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TIME takes The One to task
The latest TIME magazine cover story from managing editor Nancy Gibbs explains why the Obamacare fiasco holds so much importance for the 44th president’s remaining years in office. Obama’s supporters…
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Christie gets praise from an unlikely source
You might expect New Jersey?s governor to win plaudits from a right-leaning mainstream media columnist. But what about Nancy Gibbs, the TIME scribe who?s hardly a reliable right-winger? Gibbs offers…
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Another example of the ?giving back? fallacy
Nancy Gibbs uses her latest TIME column to explore Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg?s recent decision to give $100 million to help improve Newark, N.J., schools. In comparing Zuckerberg?s actions to…
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It?s hard to be humble when you?re perfect in every way
Jon Sanders would likely agree with TIME?s Nancy Gibbs that humility is a valuable trait for a political leader. I suspect, though, that Ms. Gibbs and Mr. Sanders view President…
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Double-digit unemployment in the long term?
It?s hard to avoid the sense that TIME is trying to offer the Obama administration a ready-made excuse for the impending failure of its economic policies. The magazine?s cover promises…
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Speaking of clunkers ?
Nancy Gibbs of TIME is not ready to trash the program, even though she spells out the following flaws in the first paragraph of her latest column: [T]he most popular…
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Secession talk would subside with a smaller government
Nancy Gibbs? latest TIME column uses recent comments from Texas Gov. Rick Perry as the hook for a discussion about the possibility of states seceding from the United States: Who…
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TIME jumps on the Keynesian bandwagon
This forum has noted the uptick in praise for misguided Keynesian ideas. TIME proves the point with its latest issue, citing the late economist favorably in two articles. First, ?Curious…
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Yes, saving is a good thing
One suspects Nancy Gibbs? latest TIME column was motivated by a desire to tweak President Bush and his administration for encouraging our high-spending society. Regardless of the motivation, Gibbs makes…
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Hey, that?s a good thing
Nancy Gibbs? latest TIME essay lists negative characteristics of the current Congress. It?s too bad she also included this passage: The 260 laws passed by the 110th Congress represent a…
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Tell us how you really feel about a GOP gathering
As TIME?s Nancy Gibbs recounts Barack Obama?s final victory in the Democratic presidential contest, she makes the following unattributed assessment of Republican John McCain?s speech the same night: It was…
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More on stem cells
Most debate about federal funding for embryonic stem cell research has focused on the moral issue. That’s not a bad thing. The issue lends itself to a major moral debate.…