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January 7, 2010
Content and Discontent
When you watch a dog chasing its tail around and around in circles, the obvious question posed to the dog is “what are you going to do with it if you ever catch it?”
Well, politically liberal activist groups have been chasing their own tails for years, criticizing content and media companies for, well, just about everything they do, and of course all in the name of “protecting consumers.
December 17, 2009
Evergreen or Lump of Coal?
While global leaders burn tons of carbon jetting off to meetings about how we can reduce our carbon output, back at home real work is getting done to protect the environment.
December 14, 2009
Hard Choices
President Obama keeps claiming he’s willing to “make the hard choices.
December 10, 2009
Media Control
For years one activist organization after another has expressed concern about the “control” of the media.
December 8, 2009
Sink the Bismarck
President Obama’s claim that health care costs are growing so fast that “doing nothing is not an option” would be a little more believable if he could point to a country that has been able to “bend the curve” on health care spending.
December 3, 2009
Keeping the Populace Alarmed
The American Cancer Society, World Health Organization, the Food and Drug Administration and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection all agree: A survey of the recent scientific literature shows there is no clear evidence of any link between mobile devices and health problems.
December 1, 2009
The Best Way to Control Spending Is to … Stop Spending
Some Republicans and Democrats, including Sen.
November 26, 2009
On the Menu for Thanksgiving
Even while you are preparing to once again feast on turkey and mashed potatoes, the European Union (EU) is preparing to once again feast on U.
November 24, 2009
"How Bad Can It Be?" We’re Finding Out
There’s maybe 15 new taxes in Senator Harry Reid’s health care plan, including new taxes on:
“Cadillac plans” (that is expensive, not necessarily rich-benefit plans);
Medical devices and cosmetic surgery (oops, there went the Hollywood vote);
Drug companies, health insurers and insurance executives;
New limits on contributions to flexible spending accounts and increased penalties on non-qualified health savings account expenses;
Individuals who don’t buy and employers who don’t provide health insurance;
And, of course, high-income earners, and much more.
November 19, 2009
Good News for Green Tech
The good news this week is that it appears that no binding treaty is going to come out of next month's Copenhagen conference on climate change.


