MAY 10, 2011 Scenes From the New York Education Wars When I was chancellor, I was told confrontation was bad. Not so. By JOEL KLEIN Teachers are extremely effective messengers to parents, community groups, faith-based groups and elected officials—and their unions know how to deploy them well. Happy unions can give a politician massive clout,
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MAY 12, 2011 Obama’s Running Mate Mitt Romney’s ObamaCare problem. Mitt Romney travels to Ann Arbor today to deliver what his campaign bills as a major address laying out his “2012 principles for health-care reform.” These are likely to be sensible, but what we’ll be listening for is how he explains his health-care principles of
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MAY 11, 2011 Shrinking Oil Supplies Put Alaskan Pipeline at Risk By RUSSELL GOLD As less oil runs through the Alaska Pipeline, the crude it carries is cooling. This is raising the risk of ice formation and waxy buildup. WSJ’s Russell Gold reports from Alaska. FAIRBANKS, Alaska—When the famed Trans Alaska Pipeline carried two million
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Women in League with the left wing By Holly Robichaud Monday, May 9, 2011 – Updated 1 day ago Holly Robichaud is a Republican strategist. By now you have probably seen the anti-Scott Brown ad sponsored by the League of Women Voters. This is not your mother’s League of Women Voters. For years Republicans have
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APRIL 30, 2011 Prison guards can retire at the age of 55 and earn 85% of their final year’s salary for the rest of their lives. They also continue to receive medical benefits. By ALLYSIA FINLEY Roughly 2,000 students have to decide by Sunday whether to accept a spot at Harvard. Here’s some advice: Forget
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RASMUSSENREPORTS.COM Obama Values: Kill But Don’t Waterboard A Commentary By Debra J. Saunders Tuesday, May 10, 2011 At the end of his “60 Minutes” interview, President Obama said of Osama bin Laden’s death, “Justice was done. And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn’t deserve
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North Carolina House Legislative Update Republican Report Card Friends, Today is the 60th legislative day of the 2011 session. How are we doing on our 100 day plan to change North Carolina? Below is the document that I personally shared in over 30 cities during the fall campaign entitled, “100 Days That Will Change North Carolina.” Under
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Unionsdämmerung Despite having its best friend forever in the White House, the American labor movement is in mortal crisis Mark Hemingway April 25 – May 2, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 31 One of the most widely circulated photographs during the Wisconsin union battle was of a protester in Madison
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A Great Quote. “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can not pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America’s debt
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May 5, 2011 By Karl Rove The presidential election will likely be decided in 14 states. The number 270 will come to dominate almost every waking moment for the Obama re-election high command in Chicago—as well as for their counterparts in the headquarters of the GOP nominee next year. Two hundred seventy is the number
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