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Markets are less competitive than you think
In my previous column, I argued that American citizen-consumers seem far more likely to complain about government failures than about similar problems arising in the free market. Waste, fraud, inefficiency and other frustrations resulting from...
Tags: Time (magazine), Mitt Romney, Executive Branch, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Milton Friedman
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Free enterprise on trial -- who bears the risks?
As Newt Gingrich lashes out at "liberal elites," Mitt Romney is casting the 2012 campaign as "free enterprise on trial" -- and Mr. Romney defines free enterprise as achieving success through "risk-taking." U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donahue,...Tags: Bain Capital, LLC, Health and Safety at Work, Mitt Romney, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Health and Safety at Work
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August's best political comedy
About the blogger: Amy Bree Becker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mass Communication & Communication Studies at Towson University. Her research considers the impact of political comedy and political entertainment on everyday life. She...Tags: Towson University, Comedy (genre), Stephen Colbert, Rick Santorum, Comedy Central (tv network)
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Will ABC sack 'Monday Night Football'?
Times Staff WriterIs Walt Disney Co. running out the clock on "Monday Night Football" on ABC? The 34-year-old sports classic is ABC's most popular and longest-running prime-time program -- a tradition that began in 1970 when ABC's legendary sports producer Roone Arledge...Tags: Time Warner Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Advertising, NBCUniversal, Al Michaels
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Jason Alexander as Kornheiser?
Courant TV CriticTony Kornheiser already has quite a TV presence as the co-host of "Pardon the Interruption" weekdays on ESPN. But the Washington Post columnist gets a different kind of TV exposure when he's played by Jason Alexander (of "Seinfeld" fame) in the new sitcom...Tags: CSI (tv program), Periodicals, Jason Alexander, Robert Redford, Comedy (genre)
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Americans say media less believable
Sun StaffWith scandals besetting some of the nation's most respected media outlets, why would anyone trust what they read in newspapers and magazines or what they see on television news programs? Many Americans don't. A new Gallup Poll, based on surveys taken...Tags: International Military Interventions, Newspapers, George H.W. Bush, Management Change, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Lt. governor draws 40% of funds from outside Maryland
Sun StaffDemocrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is collecting a significantly greater share of her campaign contributions from out of state than Republican Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., according to an analysis of fund-raising reports. Almost 40 percent of the $6.7...Tags: Local Elections, Executive Branch, William Donald Schaefer, Regional Authority, Illinois
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Black cable channel debuts today
The Associated PressCable TV viewers now may have more than 100 channels to flip through when they turn on their televisions, but Johnathan Rodgers says there's still something missing for black viewers. Sure, there are networks for men, women, animal lovers, game show fans...Tags: National Football League, Football, ESPN (tv network), Martin Luther King Jr., Game Shows
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Stewart meets with probation officials
The Associated PressMartha Stewart met with a probation officer and thanked viewers and readers for their support today as the board of her namesake empire met to discuss her fate. Stewart briefly addressed a horde of camera crews outside a Manhattan courthouse where she...Tags: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., Television, Fines, Revlon Incorporated, Punishment
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Style guru's outlook bleak
Sun StaffMartha Stewart began the next chapter of her stranger-than-fiction business story yesterday by thanking her supporters after appearing before a probation officer - three days after her felony conviction helped make her, on paper, $213 million poorer. But...Tags: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., Television, Prosecution, Revlon Incorporated, Criminals
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Developers to propose convention hotel
Sun StaffA proposal for a major convention hotel to be built adjacent to the Baltimore Convention Center - on a city-owned parking lot that has seen grand ideas come and go - is to be unveiled at a City Hall news conference today. Black Entertainment Television...Tags: Hippodrome Theatre, Regional Authority, Economic Policy, MTV (tv network), Peter G. Angelos
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Convention center hotel proposed
SunSpot StaffThe city-owned parking lot near the Baltimore Convention Center downtown has seen a myriad of hotel-development dreams come and go over the years. Now, this one seems to offer the most promise. A proposed 750-room Hilton hotel north of Oriole Park at...Tags: Catonsville, Finance, New York City, Financial Markets, Cornell University
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