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     Many former NFL players are broke and broken. They claim hardships caused by injuries sustained playing football are the reason. Should the NFL pay restitution? The media seem to think so.

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     Billion-dollar returns? Not good enough for NBC. The network attacked rich hedge fund managers for taking high-risks, greed, and for trying to do business with the “upper-middle class.”

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There will be no July 4th issue, but The Balance Sheet will resume on July 11.  Have a safe and happy holiday…

      Following the radically liberal traditions of San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom banned municipal departments from purchasing bottled water, even for water coolers.

     But,…

“Every fact in my films is true. And yet how often do I have to read over and over again about supposed falsehoods? The opinions in the film are mine. They may not be true, but I think they are.”

– Michael Moore in Time…

     Michael Moore’s new movie “Sicko” is a shock-umentary approach to exaggerating the ills of American health care. Still, it guarantees some debate over universal health care will take place this summer.

     On the campaign trail,…

     Using background music that would be better suited for a “Dateline” story about a tragic teen death, NBC’s “Today” show launched the latest attack on the student loan industry.

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     Pitting one expert prediction against another “American Morning” took the side of more housing market woes on June 26.

     CNN’s personal finance correspondent Gerri Willis…

     Even though Americans are living longer than they ever have before, we’re all in trouble because our health care system is failing us. That’s Michael Moore’s “SiCKO” in a nutshell.

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     After reading all 3,500 words from the July 9 Fortune magazine cover story, “Who business is betting on,” you might think it’s Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.)

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     CNN’s “In the Money” offered a special slant on business news June 23 – a slant leaning left.

     Far left.

     In the first 16 minutes of…

     CNN Business Correspondent Ali Velshi criticized both Republicans and oil companies in his reporting about the energy debate on Capitol Hill.

     Velshi claimed the GOP wasn’t…

     Pity the poor Wall Street Journal staffer. The union is battling the Bancroft family that currently owns the paper. Then News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch made a big bid for the firm and Journal reporters and editors didn’t…

     While the tragic death of nine Charleston, S.C. firefighters was still fresh on everyone’s minds, ABC’s “World News” used the incident to make a case for more government regulation by pushing for mandated sprinkler…

     As if the media needed another excuse to push government-run health care and assault the fast food industry. Now they’re blaming two of their favorite issues for a reduction in height in the United States.

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     Go green young man.

     A twist on Horace Greeley’s famous advice is growing from a suggestion into a media mandate. Everywhere, they tell us, America and the world are “going green.”

     It’s more than just a buzzword…

     Not only is global warming threatening civilization, it could threaten the $662 billion international tourism industry long-term according to the CBS “Evening News.”

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     Environmentalism is hip, green celebrities are “very sexy” and saving the planet is “simple,” according to the media.

     The deluge of celebrity books, films and even rock…

     Socialism has its perks, according to BusinessWeek.  

     In the June 25 issue, Geri Smith wrote that “in some respects, business has never been better,” despite Hugo Chávez’s…