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On the defensive over the extent of multiple McCain homes, the GOP candidate strikes back. But his TV spot gives an oversimplified and misleading account of how Obama bought his own $1.6 million house in Chicago.

A Republican president with a Republican majority in both houses of Congress could not bring the leader of the terrorist group that killed Americans to justice in the five years they were in charge. Why do we accept the idea that a new Republican president with a Democratic house and senate would make us safer?

FactCheck.org has analyzed some of the statements and imagery used in John McCain’s campaign speeches and website and television advertisments.  The ad with the Windmills that is mentioned is playing in heavy rotation here in Eastern Pennsylvania.
I wonder if that inclusion has anything to do with the fact that Gamesa Corp. is creating jobs and [...]

The big loser in last night’s Clinton/Obama debate, at least in the eyes of media critics, was ABC News.
Tom Shales, in the Washington Post, gives a thorough and fair critique of what ABC’s Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos did wrong. Ignoring the aspects that were outside the moderator’s control such as timing and number [...]

On April 7th, James Surowiecki wrote his the New Yorker article Going for Broke:
In recent months, a lot of people have been handed financial get-out-of-jail-free cards. C.E.O.s who presided over billions in losses have walked away with tens of millions in compensation. The Federal Reserve has showered cheap money on banks and brokerages. Even Bear [...]