DECEMBER 19, 2011 In freedom lies the risk of failure. But in statism lies the certainty of stagnation. By JEB BUSH Congressman Paul Ryan recently coined a smart phrase to describe the core concept of economic freedom: “The right to rise.” Think about it. We talk about the right to free speech, the right to
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DECEMBER 14, 2011 He fixes problems; we’ve got ’em. By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. Week 3,334 of Mitt Romney’s quest for the presidency hasn’t been a good one. Newt Gingrich has seized the lead in the polls. The voluble front-runner has even lined up with Ted Kennedy, Paul Krugman, Obama’s campaign brain trust and the
DECEMBER 2, 2011 His Comments in Support of the Mortgage Giant’s Business Model Came as Housing Bust Was Dragging Down Company By NICK TIMIRAOS and PATRICK O’CONNOR Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich touted the virtues of Freddie Mac’s business model in an interview published by the company in April 2007, remarks that contrast with the
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NOVEMBER 29, 2011 Decorated Marine Sues Contractor By JULIAN E. BARNES Two months ago, Dakota Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama for his service in Afghanistan, the military’s most prestigious award. On Monday, Sgt. Meyer alleged that a defense contractor has called him mentally unstable and a problem drinker, ruining
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NOVEMBER 26, 2011 ‘The New Tammany Hall’ The historian of the American city on what Wall Street and the ‘Occupy’ movement have in common, and how government unions came to dominate state and local politics. By MATTHEW KAMINSKI New York ‘What has the country so angry,” says Fred Siegel, “is the sense that crony capitalism
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NOVEMBER 19, 2011 A chillingly blunt assertion of regulatory power against a drug for breast cancer. The extraordinary Avastin saga has become a kind of randomized controlled trial, pitting the Food and Drug Administration’s power against potentially life-saving drugs for terminally ill patients. The results are proving that the former is far stronger, with FDA
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Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 Green jobs Solar Panels By Neal Boortz Barack Obama has taken to micro-managing our economy by picking the winners and losers. Not only has he chosen “green energy” but he has selected which companies within the industry will benefit from Obama’s piggy bank. And it turns out that if you wanted
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NOVEMBER 15, 2011 The new economy: Tax hikes for all, tax relief for the well-connected, campaign contributions for the politicians. By WILLIAM MCGURN New York gave us banks too big to fail. Washington bequeathed us Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Still, when it comes to crony capitalism, no one quite matches Chicago. Soon the Illinois
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NOVEMBER 10, 2011 Another Union Attack on Corporate Speech A new code of ‘best practices’ for companies to follow would serve labor’s agenda, not the interests of shareholders. By BRAD SMITH Since the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, holding that corporations and unions have a right to make expenditures
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