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Obama, Green Activists Get a Free Pass on Merits of “Clean Energy”

Leaders in both major parties seem to be coming around to the idea that nuclear power should once again be viewed as viable option to meet America's energy needs. But the larger concept of "clean energy" that envionmentalists continue to advance is quite questionable as is the science behind man-made global warming. Despite the antagonism green activists quoted here have toward Obama's proposal, the president remains committed to the idea of green jobs and alternative clean energy sources. The r...

White House Permitted to Explain Away Counter-Terrorism Failures

White House officials who are feeling the heat over national security concerns and counter-terrorism tactics have turned to old reliable in an effort to get their political spin out in circulation. John O. Brennan, President Obama’s counter-terrorism advisor, is permitted to sound off against “Republican critics” in an article that reads like a White House press release. The Times goes out of its way here to buff up Brennan’s credentials, while ignoring polls that show public consternation go...