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One-sided = Accurate? (Iraq Spin Edition)

…article entitled U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press. Matalin at first defended this practice by noting that Al Qaeda had beheaded people, which I guess is…

Inflation Check

…index for October, which showed a continued rise in energy prices for producers, but a fall in the prices of non-energy final goods and services that firms buy. It’s worth

The Windfall Profits Tax Debate

…David Altig replies by noting that some Democrats wish to tax oil companies to subsidize consumers of energy. In the old days, we used to subsidize growers of tobacco only…

Kudlow on the New Contract with America

…is clear: It’s time to get serious. Kudlow was noting that we Democrats are happy with last night’s results and any GOP operative who dismisses the voter’s message need to…

Family Values

…parents spend more time with their children, not put obstacles in their way. It is worth noting that the most common complaint that opponents to the FMLA voice is that…

On Real GDP Growth

Kash provided a few details as to the news about real GDP growth during the third quarter. William Polley compares this news to the news for last quarter noting what…

World Saving and Investment: CNN Reads Brad Setser

…accumulating U.S. assets – with Brad lately noting: Savings has been outsourced to the poorest countries. And their central banks play a huge role in the global flow of funds….

Stamp Prices: 1976 to Today

NPR recently ran a story about the proposal to increase the nominal price of a stamp from $0.37 to $0.39 noting that this approximately 5% increase will be the first…