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More Jobs? Less Government

We have spent the last three-plus years in the Third Age of Bailout. During which we have spent trillions of public dollars trying to create (“or save“) private sector jobs. The results have been simultaneously disastrous and completely ineffectual. And

Is Free Birth Control Really Free?

After the birth of our second daughter, my husband and I knew we needed some sort of contraceptive. Not ready for #3, and unwilling to give up the very activity that could lead to another ankle-biter, we decided to take

Will 'Ultraviolet' Save the Home Video Market? I Doubt It.

Courtesy of a superb story from The Wrap’s Brent Lang, we get a fascinating look at the possible future of the ever-changing home entertainment world. Hollywood’s biggest problem right now is that consumers are moving away from purchasing DVDs and

Government: The Great Dietitian

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently complained about the food trucks lining the streets of his city. “The little [food] stand is now getting to be these enormous trucks with generators . . . and they take up parking

Wonkette Makes Fun of Trig Palin, Calls Him "Retarded"

The Wonkette brand of Myspace satire strikes again. Calling him the “greatest prop in history,” Wonkette proceeds to make fun of the little boy on his birthday because that’s what good writers who know about politics do. They consider this

Is the Official Unemployment Rate the Real Unemployment Rate?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets040411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the differing unemployment statistics, and the consequences of long term unemployment benefits. We’re brought to

Walmart Sees Rapid Inflation on the Horizon

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets040111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the latest jobs numbers, Walmart’s inflation prediction and another NYSE merger bid. We’re brought to

Walmart Gets Punked by Frivolous Lawsuit

“Never before has such a low bar been set for certifying such a gargantuan class” Judge Sandra Ikuta writing in her dissent against class certification of the Walmart lawsuit in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Walmart is getting sued

Is There a Better Film Critic Than Father Time?

There are a number of individuals and institutions whose opinions are worthy of respect when it comes to the choosing of our Great American Films. Overall, though, I do find the idea of appointed and/or self-appointed deciders on such matters

Will Selling Out Mean Selling More for Walmart?

When First Lady Michelle Obama held a press conference last January to announce a collaboration between Walmart’s new “Nutritional Charter” and her “Let’s Move” Campaign, she was heralding more than just an alliance with the world’s largest retailer and grocer.

Yes, This: In Defense of Justin Bieber

So here goes. The other day CBC contacted me for a response on something or other teen pop sensation Justin Bieber had said in Rolling Stone. He’d said something about health care the producer said, and had knocked America’s health

Lefty Protesters Stage Home Invasions

So we’ve seen a lot of protests lately. Some are monumental. Others are sillier than geese. In America though, something odd is taking place – chucklefaces with signs are actually delivering their outrage right to their adversary’s homes. Recently, protesters

Yes, This: In Defense of Justin Bieber

So here goes. The other day CBC contacted me for a response on something or other teen pop sensation Justin Bieber had said in Rolling Stone. He’d said something about health care the producer said, and had knocked America’s health

You Learn Racial Arts!

This exchange from PBS featured on Newsbusters regarding illegal immigration and the DREAM Act caught my attention: [GORDON]PETERSON: Jimmy Tingle said if they all looked like Norwegians, there’d be no problem, Mark. MARK SHIELDS: I think there, I think there’s

Janet Napolitano Announces New Walmart Cameras For DHS

Janet Napolitano announced Monday an expansion of the Dpeartment of Homeland Security’s campaign “If You See Something, Say Something” to include hundreds of Walmart stores: More than 230 Walmart stores nationwide launched the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign

3 Reasons Obama's Education Vision Deserves an F

President Barack Obama is making his bid to be “the education president.” At the start of NBC’s recent Education Nation summit in New York, Obama appeared on the Today Show and touted what he claimed were a wide-ranging set of

Friday Open Thread: WalMart Edition

Today, in 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing our ties with Great Britain. That is important, but we are more interested in the fact that the first Wal-Mart opened today, in 1962. Both events have had a profound

Violent Left Fights for a BP Bailout

The violent left has attacked conservative activists protesting big government, big spending and big bailout scheme proposed by Congress. Tea Party activists in Tampa and St. Louis were beaten by left wing activists earlier this year. Add Greensboro to that

Labor Unions: Employment at Wal-Mart Like Slavery

The public relations campaign to expand the presence of the nation’s largest discount department store into two of Chicago’s most depressed neighborhoods took a decidedly nasty turn Saturday, when a prominent Democratic operative compared employment at Wal-Mart to slavery in

Daily Gut: A Country Full of Racists

So a new Gallup poll profiled Tea Party supporters, and found that they were all racists. I mean, by the MSNBC definition – they would be racist. After all, 79 percent of those polled were white. That’s a lot of

Disney's Degrading Booby Test: Imagine if Walmart Did This

Hollywood isn’t an institution filled only with hypocrites, it’s an institution filled with scumbag hypocrites. Annually we are showered with Leftist films created by morally superior beings who lecture us on human rights, civil rights, feminism, lookism, racism and any