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Jeff Poor | June 18, 2008

     Obesity may be unsightly to some, but it has a real impact on the environment and our use of gasoline according to one economist.

     Dr. Richard McKenzie, a professor of economics at the University of California-Irvine and author…

Jeff Poor | June 18, 2008

     The blame game for the personal credit woes plaguing the United States has been played over and over again. But fault is almost always cast upon the same party: banks, not borrowers. ABC “World News with Charles Gibson”…

Jeff Poor | June 18, 2008

     In the media’s continuous quest to find a culprit for higher prices outside of market forces, the June 17 “CBS Evening News” set its sights on an oil trading market where “speculators can run wild.” This time CBS attacked…

Jeff Poor | June 17, 2008

     A year and a half ago, James Spann questioned the money and the so-called scientific consensus pushing the idea that mankind is causing global warming. Today, he says it’s losing steam. Two imminent surveys of meteorologists may further…

Jeff Poor | June 17, 2008

     For once, “CBS Evening News” gave viewers a break from seeing oil companies demonized.

 

     At a time when gas has topped $4 a gallon and the media are looking for someone to blame…

Jeff Poor | June 16, 2008

     Every now and then, a little unbridled emotion can put some perspective on U.S. energy policy, and CNBC’s Jim Cramer delivered just that.

 

     Cramer, host of CNBC’s “Mad Money,”…