Perverse Incentives, Fiscal Consequences of Unemployment Benefits Should Factor Into Coverage

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is dismissive of any suggestion that says extending unemployment benefits will create perverse incentives and discourage Americans from seeking work. Detailed economic studies that say otherwise have yet to find expression in the New York Times. Political figures should also be asked why they are reticent to enact offsetting spending cuts that would alleviate additional debt... Will the extension of unemployment benefits further add to the deficit and undermine long ...

Well Researched Report Exposes Candidate’s Questionable Vietnam Record

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal had the upper hand in the race for the U.S. Senate seat that incumbent Christopher Dodd is vacating. But questions about his military service during the Vietnam War have complicated the political picture and the New York Times deserves credit for focusing attention on explanations that do not appear to square with the facts. Contrary to the public image that was so carefully crafted and deceitfully sold, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blu...

Big Spending Republicans are “Moderates,” Sen. Bunning a “Obstructionist”

When the history of this period is written, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) is likely to stand out from the pack of big spenders as a taxpayer advocate who helped point the way to fiscal renewal at his own political expense. Unfortunately, Bunning's principled, economically sound stand against extending unemployment benefits does not go over well with big government apologists at The New York Times... Americans who have rightly called out the federal government for reckless over-spending and mismanag...

Admiral Mullen Earns Lavish Praise for Supporting Gay Agenda

When you elevate political correctness and social engineering above military readiness you earn a big spread in The New York Times, which is quick to extol enlightened views divorced from U.S. interests. There was no “epiphany” one advisor to Admiral Mike Mullen is quoted as saying in Thursday’s paper. There was instead a gradual process of enlightenment at work that brought the admiral into closer concert with the permissive views of the New York Times. A day after the admiral testified b...