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The Airline Industry’s Fee-For-All

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Big news, holiday travelers! American Airlines has a new family deal for you. If you and the kids are headed off to grandma’s house, Disney World or wherever, American will make an effort to seat you next to each other. Well, that’s not exactly new or special, since most airlines have long […]

Meet The Undressed: Newswomen On TV

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BY FROMA HARROP On a recent Meet the Press, host David Gregory presided in a tailored jacket and tie. Panelists Al Sharpton, David Brooks and Ken Burns appeared similarly professional. But the two female panelists, Andrea Mitchell and Carly Fiorina, seemed ready for cocktails, not coffee, in form-fitting dresses, arms naked to the world. Meet […]

Reality-Based Conservatism

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BY KEN MILLER If all your friends jumped off a fiscal cliff, would you do it too? The answer from Sen. Tom Coburn and Rep....

How About A ‘Speculation Tax’?

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BY RALPH NADER In the debate over the “fiscal cliff,” President Obama and congressional Republicans have returned to the proposals that they were sparring over...