NOVEMBER 30, 2010 WikiLeaks: Liberals Grow Up The Obama administration is taking a hard line on secrecy. Why did it take so long? By BRET STEPHENS So WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is guilty of “a reckless action which jeopardizes lives.” That’s according to John Kerry, on this week’s unauthorized release of a huge tranche of […]
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November 28, 2010 Political Judges By Thomas Sowell 11/10/2010 Results of the recent elections showed that growing numbers of Americans are fed up with “public servants” who act as if they are public masters. This went beyond the usual objections to particular policies. It was the fact that policies were crammed down our throats, whether
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com THOMAS SOWELL November 10, 2010 12:00 A.M. The ‘Gridlock’ Bogeyman The last time we had a budget surplus, we had divided government. Whenever the party that controls the White House does not also control Capitol Hill, political pundits worry that there will be “gridlock” in Washington, so that the government cannot
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New Zeal Blog Who Benefits? The Food Safety Bill Will Centralize and Regulate Food Production Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:06 PM PST “If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under
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WALL STREET JOURNAL NOVEMBER 25, 2010 The Lamest Duck, Ever Harry Reid’s midterm strategy was a bust, and Democrats are now dealing with the consequences. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Not so long ago, the great fear was that the Democratic Party would return from its midterm drubbing to jam all manner of odious legislation through
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Our burgeoning budget and the politics of avoidance By Robert J. Samuelson Monday, November 22, 2010; America’s budget problem boils down to a simple question: How much will we let programs for the elderly displace other government functions – national defense, education, transportation and many others – and raise taxes to levels that would, almost
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In the wake of the election, it’s more crucial than ever that President Obama stand up for progressive change. But instead he’s considering giving in to GOP demands for a tax bailout for the rich. We need the bold, progressive Obama we elected in 2008 back—and we’ve got to send him that message. Can you record
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It Can Happen Here Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) It Can Happen Here American government goes European Roger Kimball November 8, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 08 The New Road to Serfdom A Letter of Warning to America by Daniel Hannan HarperCollins, 224 pp., $24.99 In September I was part of a conference in England
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Tod Lindberg November 8, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 08 No, this is not going to be a full-blown exercise in the fiction genre of Alternative History: A minor adviser to the 2008 McCain presidential campaign chronicles the day-to-day ups and downs of the two eventful years following the American
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