Monthly Archives: April 2010
Energy Star fraud dim on paper’s radar
Talk about reporting in stovepipes! I can’t recall a more glaring example of staff writers donning blinders than Wednesday’s News & Observer article-cum-advertisement on the Energy Star appliance rebate campaign (Shoppers may snap up state’s appliance rebates), wrapping up its … Continue reading
Filed under commerce
Be counted, early and often
Well, I received my U.S. census questionnaire in the mail this week … again! I mailed the first one back weeks ago, two days after it arrived, in fact. But now I suppose Uncle Sam’s not content to count me … Continue reading
Filed under civics 101, commerce, spleen
