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As Justice Potter Stewart Said, “…I Know It When I See It

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Not that anyone asked, but I have to agree with Danny Glover of Beltway Blogroll about John McCain's joke about bloggers. As Danny describes it: Here's what McCain said: "When I was a young man, I was quite infatuated with ...
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Oil Prices and the Media: Don’t Believe the Hype

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The National Center's Peyton Knight attended a Media Research Center Business and Media Institute symposium on gasoline prices at the National Press Club today. Given the high public interest in oil prices lately, I thought readers might be interested reading ...
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American Spectator v. New Republic

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The spat between The American Spectator and The New Republic magazines is getting increasingly fun to read. This, dated May 5, is the latest installment from The American Spectator, which answers this from the New Republic, posted online May 4 ...
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Black Activists Demand Fair Treatment for Judicial Nominees; Kavanaugh Nomination Targeted by Senate Obstructionists

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As the U.S. Senate resumes consideration of judicial nominations, members of the black leadership network Project 21 call upon senators to refrain from engaging in the obstructionist tactics that have hindered the fair and timely consideration of past nominees. "There ...
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Seven Degrees of ExxonMobil

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The environmental lefties sure are desperate to discredit any scientist who disagrees with them on global warming. Thanks to Google, I happened upon this reference and this similar one to our think-tank in which Dr. Tim Ball, a retired professor ...
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ExxonMobil on Gas Prices: We Couldn’t Manipulate the Price Even If We Wanted To

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On behalf of this blog, The National Center's Peyton Knight participated in a blogger conference call this afternoon with ExxonMobil Vice President Ken Cohen. The following is Peyton's report: Along with eight representatives from various other weblogs, I participated in ...
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Caveat Emptor, Magazine Readers

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Writing for the American Spectator, David Holman notes that a writer for the New Republic made stuff up. Holman appears to be surprised, but it is a habit over there. Addendum: The New Republic says it wasn't fiction, but hyperbole ...
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National Fuel Economy Standards to be Raised by Some Guy in California Who Thinks He Knows Best

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This gentleman was merely elected to a statewide post in California, yet believes he should set national law -- in this case, on the matter of national fuel economy standards. Perhaps he believes legislatures are such inefficent bodies that we ...
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What America Needs: More Goof-Offs

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Could this AP report on the illegal aliens' goof-off day be any more one-sided? Not easily. My best idea for making the AP report even more favorable to the illegal alien cause would be to decorate the text with a ...
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Project 21 New Visions: Why Are College Professors Afraid of Dr. Condoleezza Rice?

Ideally, college professors should provide an open environment for the free exchange of ideas and promote debate free of prejudice and bias. Tragically, on some college campuses, these ideals aren't applied to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice because she is ...
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