WH econ.adviser re: jobs:"…not the time for Washington to impose more self-inflicted wounds" on econ., asks Congress to replace sequester— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) April 05, 2013 It’s not just left-wing pundits and groups like the Center for American Progress trying to tie today’s dismal jobs numbers to “sequester spring.” Now the White House is getting… Read more »
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Surprise: Stimulus program on ‘correct condom use’ created zero jobs
Alas, I had such high hopes. How could a project studying “the role of cognitive and affective factors and condom skills” not effectively create gainful employment? Via the Weekly Standard: The details of a stimulus grant awarded to Indiana University to study condom use have now been released on a government website. The study, titled… Read more »
No surprise: TV news coverage omits union stories and union voices
Not a voice you’re likely to hear on the national television news. If you think you don’t see much coverage of unions on national television news, you’re not wrong. A new study finds that, over a three-year period, ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN aired just 141 stories in which unions and the labor movement were… Read more »
Surprise: The nanny state isn’t very transparent
It’s been three days since news of Michael Bloomberg’s latest anti-gun ad campaign broke, and unless they get back to me within the next hour or so, it’ll be the third day my requests for comments from the New York City mayor’s office have gone unanswered. (Image: YouTube) While many people watched the videos of… Read more »