JANUARY 26, 2012 In the late 1970s, inflation neared 20% and the ruling party still wanted to own the means of production. Enter the grocer’s daughter. By DANIEL YERGIN A movie producer once shared with me a maxim for making historical films: Faced with choosing between “drama” and “historical accuracy,” compromise on the history and […]
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JANUARY 25, 2012 ObamaCare and Religious Freedom How about some respect for Catholics and others who object to treating pregnancy as a disease? By TIMOTHY M. DOLAN Religious freedom is the lifeblood of the American people, the cornerstone of American government. When the Founding Fathers determined that the innate rights of men and women should
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JANUARY 25, 2012 Individuals should be free to decide what to produce and consume, and their decisions should be made within a predictable policy framework based on the rule of law. By JOHN B. TAYLOR As this election year begins, a lot of people are wondering what we can do to restore America’s prosperity and
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WALL STREET JOURNAL LETTER TO THE EDITOR JANUARY 25, 2012 Roger A. Keats has it right in his letter of Jan. 14 (“Protecting the Election of Democrats”) when he describes how a minority-Anglo Texas has ruffled the national Democratic Party. In my 49-year stint as a resident in Texas, I witnessed a 100% Democratic state
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Gaston County, North Carolina, is located near Charlotte Michael Barrett 2012-01-25 When Gaston County commissioners sound an alarm tonight for Americans to wake up and guard against a subversive, sinister threat of global political control, they know many people will scratch their heads. Others, said Commission Chairman Donnie Loftis, may consider their warning about the
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JANUARY 25, 2012 The president is trapped by his own rhetoric amid America’s energy boom. By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. Barack Obama may believe a lot of things, but he probably doesn’t believe the Sierra Club is key to his re-election. His decision to nix the Keystone XL pipeline will cost him votes but he
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Washington Post Fact checking the 2012 State of the Union speech Glenn Kessler 01/25/2012 A State of the Union address is often difficult to fact check, no matter who is president. The speech is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted, so major errors of fact are so relatively rare that they sometimes
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FOX NEWS Executive Branch – POLITICS Published January 24, 2012 | Associated Press WASHINGTON – It was a wish list, not a to-do list. President Obama’s array of plans in his State of the Union speech was light on a key piece of context — namely, that his hands are so tied until after the
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Daniel Halper January 24, 2012 10:29 PM Here’s the full text of Mitch Daniels’s response to the State of the Union, as prepared for delivery: “The status of ‘loyal opposition’ imposes on those out of power some serious responsibilities: to show respect for the Presidency and its occupant, to
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