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On the Cusp of a Natural Gas Bonanza, Massachusetts Bets on Wind Power

Staff article — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:51:58 +0000

You’d have to be a dim bulb — perhaps one of those 13-watt compact fluorescents — to believe that forcing utilities to purchase expensive offshore wind power will lead to economic prosperity. Yet this is precisely the reaction of the Boston press to a recent deal brokered by Gov. Deval Patrick. Gov. Patrick has been [...]

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Mick Jagger Performs at Obama’s Black History Month Concert

Staff article — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:08:15 +0000

Via McClatchy: The White House celebrated the heritage of blues music Tuesday with a star-studded concert and a workshop by Michelle Obama, who admitted she can’t sing or play an instrument. “But you can,” the first lady told a group of students from across the country who sat rapt as a panel of blues musicians [...]

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Why Some Government Spending Is Better Than Others . . .

Staff article — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:34:43 +0000

Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Hunter Baker on 2.24.12 @ 10:46AM We are hearing a great deal at the moment about government austerity, especially in Europe, as various states attempt to deal with massive budget crises resulting from a combination of low growth, bad demographics, and overly rich welfare programs. European Central [...]

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Gasoline Prices and Dollar Prices

Staff article — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:53:00 +0000

It’s not that gasoline is more expensive; it’s just that your dollars are worth less. But neither the media nor the political establishment wants you to realize the real reason Americans are experiencing pain at the pump. Surging gasoline prices are back in the news, and President Obama shows his concern for Americans by doing [...]

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Braun’s Suspension Overturned

Staff article — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:34:42 +0000

Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By Aaron Goldstein on 2.23.12 @ 11:59PM Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun won his appeal and will not have to serve a 50-game suspension that was handed down after the reigning National League MVP tested positive for a banned substance back in December. What isn’t exactly clear is [...]

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The Media’s Brokered Convention Hypocrisy

Staff article — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:51:58 +0000

During the current lull in actual voting contests in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, there has been little doubt about that the most prominent narrative point (non-Satan division) in the media has been related to the prospects of a “brokered convention.” If you Google “Republican Party Brokered Convention,” over 6,000 recent articles come [...]

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Obamanomics: Open New Tax Loopholes to Close Old Tax Loopholes

Staff article — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:08:04 +0000

Via AP: WASHINGTON (AP) — Cutting corporate tax rates and deleting loopholes is just what most economists prescribe for the tangled U.S. tax code. So why isn’t everyone cheering the plan President Barack Obama unveiled Tuesday to slash the top corporate tax rate and end breaks that let some companies pay little or nothing in [...]

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The Most Novel Defense of Coultercare Yet

Staff article — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:35:10 +0000

Print Email Text Size The Spectacle Blog By W. James Antle, III on 2.23.12 @ 12:03PM Ann Coulter keeps outdoing herself in defenses of Romneycare that inadvertently reinforce Obamacare. To wit: “Romney pushed the conservative alternative to national health care that, had it been adopted in the 49 other states, would have killed Obamacare in [...]

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A U-Turn Strategy for the GOP

Staff article — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:52:49 +0000

As we head into some crucial GOP primaries — Arizona and Michigan on February 28, then Super Tuesday one week later — grassroots Republicans remain sharply divided over which presidential candidate to support. A lot of us would vote for None of the Above, if we had that choice. But we’re united in the belief [...]

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Final report on W.Va. mine blast comes amid charge

Staff article — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:40:39 +0000

FILE – In a Monday, April 5, 2010 file photo, emergency vehicles leave the entrance to Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Coal Mine in Montcoal, W.Va. after an explosion at the underground coal mine. Former Upper Big Branch mine boss Gary May, the superintendent of Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Coal Mine where an explosion [...]

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