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When in doubt blame conservatism, even when it comes to the struggles of a media outlet. Even when liberalism might be to blame.

Ever since Nielsen came out with the July numbers for CNBC that showed the network had suffered a…

In stories that cited experts, proponents outnumbered critics nearly three times as often. Sixty percent of the outside voices featured in network morning and evening show reports were supportive of the program, compared to 40 percent who were…

Networks Praise 'Clunker' Program, Downplay Critics ABC, CBS and NBC all say car trade-in scheme is a 'victim of its own success,' after burning through $1 billion in a week. In stories…

So Democrats don’t like all those ads for prescription drugs on T.V. – the ones for high cholesterol, enlarged prostates, dry eyes and, yes, ED. On C-Span recently, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D., Calif., said “a…

The resistance is well underway.

Affluent Americans – defined as the top 20 percent of U.S. households by income – spent about 10 percent less in 2008 than they did in 2007, according to a study by luxury-goods researcher Unity…

What goes up must come down. Unless it goes down further, sideways or moves some other way that no one really predicted.

That’s the way economics really works and no matter how many talking heads – right, left and center – tell you…

California is struggling through its worst economic times in decades – a $24 billion state government budget deficit, 11.6 percent unemployment and a struggling real estate market. So the possibility of new jobs coming to Contra Costa County – a…

Call it a preview of what could happen when the U.S. government steps in to regulate where carbon emissions by making it too expensive to burn fossil fuels – they’ll be exported overseas and burned anyway, negating the perceived benefit.

Dr. David Scheiner doesn’t think the president’s health care plan will work, but not for the reasons you might think.

CNN’s Jim Acosta devoted a three-minute segment to the Scheiner’s left-wing criticism of the president’s health care plan…

Is the recession really over? That’s the question many are asking since Newsweek magazine declared it so in the cover story of its Aug. 3 issue.

Daniel Gross’ article cited home sales increases for June, the stock market’s 44 percent rally…

Could it be that the dire and desperate need for health care reform is overblown? Maybe the epic number of people suffering with no health care thanks to our badly broken system is exaggerated? Is it possible that health care doesn’t need to be…

Since Congressmen do not even read the bills they pass anymore, Barbara Walters asked the question on many Americans’ minds about healthcare “reform”: “What is the bill? Does anyone know?” A valid question, but unfortunately, “The View” turned to…

It’s the peak of summer – when sane people vacation and even Congress has recess. Last summer, it was also time for gas prices that peaked at stratospheric sums.

This summer not so much. While drivers might be thrilled, America’s media…

Liberals know that if the health care “overhaul” fails, they cannot blame Republicans. Therefore they are already taking shots against their own. While the Blue Dogs halt a bill that goes against their fiscally conservative values, the rest of…

Dylan Ratigan, host of MSNBC’s “Morning Meeting,” might be worried about keeping that gig. Why else would he act like he’s trying out for the job of Barney Frank’s press secretary?

The Massachusetts Representative appeared on…

How appetizing does pan-seared raccoon sound? Or how about some wood-grilled possum? Those aren’t dishes from a Depression-era restaurant, but they could be part of an environmentally conscious diet.

Left-wing environmentalists are…

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Paul Krugman argues that Blue Dog Democratic concerns about ObamaCare are incoherent (An Incoherent Truth, July 27). Far be it from…

It's the kind of astute analysis you'd expect from MSNBC – the place for the politics. CNBC regular and MSNBC fill-in anchor Donny Deutsch solved the mystery behind the media's fascination with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

According…

CNN’s Christine Romans finally found the small business perspective on July 24, the day the minimum wage rose to $7.25.

Romans interviewed an owner of a New Jersey Shop Rite grocery story who was “very concerned” that the increase would…

Twice in the past week or so President Obama has insisted that his $780 billion-and-then-some stimulus package is working “as intended” and “as anticipated.”

Apologists and defenders in his administration and in the media scurried to…