Thursday, November 30, 2006
'Screen Time' Harms School Time
"A recently released study from New York's Albert Einstein College confirmed that students need to turn off the TV and other media devices and focus on their schoolwork.
The results of the study revealed that the greater the weekday media exposure the poorer the academic performance."
The results of the study revealed that the greater the weekday media exposure the poorer the academic performance."
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Debunking the Stem Cell Controversy Myth
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Protection Racket
Free trade is a key to prosperity. Why do Democrats fight it?
"In short, trade helps people while protectionism hurts them. Imports give people a wider choice of goods, often at lower prices; protectionism helps local industries--steel companies in the Bush protectionism case--maintain higher prices at the expense of broad social and economic prosperity.
Milton Friedman was right, and the protectionists are wrong. Free trade is essential to economic growth and opportunity."
"In short, trade helps people while protectionism hurts them. Imports give people a wider choice of goods, often at lower prices; protectionism helps local industries--steel companies in the Bush protectionism case--maintain higher prices at the expense of broad social and economic prosperity.
Milton Friedman was right, and the protectionists are wrong. Free trade is essential to economic growth and opportunity."
Monday, November 20, 2006
Friedman's Sampler
Capitalism and Friedman
The man who made free markets popular again.
"In truth, Professor Friedman always argued with civility and a bracing wit. One of his best barbs on the size of government: “Given our monstrous, overgrown government structure, any three letters chosen at random would probably designate an agency or part of a department that could be profitably abolished.” And he popularized “There is no such thing as a free lunch.”"
"In truth, Professor Friedman always argued with civility and a bracing wit. One of his best barbs on the size of government: “Given our monstrous, overgrown government structure, any three letters chosen at random would probably designate an agency or part of a department that could be profitably abolished.” And he popularized “There is no such thing as a free lunch.”"
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
The Press at War
What ever happened to patriotic reporters?
"Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, 2005, nearly 1,400 stories appeared on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening news. More than half focused on the costs and problems of the war, four times as many as those that discussed the successes. About 40% of the stories reported terrorist attacks; scarcely any reported the triumphs of American soldiers and Marines. The few positive stories about progress in Iraq were just a small fraction of all the broadcasts.
When the Center for Media and Public Affairs made a nonpartisan evaluation of network news broadcasts, it found that during the active war against Saddam Hussein, 51% of the reports about the conflict were negative. Six months after the land battle ended, 77% were negative; in the 2004 general election, 89% were negative; by the spring of 2006, 94% were negative. This decline in media support was much faster than during Korea or Vietnam."
"Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, 2005, nearly 1,400 stories appeared on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening news. More than half focused on the costs and problems of the war, four times as many as those that discussed the successes. About 40% of the stories reported terrorist attacks; scarcely any reported the triumphs of American soldiers and Marines. The few positive stories about progress in Iraq were just a small fraction of all the broadcasts.
When the Center for Media and Public Affairs made a nonpartisan evaluation of network news broadcasts, it found that during the active war against Saddam Hussein, 51% of the reports about the conflict were negative. Six months after the land battle ended, 77% were negative; in the 2004 general election, 89% were negative; by the spring of 2006, 94% were negative. This decline in media support was much faster than during Korea or Vietnam."
