“One Nation” Rally Sponsors Escape Criticism as They Fail to Match Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor”

Several paragraphs down into a report on the "One Nation" rally readers finally learn that liberal activists could not match the crowds Glenn Beck attracted to the Lincoln Memorial in August. The key sponsors of the event, which include organized labor, are permitted to offer up factually dubious quotes without any criticism or examination. Left wing activists who organized the “One Nation Coming Together” event at the Lincoln Memorial earlier this month as a rejoinder to Glenn Beck’s “Rest...

NYT Should Also Report on Folly of Minimum Wage Laws in U.S. After Exposing S. Africa’s Policies

These a remarkable front page report appearing on the front page of Monday's edition the demonstrates how minimum wage laws undermine the economic well being of the most vulnerable and needy members of society. So why not examine how the same intrusive policies undermine younger, low-skilled workers in the U.S?... What may be economically unsound is often politically expedient, which helps to explain why government agencies continue to mandate job-killing minimum wage laws.  Self-described ch...

Koch Brothers, Private Industry Vilified for Advancing Calif. Initiative Aimed Against Global Warming Act

They cover a lot of bases here but omit any discussion of the environmental movement's international dimensions. Polls shows that the public is evenly divided over a ballot initiative that would suspend California's global warming law until after unemployment falls. Here, the NYT seeks to swing public sentiment by questioning the motives of private donors who are linked in with the Tea Party. A California ballot initiative that could potentially unravel the anti energy policies Gov. Arnold Sc...

Krugman Views Tax Cuts as an “Expensive Proposition” But not “Stimulus” Legislation

American taxpayers are feeling a little nostalgic about former President Bush and his tax cuts. There's no question that they were just what the doctor ordered after the 9/11 terror attacks. But NYT columnist Paul Krugman is opposed to extending the cuts because he sees them as a giveaway to rich. The alternative approach he suggests is quite costly in its own right... Whatever voters may think of former President George W. Bush these days, they think very highly of their disposable income,...