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Cliff Kincaid: Give Back the Tainted Pulitzers

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Cliff Kincaid has posted an interesting column about what he calls the "tainted Pulitzers" of Dana Priest (Washington Post) and James Risen/Eric Lichtblau (New York Times). An excerpt: ...during an on-line discussion of her article, Priest was asked specifically about ...
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Canadians Discuss Canadian Health Care

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For a consumer's-eye-view of the Canadian health care system, which some urge Americans to adopt, check out the comments on the Small Dead Animals blog post I mentioned earlier. The commenters, who appear to be Canadians, are discussing their country's ...
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Anonymous Source Watch II

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Note to White House: When paragraphs like this are appearing in the New York Times and elsewhere... A senior White House official denied that Mr. Bolten was considering such a step. "It's not the case," said the official, who was ...
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Rep. Alan Mollohan to Step Down From Ethics Post

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So says Roll Call. I blogged about this situation earlier here; the National Legal and Policy Center is the go-to spot on the Mollohan investigation; West Virginia MSM journalist and blogger Don Surber also has kept up-to-speed. This is the ...
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Violating a Confidential Source

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A new book about former FBI Agent Mark Felt, the alleged "Deep Throat" of "All the President's Men" (Watergate) fame, says Felt believes journalist Bob Woodward violated an agreement not to describe him in print. A Washington Post story by ...
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Carl Bernstein Reports: Drudge Report’s Comment Section Favors Senate Investigation of Bush

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Does the Drudge Report have a comments section? I ask because I've never noticed one, yet on "Washington Post Radio" this morning I heard journalist Carl Bernstein describe the comments on the "right wing" Drudge Report as favoring the creation ...
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Universal Health Care Says: Tattoo Removal, Yes; Life-Saving Cancer Drugs, No

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I've written (see here, here and here for recent examples) often on the problems with so-called "universal care" medical systems. Now National Center board member and Heritage Foundation health analyst Ed Haislmaier writes to point out an especially ludicrious example ...
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Biblical Environmental Stewardship: Defining the Mandate

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A report from Peyton Knight: Before a packed audience today on Capitol Hill, the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance (ISA), along with the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty and the Institute on Religion and Democracy held a lunch ...
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Britain’s “Universal Care” Health System Puts Quotas on Referrals

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The London Times reports that Britain's National Health System has a secret rationing plan: Doctors are being given a ceiling on the number of patients they can refer to specialists. Says the newspaper: Patients are being denied appointments with consultants ...
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Labor Union Spending: Party City on the Workers’ Dimes

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The Evergreen Freedom Foundation's Michael Reitz reveals eye-popping facts about labor union speanding: ...In 28 states around the country, workers can be required to pay for union representation as a condition of employment... ...in 2005 labor unions spent $7.3 million ...
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