SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 An economic shock from abroad is the last thing that the U.S. economy now needs. By DESMOND LACHMAN EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:A European failure to contain its debt crisis would be a monumental electoral setback for Mr. Obama. This is not just because Mr. Obama’s governing and economic philosophies are closely associated […]
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New Texas law expected to reduce unjustified lawsuits By Patrick Gleason and Jason Russell- The Washington Times Thursday, September 1, 2011 There isn’t much policywise coming out of Europe these days that one would expect a conservative like Texas Gov. Rick Perry to emulate because the Continent typically is the domain of the left. However,
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www.nationalreview.com Nina Shea September 1, 2011 4:00 A.M. The White House is giving free-speech opponents a megaphone. An unprecedented collaboration between the Obama administration and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC, formerly called the Organization of the Islamic Conference) to combat “Islamophobia” may soon result in the delegitimization of freedom of expression as a human
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AUGUST 24, 2011 The New Arms Race By STEPHEN FIDLER And ALISTAIR MACDONALD BRUSSELS—The unraveling of Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s regime is a milestone for the European armed forces providing the air support that turned the tide for Libyan rebels, who were on the verge of being overrun only five months ago. Changes in Defense Budgets
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Reversing the Decay of London Undone Britain’s chief rabbi on the moral disintegration since the 1960s and how to rebuild. By JONATHAN SACKS —Lord Sacks is the chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. It was the same city but it might have been a different planet. At the end of April, the
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HOOVER INSTITUTE UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE INTERVIEW BY PETER ROBINSON OF CHARLES MOORE, LONG-TIME BRITISH JOURNALIST This week’s video features Charles Moore, former editor of the UK Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and of the Spectator magazine. He is also the authorized biographer of the Right Honorable Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, better known as Margaret Thatcher.
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AUGUST 20, 2011 By VANESSA FUHRMANS BERLIN—German authorities are scrambling to contain and make sense of a surge in car torchings in the nation’s capital that have raised fears that the vandalism spree could escalate into the broader, more dangerous forms of street crime that have recently hit other pockets of Europe. Cars go up
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WASHINGTON POST By George F. Will, Published: August 17 LONDON During the Second World War, a future prime minister, Harold Macmillan, said America is “the new Roman empire and we Britons, like the Greeks of old, must teach them how to make it go.” How goes the tutoring of Rome by Athens? We are in the
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AUGUST 16, 2011 In a civilized society people would be allowed to defend themselves with guns, not baseball bats. By JOYCE LEE MALCOLM As wild gangs of youths burned homes, shops and cars and severely beat anyone who tried to stop them last week, English people tried to defend themselves. Their desperation triggered a 5,000%
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