It gives perspectives from around the globe without trying to assess blame. The author tries to quantify the impact of the global turndown on many of the asian countries.

This story broke early Monday AM, on a blog, Jawa Report. Within minutes of this story breaking, blog sites such as Daily Kos, You Tube and wikipedia entries were being scrubbed of incriminating evidence. This is a huge story, if it breaks, as it goes to the heart of election fraud, and coordinating front-men for staging grassrots activities.

The article is primarily about Jack Abramoff. Nowhere is there a mention of the democratic ties of Abramoff. Nowhere is the mention of the complete corruption of both sides of the aisles. Putting that aside, the worst thing about this article is the writing style makes it near impossible to read. I doubt one person in a thousand does more than skim past the first couple paragraphs.

This article is a smear job, by an organization that is pulling out the stops to promote a candidate for the Presidency. Rick Davis did hold a role, which was to promote home ownership. At no time did Rick Davis lobby congress on behalf of Fannie/Freddie. The article does not ask Davis for comment. See "my research" for a rebuttal, which any fair journalist account would have given.

Fact check is generally a fair organization. Obama went out on a limb on this one. I guess the Obama argument is A) If Bush's SS reform had passed, and B) one put ALL their money in financial stocks, and C) one was expecting Social Security 20 years from now, they would have lost a major part of the 25% of Social Security invested in the market. Its scare tactics carried to an extreme. But it probably works as a political campaign argument.

How does Democracy Now rate as "independent" media? The only perspective are the left-ist perspectives. True believers/catastrophists may want to read this, but it is simply rehashed talking points. How about giving three or four sides to this discussion? There is zero mention of polar bear population density over years, how they survived the previous warmings, whether the climate is warming or cooling now, if there were a reduction of ice, which populations would thrive vs. be endangered, etc. Those would form a reasonable discussion, not this uncontested POV interview.

A non-partisan look at what Palin has actually done as Governor of Alaska. It describes the compromises made to get legislation done, the enemies Palin made, how she rejected attempts to put religion-related riders in her legislation, and how she countered threats by big oil companies to destroy her and her legislation. Also gives some history on how she got elected as Governor in the first place. Great backgrounder story on Palin.

A fair assessment of Palin. Lots of information, fairly well researched. It is only missing some very relevant information about her leadership style, as described in this Alaska paper: http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/518451.html, which explains how a reformer who upsets those in her party don't have the resources to do everything. Both are worth reading.

This story misses half the point. It is an article on whom McCain may choose as Secretary of State, mostly ignoring Obama. There are two paragraphs on Obamas advisors, and no analysis. Obama has no experience here, and advisors like Susan rice have dominated his staff. A better article would articulate their views on the world issues, as no matter whom McCain chooses, McCains opinions will dominate in his administration. Obama will likely take the positions advocated by his advisors, at least in the first year or two.

Entertaining article. Highlights some of the personal and political issues regarding wind power. Misses one key point that wind power can never be successful without subsidies, as it needs 80-90% "backup reserves", and will never be a major factor in the power grid. With all the anecdotes, could use some about loss of sleep, low frequency noise problems, etc. But fun to read.

This is good journalism. Personal interest, some speculation on how Russia prepared the trap, and armed with with uprisings and attempted assassinations, and how Georgia miscalculated. Unstated, but implied was how Georgia assumed when it put down the uprising in Ossetia, that Russia would be pissed off, but not invade their country.

Shockingly, this is a very fair account of the riots in Wilmington. Whether it was a coup or not, may be in dispute, but there is no doubt the sequence of events that overthrew an elected government and put a bunch of racists in charge of Wilmington in 1898. However, if this is used to justify banning picture IDs for voters, it is the opposite. The vote is a sacred right of freedom and we need to protect it from fraud and abusive practices. (Free) IDs can protect the vote from systemic fraud.

I don't find it quite as neutral. Ignored are the provocations by Russia, for example. This is a complex issue, and this is just a high level overview. Quoting Iran news as a source is ironic. I would have preferred a report that showed the 6 months of staging of military equipment, the provocations by Russia, and more depth on what the source of the conflicts are, and why Georgia used force in Ossetia, which was ignored in this report.

A puff piece attack on John McCain. The clue is the statement that subsidizing solar would have an immediate impact on energy pricing, while drilling won't. Just removing the offshore restrictions by Bush's executive order cut oil prices by $30 a barrel in a month. What this article ignores is why McCain did not vote on this. Did they ASK him? no. Was this a critical do or die vote? I don't know. Do they care? No. I would care, and would like an informed article explaining why McCain does or does not support additional subsidies for Solar. He may not want to support more /subsidies/handouts. Fine. But that is the story, not his non vote.

The conclusion seems to be overly optimistic. The analysis is sound and well reasoned, but expecting an enlarged G8, or talking to the United Nations is not a solution. Russia has a stranglehold on Europe with Gas and Oil, and will not hesitate to use it, most likely in the middle of a winter. I think their conclusion should acknowledge this.

There are no facts proven incorrect. The claims that the "swift boat" veterans were "disproved" are false. Some of the claims were challenged, but none of their claims/premises were "disproved", such as Kerry's false claim of Christmas in Cambodia, his false testimony to Congress, etc. That is not to claim this book has complete truth, either. It is clearly a biased book against Obama. The best this review does is try to smear Corsi's credibility, not the claims. A proper review would have shown more than a couple "he says, she says" anecdotes to slam the books authenticity. How about one outright fabrication? Perhaps there are none.

This is a very insular editorial. Russia spent months building up these forces for the invasion of Georgia, and in a very complex "chess game", Russia set a fuse and waited for the reckless Saakashvili to fall for the latest provocations. Yes, it was Georgia which "started" this, in the same way that India "provokes" Pakistan by putting down rebels in Kashmir. remember part of the stage Russia set for this trap was granting "Russian citizenship" to thousands of Osseitans, to claim the interests of Russia in this conflict. This is another phase in a long term plan of Russias, to re-occuy and control all the old Russian provences, either by invasion or puppet governments. For a more insightful, and balanced analysis of this ... More »

This is a Press Release by UOCS and FOE. it is not a news article. There is no "other side" of the story, no context, no rebuttal of information. The new site itself is a "progressive" cause. At least the release proclaims its bias.

Stossel puts a perspective on Health Insurance that is unique. Health Care is expensive because it tries to be everything to everyone. I like the comparison to autos, if everything from gasoline to oil changes were covered with auto insurance, imagine what auto insurance would cost.

It reads like a Global Warming "hit piece", anecdotes without science. Here is a clue... "..many scientists think we still have time to stop short of it, by sharply cutting back consumption of climate-warming coal, oil, and gas". There is no balance, no effort to question whether this is a weather cycle, just the presumption of both "guilt" and "fixability, neither of which is a fact. I can't wait for the N.G story on sunspot cycles, or the Optimal Climatic Period which was 4 degrees warmer than today.

Takes a Bush quote out of context and pretends it is another "Bushism". Rather, Bush gave a very excellent point about how Iraq had so few spiritual leaders or inspirational figures, because Sadaam killed them all. This article is intentionally misleading.

Michael Yon stories are often slow starting, or need a re-reading of the initial few paragraphs to set the stage, but once they develop, they are completely riveting. He is clearly the best "embedded reporter" covering Iraq.

What bothered me about this story was the comparison of emissions by power plants needed to "replace" the extra energy consumed by non CFL bulbs to be exclusively coal. That is poor journalism. Had the author made an attempt to compare mercury emissions with the average mercury pollution averaged from ALL power sources in the US, it would have been unbiased. CFL is generally a good thing, though over-hyped. It is a poor light source for reading, so it should not replace all light bulbs, but for general lighting, I have used them for ten years. You don't need to exaggerate in articles like this to make your points.