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    I have to give Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott credit: he knows how to run an offensive campaign. I mean that in two ways. Offensive in the sense that he is refuses to lay back and absorb beating after beating, and is taking his campaign right to his critics and to the public. And offensive […]

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    I have to give Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott credit: he knows how to run an offensive campaign. I mean that in two ways. Offensive in the sense that he is refuses to lay back and absorb beating after beating, and is taking his campaign right to his critics and to the public. And offensive […]

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    Sure, there are a lot of reporters who could qualify for the title "worst reporter ever"? Judith Miller, Wolf Blitzer, Tom Friedman, David Broder…there is a large class of people who claim to practice journalism but seem to be caught in the grips of gullibility, conventional wisdom, their own ideology or simply the desire […]

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    Sure, there are a lot of reporters who could qualify for the title "worst reporter ever"? Judith Miller, Wolf Blitzer, Tom Friedman, David Broder…there is a large class of people who claim to practice journalism but seem to be caught in the grips of gullibility, conventional wisdom, their own ideology or simply the desire […]

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    The Dow is still down–"only" 90 points as of now, which, in this crazy world, is considered good–but I still am skeptical that The Fed rate cut yesterday will do much to avoid a worsening economy. Note: I use the word "worsening" because for most people the economy has been pretty bad for them […]

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    The Dow is still down–"only" 90 points as of now, which, in this crazy world, is considered good–but I still am skeptical that The Fed rate cut yesterday will do much to avoid a worsening economy. Note: I use the word "worsening" because for most people the economy has been pretty bad for them […]

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Everyone seems to be focused on the back-and-forth between Sens. Clinton and Obama on…well, you figure it out. But, the most telling moments–and, I believe, the most important subject matter of the entire debate–came when Sen. Obama and John Edwards debated the question of the so-called "free trade" deal with Peru.   The first inkling […]

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Everyone seems to be focused on the back-and-forth between Sens. Clinton and Obama on…well, you figure it out. But, the most telling moments–and, I believe, the most important subject matter of the entire debate–came when Sen. Obama and John Edwards debated the question of the so-called "free trade" deal with Peru.   The first inkling […]

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    As I wrote yesterday, the markets around the world are in a freefall. This morning, things are looking just as grim, with predictions that the Dow will drop 500 points in early trading based on what happened yesterday and overnight in foreign markets. The Federal Reserve has just announced a 3/4 of a point […]

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    As I wrote yesterday, the markets around the world are in a freefall. This morning, things are looking just as grim, with predictions that the Dow will drop 500 points in early trading based on what happened yesterday and overnight in foreign markets. The Federal Reserve has just announced a 3/4 of a point […]

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