He justifies the proposal on the grounds that it will cure inflation and deflation, a dubious claim John Tamny has illustrated not even Mundell himself could possibly believe.

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This is a dubious claim.

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Kobo's calling the Mini "the world's smallest and lightest e-reader" -- a bit of a dubious claim (given the existence of the Txtr Beagle, for one), but it can certainly lay claim to being one of the most compact mainstream devices in the space at 4 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches, compared to 6.4 x 4.5 x 0.39 inches for the Kobo Glo.

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Given that the judicial system is built on precedent, that is a rather dubious claim.

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This is a more dubious claim.

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And Mr Bush had previously said deficits would be merely a passing phase, a claim that looks increasingly dubious.

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Many shieldmakers claim to eliminate nearly all handset radiation a dubious assertion because that would effectively squelch the phone's radio signal.

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The winner did not attend to claim his dubious honour - the first time a winning author has not turned up.

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They did agree to send a mission to Haiti, where opponents claim an election last year was dubious.

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While any net new job creations are positive, couple the declining number of new job creations with the increasing trend of unemployment claim filings and one can see a job market that is becoming more dubious than many were expecting at this stage of the economic recovery.

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