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AMTRAK’s Per-Passenger Subsidy Higher Than Cost of Airline Ticket from New Orleans to LA

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments

This morning, I went online and found I could purchase a one-way adult-fare airline ticket on Southwest Airlines that would allow me to fly from New Orleans to Los Angeles today for $405.  Similarly, I found I could purchase a ticket on Amtrak for $439 (morning departure) or $133 (afternoon departure).  The difference between these [...]

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Survey: Fewer Americans Worried About Warming

October 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

There has been a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising, according to results of a new survey released today by The Pew Research Center for People and the Press. And fewer also see global warming as a very serious [...]

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Islam Poised to Overwhelm Christendom Unless… (Update)

May 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Islam will overwhelm Christendom unless Christians recognize the demographic realities, begin reproducing again, and share the Gospel with Muslims, according to the video above by Friend of Muslim.
While I’ve exceeded the minimum reproduction requirement — 2.11 children minimum per family — mentioned in the video as necessary for sustaining Western culture, I still have [...]

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Global Warming Low on List of Top Priorities

January 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Despite what President Barack Obama and members of the Democrat-controlled Congress might want you to believe, your focus — or, at least, the focus of most Americans — is overwhelmingly on domestic policy concerns such as the economy, according to a Pew Research Center report made public a few days ago and brought to my [...]

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‘Blago-Gate’ Captures Nation’s Interest

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

In an article published today, the folks at the Pew Research Center report today that the scandal surrounding Illinois Democrat Gov. Rod Blagojevich (a.k.a., “Blago-gate”) filled more than a quarter of the news hole from Dec. 8-14, as measured by the News Coverage Index from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Mark Jurkowitz, [...]

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