Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Small Ball Why our fiscal debates amount to nothing Yuval Levin January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: It is crucial to see that both of these approaches are basically defensive in nature: The left is trying to avoid a fundamental transformation of […]
WHY OUR FISCAL DEBATES AMOUNT TO NOTHING Read More »
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Money for Nothing Who caused the financial collapse? Just about everyone. Lewis E. Lehrman January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17 The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure – Why Pure Capitalism Is the World Economy’s Only Hope by John A. Allison, McGraw-Hill 320 pages, $28 EXCERPT
WHO CAUSED THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE? Read More »
January 14, 2013 ObamaCare’s Health-Insurance Sticker Shock Thanks to mandates that take effect in 2014, premiums in individual markets will shoot up. Some may double. By MERRILL MATTHEWS AND MARK E. LITOW Health-insurance premiums have been rising—and consumers will experience another series of price shocks later this year when some see their premiums skyrocket
OBAMACARE’S HEALTH-INSURANCE STICKER SHOCK Read More »
WASHINGTON TIMES LYONS: Draft of new U.S. Army handbook must be scrapped Military supposed to defend First Amendment rights By Adm. James A. Lyons Retired Adm. James A. Lyons was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations. Friday, December 28, 2012 EXCERPT FROM
NEW PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR U.S. ARMY Read More »
Printed from the News & Observer – www.NewsObserver.com Tue, Jan 08, 2013 Memo to Obama: Make more millionaires to tax By Thomas L. Friedman – The New York Times The U.S. military trains its fighter pilots on a principle called the “OODA Loop.” It stands for observe, orient, decide, act. The idea is that
OUR NATIONAL ‘OODA LOOP’ IS BROKEN Read More »
January 7, 2013 The Education of John Boehner Leverage for the next clash: GOP willingness to let the spending sequester take effect. By STEPHEN MOORE What stunned House Speaker John Boehner more than anything else during his prolonged closed-door budget negotiations with Barack Obama was this revelation: “At one point several weeks ago,” Mr.
THE EDUCATION OF JOHN BOEHNER Read More »
January 5, 2013 There’s No ‘I’ in ‘Kumbaya’ Obama doesn’t seem to have it in him to make a deal. By PEGGY NOONAN We’re all talking about Republicans on the Hill and their manifold failures. So here are some things President Obama didn’t do during the fiscal cliff impasse and some conjecture as to
PEGGY NOONAN – THERE’S NO ‘I’ IN ‘KUMBAYA’ Read More »
January 3, 2013 Fred Barnes: The President Who Wants It All The essence of bipartisan deals is win-win: Both sides are satisfied. Obama’s approach is he alone wins. By FRED BARNES President George W. Bush made bipartisan deals with Democrats on education, energy and, shortly before leaving office, the bank bailout known as TARP.
THE PRESIDENT WHO WANTS IT ALL Read More »
January 4, 2013 Strassel: The Debt-Ceiling Fight Will Be Dirty The GOP thinks it will win, but the party’s strategy is far from clear. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Question three: What other hostages are Republicans willing to see shot? Knowing he has lost his tax trump card, Mr. Obama seamlessly
THE DIRTY DEBT-CEILING FIGHT – WHAT WILL THE GOP DO? Read More »
