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Fact-checking the Fact-checkers: Gas Prices

Many things in the economy are misunderstood, and the price of oil/gas is no exception. The only thing worse than the media peddling half-truths and falsehoods, is when their ‘fact-checking’ suffers from the same ignorance with a dash of bias. And so it is with the San Antonio Express-News, syndicating from the Houston Chronicle this…

‘Affordable’ Housing: The Easiest Bond to Vote Down

Increased government involvement in the housing sector will drive up input prices More homeowners will be taxed to fund the personal preferences of other homeowners San Antonio taxpayers will be left with the tax bill when the housing market settles down A good friend of ours recently quipped about how she wished she had a…

The Express-News Passes Gas

Thank goodness for memes! A witty, well-placed caption on a still frame from a movie, cartoon, etc. provides welcome comic relief amidst the steady drip of stressful news these last few years. The latest templates are rich celebrities and bureaucrats who are basically telling us to suck it up, or buy an electric car to…

Local Media Does Citizens Disservice By Avoiding Balance

Newspaper editorial pages generally lean one way or another politically. Given that they’re made up of individuals with their own leanings, this is no surprise. However, even though the New York Times and Wall Street Journal tend to sway left and right, respectively, each have columnists that go against that grain, providing some semblance of…