Sunday,” made on Aug. 23 while discussing rising costs of a college education.

“College students all over the…

You probably already knew Jeanane Garofalo was no fan of conservatives, Republicans or just about anything that could be described as right of center. But the former Air America host and MSNBC regular really has a low regard for conservative…

Since when can something work and not work at the same time?

According to “American Morning” co-host John Roberts, that’s what has happened with the government auto rebate program Cash for Clunkers that ends Aug. 24.

Since when can…