AUGUST 15, 2010 The Next Pension Bailout New momentum to dump union retirement burdens on taxpayers. Congress is gone for August—heaven be praised—but that hasn’t stopped unions from quietly mobilizing to push through a big new priority this fall: a pension bailout. Big Labor is going Code Red on the issue, in the face of […]
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AUGUST 16, 2010 The End of American Optimism By MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN Our brief national encounter with optimism is now well and truly over. We have had the greatest fiscal and monetary stimulus in modern times. We have had a whole series of programs to pay people to buy cars, purchase homes, pay off their mortgages,
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE Mona Charen July 30, 2010 12:00 A.M. A Democrat Goes into a Psychiatrist’s Office Democrats can’t run on their records, so they accuse Republicans of extremism. Come in. Make yourself comfortable. What’s that? You’re a congressional Democrat? You voted to triple the national debt; destroy a health-care system that an overwhelming majority
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Senator Burr Recognized as a Taxpayer Hero Yesterday, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) was recognized as a Taxpayer Hero by the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) for his “willingness to stand up for American taxpayers” during the 111th Congress. Senator Burr received a 92 out of 100 percent in CCAGW’s 2009 Congressional Ratings system.
AUGUST 12, 2010 Washington vs. Paul Ryan What happens when a politician is more honest than his critics. The immune system of the modern body politic is nothing if not resilient, and this summer all of its antibodies seem to be trained on heretofore little known Congressman Paul Ryan. That makes this a particularly instructive
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AUGUST 11, 2010 The High Costs of Very Low Interest Rates Money that should be invested to create jobs is instead funding government debt, while worried consumers sit on the sidelines. By JOHN C. MICHAELSON The prevailing view among economists, policy makers and Federal Reserve Board governors is that a zero or near-zero short-term interest
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AUGUST 11, 2010 The Obsolescence of Barack Obama The magic of 2008 can’t be recreated, and good riddance to it. By FOUAD AJAMI Not long ago Barack Obama, for those who were spellbound by him, had the stylishness of JFK and the historic mission of FDR riding to the nation’s rescue. Now it is to
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HEUBUSCH: Remembering ‘Morning in America’ Tax cuts unleashed America’s renewal at home and abroad By John Heubusch – Executive Director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library The Washington Times July 28, 2010 Illustration: Reagan’s morning by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Over the eight years of the Reagan
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BACON: Emergence of unintended consequences Sold as affordable, health reform is already hurting consumers By James A. Bacon – The Washington Times Friday, July 23, 2010 Josh Dent is an early victim of Obamacare. The lanky, shaven-headed machine operator likes the medical insurance plan his employer, Acorn Signs, provides him. But under the newly enacted
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DEARE: Forgetting Mexico’s failures Dysfunctional economy has triggered migration northward By Craig A. Deare – The Washington Times Wednesday, July 28, 2010 I love Mexicans. Really. My first real kiss was with a Mexican girl – ah, Sofia. And my first … well, you get the idea. My best friend in the world is my
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