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The double standard about journalists' bias

By JOHN STOSSEL

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I made The New York Times last week. It even ran my picture. My mother would be proud. Unfortunately, the story was critical. It said, “Critics have leaped on Mr. Stossel’s speaking engagements as the latest evidence of conservative... Full story

The decline of Western civilization proceeds

Thinking it Through, by RICHARD REEB

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The western world has been warned with increasing frequency, most recently by Parliamentarian Geert Wilder of the Netherlands, that radical Islam is making such great strides that Europe will become “Eurabia” in a few decades and that... Full story

Soros confused about the nature of free markets

By TIBOR MACHAN

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According to the UK’s Financial Times, international financial speculator George Soros is going to spend $50 million of his money in an effort to start a new think tank whose purpose will be to counter the “unwavering belief in unchecked... Full story

Infighting splits GOP support in New York race

REALITY CHECK, by CAROL JENSEN

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When President Obama named Republican John McHugh as his Army secretary during the summer, he forced a special election in New York’s traditionally Republican 23rd Congressional District. What would have been a battle between the incumbent... Full story

Self-governance does actually work

By JOHN STOSSEL

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Much of what government does is based on the premise that people can’t do things for themselves. So government must do it for them. More often than not, the result is a ham-handed, bumbling, one-size-fits-all approach that leaves the intended... Full story

Who in the media has 'perspective'?

Thinking it Through, by RICHARD REEB

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Among the remarks by spokesmen for the Obama Administration in its war against Fox News Corporation was the observation by David Axelrod that Fox was not a news organization because it had a “perspective” on the news. That deserves... Full story

Attacking the press — have we become Venezuela?

By TIBOR MACHAN

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It doesn’t matter if Fox TV news is unbalanced, biased, partisan or whatever. All newspapers, magazines, journals and such have leanings -- they are produced, managed and edited by individuals who have agendas and however much they wish this... Full story

Interracial marriage hits headlines again

REALITY CHECK, by CAROL JENSEN

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All too frequently it seems that stories are picked up by the national media that make most Americans shake their heads and wonder what century these newsmakers are living in. Just this month two Republican county chairmen in South Carolina had to... Full story

A Nobel Prize for showing that freedom works

By JOHN STOSSEL

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Pundits and politicians act as if government can solve almost any problem. At the slightest hint of trouble, the ruling class reflexively assumes that knowledgeable, wise and public-spirited government regulators are capable of riding to the rescue.... Full story

Why Democrats call their critics liars

Thinking it Through, by RICHARD REEB

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In their public statements on health insurance reform, Democratic spokesmen have consistently dismissed those with objections to government health care as liars. In e-mails from the Democratic National Committee (which I have been receiving... Full story

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