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Pampered Protesters by Michael Reagan The hordes of so-called “protesters” now polluting the streets of several U.S. cities, including New York, are sending confused messages about their grievances. The unemployed among them complain that the jobs available to them are beneath them. I guess that cancels out the old concept of starting in the mailroom and advancing step-by-step to the boardroom. It used to be the norm that one started at the bottom and worked their way up. This bunch...

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The American Autumn: Children of the Lost Decade Revolt by Tina Dupuy The movement known as the tea party started in the mainstream media, on a national show. CNBC’s Rick Santelli, fired what cable news would later dub “the shot heard around the world” in 2009, when he lamented paying for the mortgages of the “losers” who couldn’t pay their bills. “President Obama, are you listening?” he bellowed. Well, it was broadcast on national television. By the...

Cain Proves Power of ideas in Republican Race by Floyd and Mary Beth Brown America’s media is obsessed with every tick of every poll. The reason they cover polls is because they don’t want to cover ideas. Republicans should resist being sucked into this reality show mentality and focus instead on the candidate’s ideas. Herman Cain used this to great effect in the Florida Straw Poll. His powerful speech concluded with a riff in which he talked about how the media had declared, “I...

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Blame Wall Street, Not China, for Job Losses by Jan Ting As the recession continues, the hunt for a scapegoat intensifies. No one in Washington wants to hold Wall Street accountable for its mega-profits from unregulated credit default swaps, packaged subprime liar loans, and incompetent credit ratings. Despite the resulting housing, banking and market collapse, and continuing foreclosure crisis, it’s still business, profits, and bonuses as usual on Wall Street. None of those who got super-rich...

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Save Our Books! by Peter Funt DENVER — A protest by students at the University of Denver is eye-opening because of how it is being conducted, what it has so far achieved and, most of all, what it concerns. Students here are demanding more books. Activism at DU has a rich history, including the anti-war protest in 1970 known as Woodstock West, and the earlier Coffee Break Riot of 1965. In the ’65 incident, passion was roused after the administration ended the morning coffee break, a 50-minute...

Tributes are pouring in for Apple’s Steve Jobs. And cartoonists honor him the best way they know how — with memorable cartoons. Here are four of them: David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star Martin Sutovec, Slovakia Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons These cartoons are copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.

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