John McCain’s honesty problem

McCain's honesty problem has been condensed into this short YouTube video by Robert Greenwald. The mainstream media needs to focus on what McCain himself has claimed.   This is not character assassination, but forcing McCain to deal with his own statements. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c[/youtube]

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What to do about all of those college students who aren’t qualified to go to college.

What do you do about all of those college students who have no business being in college? If you're a conscientious English teacher, you flunk them. And when you get incredibly frustrated that you really must flunk so many of them, as did "Professor X," you write about your dilemma…

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How Americans waste food: they burn more because they’re obese and they throw it away.

Americans are increasingly complaining that the cost of food is going up. Two recent articles demonstrate that Americans are profligate wasters of food in at least two major ways: 1) Obese people consume 18% more food energy than lean people and more than sixty million Americans are obese. Simply put,…

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Note to the news media: Stop calling George Bush “The Leader of the Free World.”

Here’s a recent example of an incredibly bizarre habit of the mainstream media. As you can see from this video, the reporter introduces George Bush as the "The Leader of the Free World.” They need to stop using this title because George Bush has proven that he is not the…

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