Latest Stories By W. Gardner Selby

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Checking Anita Perry on a family-related job claim

October 24, 2011

Anita Perry says her son had to quit an investment banking job due to a federal regulation. Really?

Romney misleads, flawed Perry video says

October 20, 2011

Rick Perry’s latest online video calls Mitt Romney misleading. It misleads.

Romney put illegal immigrants to work, Perry says

October 19, 2011

Familiar, fact-checked claims flew at the CNN Republican presidential debate including a charge that Mitt Romney employed undocumented immigrants to mow his lawn.

Revisiting Rick Perry, Al Gore, Ronald Reagan

October 13, 2011

Some familiar claims were loosed at this week’s Republican presidential debate -- including Rick Perry’s claim that while Texas gained 1 million jobs, the country lost 2.5 million.

A rundown...

Michele Bachmann assails Rick Perry

October 12, 2011

Rick Perry wasn't front and center in this week's Republican presidential debate, but Michele Bachmann chose to level a flawed question his direction.

Are you now or have you ever been?

October 11, 2011

Provocative labels--socialist, for instance--fly these days like "liberal" used to be tossed around. In Texas, Ted Cruz recently said David Dewhurst’s camp called Cruz a Communist.

Rick Perry supported guest worker program

October 10, 2011

Rick Perry has supported a guest worker program for illegal immigrants, a national leader of the Libertarian Party says.

Wes Benedict’s claim mostly checks out.

Mailbag: ‘You’re a loser, aren’t you?’

October 7, 2011

Our checks of claims about class sizes in Texas and Rick Perry’s hometown lacking a ZIP code drew many reader comments. We share a few.

Santorum links Perry, Obama and binational health insurance

October 5, 2011

At the last Republican presidential debate, Rick Santorum said Rick Perry talked about binational health insurance for Texas and Mexico in 2001 — and threw Barack Obama into his claim.

Did Perry advocate binational health plans?

David Dewhurst as chupacabra?

October 4, 2011

Likening David Dewhurst to the mythical chupacabra, Ted Cruz says the lieutenant governor skipped nine U.S. Senate forums after announcing his candidacy in July. Really?

Mailbag: ‘You reminded me of my English teacher’

September 30, 2011

We’ve been catching up on messages from readers, some wishing we’d reconsider our judgments.

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