A poll of 3,000 British doctors, says the London Times, "shows a profession disillusioned with central control, angered by the growth of bureaucracy, and deeply skeptical..." Government-run medicine seems to be working out great in Britain, doesn't it? Hat tip: ...
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From the Tennessee Center for Policy Research comes this interesting information about Al Gore's energy use: [Al] Gore's mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in ...
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"Private citizen" James Hansen gets headlines for his personal opinion on the construction of coal plants. Never mind that the headline ("NASA climate guru: Don't build coal plants") refers to his job at NASA, or that an AP article's text ...
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What percentage of U.S. GDP does Social Security cost each year? A) 0.0042 percent B) 0.042 percent C) 0.42 percent D. 4.2 percent Visit WILLisms.com for more information about the answer (including a pretty scary chart showing what the future ...
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From David Hogberg: A new report (pdf) out by the GAO looks at how two different simulations affect future budget deficits. The first one assumes that spending continues at the same rate of recent years and the Bush tax cuts ...
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One of the anti-property rights activists fighting for Rep. Frank Wolf's (R-VA) "Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act" revealed her confusing, yet interesting, take on American government recently. In response to critics who point out that Rep. Wolf's ...
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Christopher Horner, author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism)," refutes what he considers the top ten global warming myths in Human Events. Here are the myths (go to Human Events for his rebuttals): 10. The U.S ...
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David Hogberg has a bone to pick with the Health Care Blog. Says David: Over at the inaptly named Health Care Blog ("Socialized Medicine Blog" would be more accurate), Matthew Holt gives a mini-seminar on the dangers of only reading ...
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"Melting polar ice caps to raise the level of seas and flood the continents... the great ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctic are melting and pouring their torrents into the oceans... The earth is steadily growing warmer... the sea ...
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Our David Hogberg found the following press release on Yahoo!: The United States may be the wealthiest country in the world, but we rank only 15th in overall health care for chronic disease sufferers, according to the World Health Organization ...
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