Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Defining Defense Down Gary Schmitt & Tom Donnelly August 15 – August 22, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 45 In a classic case of closing the barn door after the horses have bolted, the newly appointed secretary of defense, Leon Panetta, and retiring Joint Chiefs chairman Admiral Mike Mullen held […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Anti-Coopting Business Heritage Action versus the GOP establishment. Michael Warren August 15 – August 22, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 45 “I really think there’s two sides to politics,” said Mike Needham, the 29-year-old CEO of Heritage Action for America, at a Capitol Hill restaurant in April. “There’s getting
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Case-by-case plan will curb numbers By Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times Thursday, August 18, 2011 **FILE** Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Bowng to pressure from immigrant rights activists, the Obama administration said Thursday that it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria, such as attending school,
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AUGUST 17, 2011, Howard Buffett, a Nebraska congressman and father of Warren Buffett, on how taxes curtail economic independence, December 1956. From a speech by Howard Buffett, a congressman from Nebraska (and father of Warren Buffett), reprinted in the Freeman, December 1956: The last 40 years have seen a gigantic expansion of political power over
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LexingtonInstitute.org July 27, 2011 Early Warning Blog The Revolt Of The Generals (And Admirals) Author: Daniel Goure, Ph.D. The senior leaders of the U.S. military have finally said enough is enough. You cannot wear out the military by requiring that it fights two, even three wars over a decade, conduct countless out-of-area deployments, maintain forward
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AUGUST 9, 2011 Amid the market wreckage, signs of a political turn. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The downgrade uproar and even the market turmoil are signs that Americans aren’t about to accept economic decline gracefully. To adapt a famous phrase, a debt crisis is a terrible thing to waste During yesterday’s market meltdown, an old
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Newsmax Limbaugh on Market Collapse: Obama Engineering the Decline of America Monday, August 8, 2011 06:17 PM By: Jim Meyers Top-rated talk radio host Rush Limbaugh finds a “silver lining” in the downgrading of America’s credit rating: There no longer is any doubt that President Barack Obama can be roundly defeated in 2012. “Obamageddon —
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August 6, 2011 Where Have All the Liberals Gone? By John C. Goodman 8/6/2011 What happens when people who completely dominate the conversation have nothing to say? What happens when the people who talk the most and are listened to the most about our nation’s most serious problems do not have a plausible solution to
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