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Jeff Poor | August 9, 2010

You might wonder how the media – and, more to the point, the oil markets – have missed an important story like this.

On Aug. 8, Iran announced over its state-run airwaves that four new submarines were added to its fleet. But very little…

Jeff Poor | August 5, 2010

Transparency in government sounds like such a high-minded right thing to do, so that the citizenry is informed and engaged about how their government operates. And with the election of President Barack Obama, that’s what we thought we might see.…

Jeff Poor | August 3, 2010

We’ve heard the complaints from all parts of the ideological spectrum about how the 2008 TARP bailout saved the financial system, but also allowed some Wall Street banks to profit while many Americans still suffered – at least in the way some…

Jeff Poor | August 2, 2010

Higher taxes are good for the economy. That may sound a little bizarre, but according to a talking head at MSNBC, higher taxes will pave the way to economic prosperity.

 

During MSNBC’s Aug. 2 daytime coverage, liberal radio…

Jeff Poor | July 26, 2010

From his first days in the White House, Barack Obama has been criticized for his seeming indifference to the “special relationship” between the United States and the United Kingdom. Even in the wake of a visit from Britain's Prime Minister David…

Jeff Poor | July 13, 2010

“Where would Jesus drill?”

That sounds almost like it could be the opening of a tree hugger's bad joke, but instead it's the lede in a recent Associated Press story written by John Flesher about a so-called “Green religion movement.”…