APRIL 11, 2011 As a candidate, I learned how much potential campaign contributors fear incumbent retribution. By JAMES L. HUFFMAN In the debates about campaign-finance regulation and the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision of last year, there seems to be widespread agreement on one thing: Public disclosure of political contributions is a good thing. That […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Paranoid Style in Liberal Politics The left’s obsession with the Koch brothers Matthew Continetti April 4, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 28 Wichita EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Ah, but such is life when you and your brother are suddenly two of the most demonized men in American politics. For
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APRIL 1, 2011 More Americans work for the government than in manufacturing, farming, fishing, forestry, mining and utilities combined. By STEPHEN MOORE If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, consider this depressing statistic: Today in America there are nearly twice
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MARCH 31, 2011 The FCC Muzzle A new attempt to silence corporate free speech. Congress tried and failed last year to limit corporate political speech in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, but the threat hasn’t gone away. The new liberal hope is that the Federal Communications Commission will do the deed.
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DAILY CALLER By Rep. Peter Roskam 03/30/2011 Note: Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman will testify before the Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee today (March 30) Illinois and other states have recently made headlines for their declining populations. Whether they realize it or not, what states like Illinois are learning the hard way is that over-taxing and
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MARCH 29, 2011 A once-great American city today repels people of talent and ambition. By WILLIAM MCGURN If only Detroit could point to some natural disaster for its misfortunes. Within hours of the earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan, for example, President Obama called the prime minister to offer “whatever assistance is needed.” Likewise, when Hurricane
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MARCH 25, 2011 The identification of firms as too big to fail is a mad policy that will confer unfair marketplace advantages and put taxpayers on the hook for future bailouts. With the comment period now closed on its proposed rule, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) is getting ready to outline the terms for
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MARCH 25, 2011 The country needs to unleash entrepreneurs, who will only be held back by tax-funded make-work projects. By EDWARD GLAESER The Census just reported that Detroit’s population dropped by 25% between 2000 and 2010, a stunning fall that is even larger than the 20% drop Detroit experienced during the 1970s. The story of
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MARCH 21, 2011 Why Obama Went to Brazil There’s a chance to build a new foreign policy alliance that disdains dictators like Hugo Chávez. By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY President Obama’s trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador this week, while war rages in Libya, has been sharply criticized as proof of dangerous detachment from a
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