Sticker shock: The price of gas is spiking to $3.19 per gallon. Signs across West Michigan started changing Monday, changing from below $3 a gallon to nearly $3.20 at many gas stations. Gasoline rationing and $5 pump prices are predicted by 2012 for consumers if U.S. politicians don’t get their act together, a former Shell [...]
At a time when network news faces unprecedented competition for its audience, ABC News has tapped a new president who brings not only a traditional broadcast pedigree but also an eclectic background as an author and Internet entrepreneur. The network is betting that those skills can help it adjust to the Digital Age. Newly named [...]
Posted by uspostU.S.Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
Dick Cheney, one of the most recognizable political figures of the decade, on television speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, I did a double-take. He is about 30 pounds lighter, after being in the hospital for five weeks this summer for a procedure to improve his heart [...]
Decision Points: A Conversation with George W. Bushwas the snippet that played all last week during NBC’s entertainment programming, in which former president George W. Bush said to Matt Lauer, “Let’s talk about water-boarding” in an enthusiastic tone that suggested the subject was as fun and exciting as a trip to Disneyworld. Bush was fascinating [...]
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama, a Democrat, said Republican plans to roll back healthcare reform and extend Bush-era tax cuts for top U.S. earners would not fix the nation’s economic woes. Republicans, in turn, called Obama’s policies disastrous, too, and promised to address “dire” economic conditions more effectively if they take over [...]