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Jeff Poor | November 21, 2008

     With President George W. Bush on his way out of office and a Democratic president soon be sworn in, some have wondered where the outspoken voices on the left would direct their anger. Try core American values – like free-…

Dan Gainor | November 21, 2008

     With the holiday coming, there is a big reason to give thanks after all. Consumers can celebrate that gas has dropped below $2 for the first time in years. That marks a fall of more than 50 percent since July 15 when gas…

Julia A. Seymour | November 20, 2008

     ‘Tis the season for global warming alarmism on NBC. It is “green” week after all.

 

     Just like last year, “Today” hosts have ironically traveled to the “Ends of the Earth,”…

Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D. | November 20, 2008

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To the Editor:

Carole Artigiani asserts that "The wide involvement of youths in the Obama campaign suggests a renewed understanding of the role of…

Jeff Poor | November 20, 2008

     With an increased Democratic majority in Congress and a Democratic president set to be sworn in Jan. 20, policy analysts expect the government will try to steer out of the pending financial crisis through regulation.

Jeff Poor | November 20, 2008

     As it turns out, swaying from conservative principles doesn’t always pay off for a Republican presidential candidate. Sen. John McCain learned that lesson that hard way.

 

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Matt Philbin | November 20, 2008

    Apparently unsatisfied with NBC’s current “Green Week” programming (150 hours between Nov. 16 – 22), Hollywood has been working on getting more climate change agitprop on the air.

 

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Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D. | November 19, 2008

Editor, The Wall Street Journal

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To the Editor:

G.M. CEO Rick Wagoner's case for a taxpayer handout to his firm is a lemon ("Why GM Deserves Support," Nov. 19). The bulk of…

BMI Staff | November 19, 2008
Networks Back Big Three Bailout Network journalists are rushing to promote a taxpayer bailout for American automakers without exploring one…
Dan Kennedy | November 19, 2008

     The news media have, for two weeks, endlessly expressed outrage at AIG’s spending several hundred thousand dollars on a sales conference held at a Phoenix resort – after getting federal bailout billions. The impression conveyed has been…

Jeff Poor | November 19, 2008

     At the time of the votes on the $700-billion bailout bill, which finally passed Oct. 4, there were dire warnings of calamity if the bill failed. Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., said martial law would have to be enacted to…

Dan Gainor | November 19, 2008

     When America battled for economic supremacy against Taiwan, Japan, Germany and others, many of us adopted a patriotic battle cry. “Buy American!” we exclaimed and many of us did.

     In 2008 we are still buying American, but that…

Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D. | November 18, 2008

Editor, Washington Post

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Dear Editor:

Martin Feldstein and George Will each offer excellent reasons for opposing a bailout of Detroit automakers (Opinion, Nov. 18). Here's…

Matt Philbin | November 18, 2008

     Gas prices have been in freefall lately, offering a little solace to nervous consumers. But as the Business & Media Institute has documented, many in the media seem to pine for last summer’s “pain at the pump” stories…

Lauren O'Reilly | November 18, 2008

     Before the government decides to use $25 billion or more taxpayer dollars to rescue General Motors it would be helpful to understand how the company got into its financial predicament.

 

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Jeff Poor | November 18, 2008

It seems that William Ayers, President-elect Barack Obama’s associate and a former Weather Underground terrorist, awakened from his Owellian nightmare to give us a vision for public education he called “social justice.”

     In an…

Jeff Poor | November 17, 2008

     Perhaps Newton’s Third Law applies to economics also: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

 

     That’s the way it seemed when Cameron Hanover’s Peter Beutel…

Jeff Poor | November 17, 2008

     Although investigators have determined the fires plaguing the areas around Santa Barbara and Montecito, Calif. were “human caused,” California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a different idea of what is behind the lengthy wildfire season.…

Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D. | November 17, 2008

Editor, The Wall Street Journal

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To the Editor:

Douglas Ayer correctly notes that "Populist anti-intellectualism has always played a part in conservative politics" (Letters,…

Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D. | November 17, 2008

Editor, Washington Post

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Dear Editor:

Countless flaws infect the arguments – offered in your pages today by both Jeffrey Sachs and Robert Samuelson – for a…