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White House tries to get ahead of negative economic news
The Biden administration is trying to get ahead of what economists expect to be another negative reading for Gross Domestic Product on July 28.
Opinion
How Trump Has Shaken Up The Race
Donald Drumpf has tapped into a backlash against the D.C. establishment.
Opinion
Obama Unpredictable So Far
On the campaign trail, the president never discussed the important details of many issues his administration has tackled. The president may not have broken any promises, but he simply failed to warn us of what was to come.
Opinion
Republicans: Bold Agenda or Pale Pastels?
The prevailing attitude among the D.C. consulting class is that just defining Obama's radical agenda will carry Republicans across the finish line in the fall -- capturing the House and making substantial gains in the U.S. Senate.
Opinion
Bob Novak: American Patriot
RALEIGH -- With the passing of Bob Novak in August, America has lost one of the 20th century’s last great reporters. He was the consummate “shoe leather” reporter who had what the old-school journalists referred to as a nose for a story.
Opinion
Hayek on Meet the Press
American capitalism has had a good record of giving people a rising standard of living, so why have many intellectuals and even economists become skeptical about, or even hostile to capitalism? Nobel laureate F.A. Hayek discussed economic policy's intellectual attraction — an economy that you can (presumably) deliberately control — back in 1975 on Meet the Press ...
Opinion
Serving the Public
Tough economic times bring the need for even greater dedication to the principles of market success, not abandonment of the market in favor of government handouts. The idea of pleasing the customer — first by attracting their business, then by gaining their loyalty — absolutely cannot be ignored in a system in which consumers are free to choose.
Opinion
No. 898: Senate Immigration Reform Bill Forfeits National Sovereignty
The U.S. Senate and Bush's immigration "reform" would destroy the sovereignty of our nation.
Opinion
A Gathering Storm for the Media
RALEIGH — There is a fetid stink in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and it’s not coming just from the fouled waters flooding New Orleans. It also wafts from the putrid reporting of the disaster by the mainstream media.
Opinion
No. 744: Where Do You Stand, Sen. Kerry?
Presidential aspirant John Kerry stands one way on an issue, then turns around and stands the opposite way.
Opinion
No. 717: The Confused State of John Edwards
I can’t recall the last time Northern rhetoric piqued Dixie sensitivities, but Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean’s remarks last month flustered North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.
News
Edwards Returns to Russert Show
RALEIGH — After a year-and-a-half absence from the NBC News program “Meet the Press,” presidential candidate John Edwards returned to the show last Sunday. The North Carolina senator had received poor reviews of his performance on May 5, 2002, under the interrogation of host Tim Russert. NBC had tried for months to get Edwards on the program again. His spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri told the newspaper at the time that the show wasn’t a priority because “voters don’t care.” But on Sunday, Edwards returned and was challenged about his record on the Iraq war issue.
