Bob McCarty Writes

By Bob McCarty One might think an accomplished journalist like Armen Keteyian capable of providing objective coverage of the oil and gas industry. Unfortunately, the chief investigative reporter — and former sports reporter — appears to have allowed personal bias and/or professional ignorance to get in the way of the facts in his report that [...]

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Despite campaign pledges that he would adopt a rescue dog, President Barack Obama’s latest addition to the family — a six-month-old Portugese Water Dog named “Bo” — did not come from a pet shelter, according to the Center for Consumer Freedom’s latest news release, Animal Activists Jump to Pump Doggie Dollars Out of “Bo”bama.  But [...]

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More than 200 of the nation’s most-famous people — including actors, entertainers, musicians and politicians — were spotted wearing eye patches last night at a $25,000-a-plate Hollywood fund-raising gala to benefit Somali pirates and their families. The private, invitation-only event, held at the Beverly Hills home of actor and activist Danny Glover, attracted a virtual [...]

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In a post ten days ago, I wrote about the U.S. Geological Survey’s announcement that oil shale resources in Western Colorado’s Piceance Basin are more than 50 percent larger today than they were in 1989.  Today and tomorrow On Tuesday and Wednesday, I’ll be visiting The Williams Companies’ operations there — in picturesque Colorado towns [...]

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Before I go off to church on this Easter Sunday, I want to share “The Great Easter Message” by William Elbert Munsey, the dude in the photo below who lived from 1833 to 1877.  It’s an especially-appropriate message during these tumultuous days of economic uncertainty and strife between nations.  Though written using the words and [...]

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Bob Geldof announced today that, on July 13, he will stage the first of a series of 12 “LIVE RAID” concerts to benefit Somali pirates. In much the same way his 1985 “LIVE AID” concerts raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, Geldof said the “LIVE RAID” events will benefit the Muslim pirates who, in [...]

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The placement of photos and headlines in the layout of a newspaper or web page sometimes leaves readers confused.  Such was the case this morning when a glance at the Drudge Report made me wonder whether or not Vice President Joe Biden’s face might have been involved in a transplant operation. Seeing the headline, Boston [...]

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