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California in La La Land: Part 1
Voters in California, a state with a crushing 12.5 percent unemployment rate (well above the national average), on November 2nd rejected…yes, rejected, Proposition 23, which would have relaxed the state’s job killing environmental regulations until the…
by Matt Patterson on November 5, 2010

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Jobs Picture Still Bleak, Despite Gains
A private sector increase of 159,000 jobs, offset slightly by a loss of 8,000 government jobs, resulted in a net gain of 151,000 jobs in October.  Not bad, certainly, but not great either, considering that,…
by Matt Patterson on November 5, 2010

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Election Day Puts Cap on Cap and Trade Congressmen
The voters turned with a vengeance on politicians who had voted for the economically ruinous cap and trade legislation.  Over two dozen legislators who supported the energy taxing scheme were ousted by…
by Matt Patterson on November 4, 2010

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Flight Attendants Reject Unionization
The Association of Flight Attendants suffered a setback on November 3, when attendants for Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines by a narrow majority voted against union representation.  Joanne Smith, senior vice…
by Matt Patterson on November 4, 2010

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House Enviro Committee Unlikely To Survive Next Congress
The House Energy Independence and Global Warming Select Committee, a Nancy Pelosi-created shop dedicated to helping usher climate change legislation through Congress, may be among the first casulaties of November…
by Matt Patterson on November 3, 2010

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Unions and the Election: A Mixed Bag
Despite spending some $200 million in support of liberal politicians across the country, Big Labor was unable to save the House of Representatives for the Democrats, or to prevent conservatives from making…
by Matt Patterson on November 3, 2010

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CRC President Terry Scanlon in the Washington Times
In his October 27 Washington Times op-ed, Capital Research Center President Terry Scanlon addresses the Juan Williams controversy, seeing it as part of a larger pattern of liberal intolerance: Juan Williams has…
by Matt Patterson on October 28, 2010

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America Is Suffering From Soroses Of The Giver
Pardon the bad pun in the headline. Anyway, George Soros acknowledged he is giving $1 million to the media “watchdog” group, Media Matters for America. Accusing Fox News hosts of…
by Matthew Vadum on October 20, 2010

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CRC in Pajamas Media
From my latest Pajamas Media column “Liberalism’s Moral Bankruptcy Has Bankrupted America:” Liberal policies fail practically because they are morally defective — they discourage the recognition of individuals qua individuals,…
by Matt Patterson on October 15, 2010

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CRC in The Washington Times
From my October 13 Washington Times column “America’s Liberals Are Happily Arming Osama bin Laden:” America’s enemies are attracted to the arguments and rhetoric of the elite Western…
by Matt Patterson on October 15, 2010