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Jeff Poor | June 29, 2009

From the same people that brought us anti-food industry motion pictures “Fast Food Nation” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” comes another film called “Food, Inc.” and it was ABC’s “Closer Look” into a beef recall June 28.

Anchor Dan Harris’s…

Jeff Poor | June 24, 2009

While some of the media have suggested Americans need to keep an open mind about President Barack Obama’s health care proposals, critics say there’s an underlying threat to those that are already insured.

Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and…

Jeff Poor | June 24, 2009

During the summer of 2008, on the eve of the collapse of the global financial markets and the presidential election, the price of oil and gas at the pump hit record levels and commanded a lot of attention from the media.

As prices rose…

Jeff Poor | June 24, 2009

Coming soon: A check in the mail if you purchase the skim milk instead of the whole milk at your grocery store? That sort of sounded like what Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas is advocating as an alternative to some of the more costly solutions proposed…

Jeff Poor | June 23, 2009

It’s basic economics – when the economy contracts and the flow of money slows, so do tax receipts to local governments, barring maneuvering by the government to impose higher taxes. And that has been a focus of news stories, most notably the…

Jeff Poor | June 23, 2009

With Iran and North Korea absorbing much of the national media’s attention recently, public dissatisfaction with President Obama’s must-have-or-else $787-billion stimulus plan has gone relatively unnoticed.

An unheralded recently…