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June 6,  2007
Vol. 3 No. 23
Top Story
Journalists Prefer Left-Wing WSJ Buyout over Murdoch
A successful businessman makes a premium offer for a struggling company. Shareholders and workers rejoice at the prospect of a turnaround. Right? Not in the case of Rupert Murdoch’s bid for Dow Jones & Co., which would put the Fox News Channel owner over The Wall Street Journal as well. The journalists’ union – which we don’t hear much about – is having none of it.
Commentary
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of 'Free' Health Care
BMI’s Amy Menefee notes that every new 'right' the U.S. government has promised has turned into a massively expensive failure – yet the media continue to cheer supporters of tax-funded programs.
The Good the Bad & the Ugly
G: Hannity addresses multiple factors behind gas prices
B: CBS wonders why drug companies don’t make more drugs
U: Michael Moore, ‘journalist’
 

Cuba: What a Great Place to Visit! Never Mind the Dictatorship

ABC Attacks NASA Skeptic with ‘Incensed Scientists’

USA Today: ‘A Little Medical Coverage’ Worse Than None

ABC Blames Society for Lack of Children’s Health Insurance


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Research and Commentary Links

Hilrya Rodhamovich Clintonov’s Economic Plan (Patriot Post)

Capitalism vs. Climate Change (American Enterprise Institute)

Why Don’t People Start New Businesses? (The American)

Eminent Domain: How’s Your State Doing? A Report Card (Castle Coalition)

Michael Moore’s Sick RX (Cato Institute)

Upcoming Events

Could More Competition Have Solved the Post-Katrina Insurance Problems on the Gulf Coast?
June 8, 2007
American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.

Is There a Role for Markets in Health Care?
June 14, 2007
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

National Taxpayers Conference 2007
organized by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation and Iowans for Tax Relief
June 14-16, 2007
Washington, D.C.

Balance Sheet staff: Amy Menefee, editor ▪ Dan Gainor, BMI director ▪ Charles Simpson, research analyst ▪ Ken Shepherd, staff writer
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