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If You Think the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Presents Objective Science…

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read this. Labels: Climate, Environment ...
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Social Security: A Quick Definition

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Willisms describes our current Social Security system: The government confiscates your money, keeps it for decades, gives you back a terrible return on your money, then taxes you for the privilege. (Until the system goes bankrupt, that is.) Labels: Social ...
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Global Cooling Again

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If you follow global warming debates, you've heard how environmentalists and their media allies predicted global cooling in the 1970s, only to reverse course in the 1980s. Well, everything old is new again. Russian scientists are now predicting global cooling, ...
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Environmentalism versus Poor (Again)

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The current pro-ethanol fad in the United States apparently is a factor in making poor Mexicans cut back on corn tortillas, a dietary staple, says a January 27 Washington Post article by Manuel Roig-Franzia: Thick, doughy tortillas roll hot off ...
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Like Welfare Queens of Yore

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Another big business wants a handout from taxpayers: The owner of the Washington Wizards has asked the District for $50 million to renovate Verizon Center, and city officials are discussing whether to honor the request and pay for it with ...
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Paul Krugman: Master Spinner

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The National Center's health policy analyst, David Hogberg, is impressed by Paul Krugman -- by Krugman's mastery of spin, that is. Here's David's look at the way Krugman is covering some of President Bush's recent statements on health care reform: ...
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How About Disclosing Conflicts of Interest?

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I notice that Senator Barbara Boxer's press release, reprinted below, does not include a conflict of interest disclosure by the businesses that signed this agreement, detailing their financial interest in passage of the legislation: Boxer Hails Landmark Agreement By Industry, ...
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Far Be It for Me to Disagree with Jim Webb…

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...but when he says "the settlement of Jamestown... marked the first step in the long journey that has made us the greatest and most prosperous nation on earth," he's forgetting that the first European settlement in what would become the ...
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On the State of the Union

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We issued a couple of press releases on the President's State of the Union speech tonight. This one gives thumbs up to the President's health care proposals, while this one gives thumbs down to the President's call for increasing fuel ...
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‘The Big Ripoff’ Comes To Health Insurance

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After seeing the Washington Post's "Universal Health Coverage Attracts New Support; Onetime Foes Become Unlikely Advocates, Citing Rising Costs and Tougher Access" by Christopher Lee in Monday's Washington Post, I asked the National Center for Public Policy Research's health care ...
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