Post's Givhan on Skinny Supermodels: Don't Hate, Regulate
Is there any industry that elite liberals in the media don't want to regulate? Perhaps it's a little tongue-in-cheek, but The Washington Post's Robin Givhan opened her fashion column in the January 19 Style section thusly:"If anyone ever needed evidence of why industries should not be allowed to police themselves, the Council of Fashion Designers of American just provided it."You know we've…
USA Today Presents Negative Spin on Gas Price Slide
Gas prices and oil prices have been slipping lately, just not at the same rate. And that's a "real scandal" to some liberal, self-styled consumer advocates like Judy Dugan of The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights. That's all well and good, of course, except when the media parrot the complaint and don't explain the group's biases. That's exactly what we found from USA Today's front…
AP Writer: Bush 'Rejected' Kyoto Treaty, Though Senate Never Ratified
In an article (HT Instapundit) decrying the alleged environmental waste in the United Arab Emirates, Associated Press writer Jim Krane gave voice to the environmental strain of Bush Derangement Syndrome when he claimed:But the oil-rich Emirates is considered a developing country, and even as a signatory to the United Nations Kyoto protocol on global warming, is not required to cut emissions. The…
'Time' Trashed Flat Tax in 1996, Now Sees Flat Tax Boom In Eastern Eur
More than a decade after publisher Steve Forbes’s flat-tax platform temporarily vaulted him to the top of the pack of GOP presidential candidates, another prospective Republican presidential candidate is making tax simplification a centerpiece of his 2008 campaign. In announcing his exploratory committee, Kansas Senator Sam Brownback argued “We need a flat tax instead of the dreadful,…
'Surprise': Forecasts for 4th Quarter GDP Growth Are Revised Upwards
Lordy, Lordy (HT Instapundit), the economic "surprises" don't stop. The report is from AFP:Economists are hastily upgrading their forecasts for the US economy after a series of surprisingly strong reports suggesting the so-called "soft landing" may be over and growth is accelerating.Over the past week, surprises have come in stronger-than-expected reports on US job creation, the trade balance and…
Catch of the Day: The Pelosi-Samoa Connections May Be Even Deeper
(SEE Editor's Note Below)________________________________Fishing around in the now widely-known Samoan exception to the recently passed Minimum Wage bill (where tuna industry workers there are apparently being paid $3.26 an hour), Andy's Angle cast a wide net and hauled in the following:The interesting thing, however, is that the largest employer in American Samoa is Del Monte Foods' StarKist…
Pentagon's Carr Refutes Kerry, Damon: Poorest Only Underrepresented Gr
John Kerry's notorious "stuck in Iraq" statement, echoed by actor Matt Damon, suggesting that the United States military is a last resort for those without the education or finances to pursue other options, has been roundly refuted by Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Bill Carr. Among other areas, Carr has responsibility for recruiting and retenton. Secretary Carr appeared on yesterday's…
Retail Sales: AP Reporter Describes A Probable Real Improvement as 'Sl
Associated Press reporter Martin Crutsinger reported this morning that retail sales in December came in better than expected:
Retail sales rose in December at the strongest pace in five months, indicating that the all-important holiday shopping season turned out better than original reports indicated.
The Commerce Department said Friday that retail sales increased 0.9 percent last month, the…
