By Arthur Alpert Is a newspaper responsible for its syndicated columnists? For the columnists’ factual accuracy and intellectual honesty, I mean. It’s not an easy question. An answer in the affirmative puts a serious burden on editors. It’s time-consuming to read copy carefully and decide if it should be published as is, corrected or shelved. […]
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Standing Up for George Orwell, Citing Pete Domenici and Fact-checking The Fact-free Victor Davis Hanson
January 7th, 2015 · 2 Comments · budget policy, energy policy, Fact Check, journalism, Uncategorized
Tags:American Energy Alliance·Arthur Alpert·energy policy·gas prices·George Orwell·Hoover Institute·Los Alamos National Laboratory·National Energy Technology Laboratory·oil industry·Pete Domenici·Sandia National Laboratory·the Bureau of Mines·Victor Davis Hanson
Gessing, Gisser and the Common Good
September 4th, 2014 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism, role of government, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert I’m involved in a production of Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” opening Sept. 5 at the brand-new Vortex on Carlisle NE. Given its authorship, it’s no big surprise the play is funny, but in rehearsal I realized Martin also excels at making audiences feel intelligent. My colleague, Denise Tessier, has […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Denise Tessier·Koch brothers·Lee Fang·Margaret Sullivan·Micha Gisser·oil industry·Paul Gessing·Rail Runner·Republic Report·Rio Grande Foundation·Spaceport·Steve Martin·tax policy·William Jewell
No Other Plausible Explanation
March 29th, 2012 · No Comments · energy policy, Fact Check, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert “Shall I discourse,’ I wrote the other day, “on the AP Fact Check you haven’t published, which definitively rebuts your narrative on drilling and gas prices?” Yes. Today. First let’s set the stage. Readers of the Albuquerque Journal know management is a full-throated fan of the New Mexico and national oil industries, […]
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