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On Government Health Care: Dead Men Tell No Tales

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Our David Hogberg has reviewed a New York Times column on universal health care and -- surprise -- found it wanting. An excerpt: [Paul Krugman says], Some say that we can't afford universal health care, even though every year lack ...
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2009-2017: Number of Social Security Recipients to Grow Five Times Faster than the Number of Workers

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Willisms says: "From 2009-2017, the number of retirees receiving Social Security will grow by 23.9%, the number of workers by only 4.3%. In other words, the number of retirees will grow more than five times faster than the worker population." ...
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The Committee on World Travel and Junkets

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I had been planning to post on Rep. John Dingell's response to the creation of a new House committee on global warming, but Pat Cleary did it so well, I'll just recommend his post ...
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CSR and Business Profitability Don’t Mix, Says Borelli

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Prompted by the Wall Street Journal editorial about the departure of John Browne from the helm of BP (the company formerly known as British Petroleum), Senior Fellow Tom Borelli sent a letter to the Wall Street Journal, which they published ...
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Global Warming Scaredy Cats II

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Scared of debate, scared of free speech, the global warming alarmists sure are scaredy cats. The Wall Street Journal has found another example: Al Gore apparently is afraid to face a genuinely challenging interviewer. The WSJ article begins: Will Al ...
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Fact Checking FactCheck on Medicare Drug Negotiation Proposal

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FactCheck.org ran analysis of the Medicare prescription drug bill (the one that would permit Medicare to negotiate prices with the pharmaceutical industry) the other day that included some criticism of claims made by both parties. I asked the National Center���������s ...
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Another AP Global Warming Blooper

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The Associated Press ran a story the other day claiming the U.S. once was bound by the Kyoto Treaty. Apparently, then-VP Al Gore signing the thing was all the AP needed to consider the treaty binding on the USA. Never ...
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“American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America” Reviewed

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Today's Examiner is carrying a review I wrote on former N.Y. Times reporter Chris Hedges' new book, "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America." "American Fascists" was released by Free Press on January 9. If so inclined, ...
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The Social Security Choice We Face

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Rep. Mike Pence has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal saying three important things about Social Security: 1) The White House must take tax increases off the table.Says Pence: "Such a tax increase would likely lift or eliminate the ...
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I Think the Phrase You Are Looking for is “Double Standard”

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A Project 21 press release critical of Senator Barbara Boxer for implying that Secretary of State Condoleeze Rice is less qualified to handle Iraq policy because she is childless brought this comment by email from a corrspondent in the Bronx: ...
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