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THE AGE OF ANXIETY – ROMNEY’S CHALLENGE IS TO ADDRESS THE DEEP UNEASINESS IN AMERICA

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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Our Age of Anxiety Romney’s challenge is to address the deep uneasiness in America and point the way to a comeback. Yuval Levin   Yuval Levin is a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard, Hertog fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and editor of National Affairs. May 28,

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OBAMA’S CUTS TO THE MILITARY, BUT NO CUTS TO ENTITLEMENTS

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OUR REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SHOULD BE MAKING THE VOTERS VERY MUCH AWARE OF OBAMA’S    HUGE CUTS TO THE MILITARY WHILE NOT CUTTING ENTITLEMENT SPENDING. Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Path to Security Gary Schmitt and Thomas Donnelly April 2, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 28EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  To be sure, these are only

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PAUL RYAN’S BUDGET PROTECTS DEFENSE

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March 27, 2012, 6:37 p.m. ET Ryan’s Budget Protects Defense Within a plan to reduce outlays by $6.2 trillion over the next decade, Paul Ryan has found a way to replace $214 billion of the $487 billion in military spending cuts in Obama’s budget. By ARTHUR C. BROOKS, EDWIN J. FEULNER AND WILLIAM KRISTOL Mr.

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DETROIT AND ITS PUBLIC UNIONS HEAD TOWARD BANKRUPTCY

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March 14, 2012, 7:18 p.m. ET The Message of Motown Detroit and its public unions head toward bankruptcy. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  That’s because the city, which has twice as many retirees as workers, is spending more on retirement benefits than wages. Pensions make up about two thirds of the public-safety payroll, and many collective-bargaining

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PAUL RYAN – THE GOP BUDGET AND AMERICA’S FUTURE

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Updated March 19, 2012, 10:50 p.m. ET The GOP Budget and America’s Future The president’s budget gives more power to bureaucrats, takes more from taxpayers to fuel the expansion of government, and commits our nation to a future of debt and decline. By PAUL RYAN Less than a year ago, the House of Representatives passed

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CALIFORNIA’S GREEK TRAGEDY

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March 13, 2012 California’s Greek Tragedy No one should write off the Golden State. But it will take massive reforms to reverse its economic decline. By MICHAEL J. BOSKIN and JOHN F. COGAN Long a harbinger of national trends and an incubator of innovation, cash-strapped California eagerly awaits a temporary revenue surge from Facebook IPO

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GREAT SCOTT (WALKER) !

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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Great Scott Stephen F. Hayes February 20, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 22 Throughout the 2012 election cycle Republicans have pined for a bold, conservative reformer—a leader courageous enough to make difficult choices and articulate enough to explain them to a skeptical public. The good news is they have such

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WATCH OUT OBAMA – YOU’VE LOST THE WHITE, BLUE COLLAR MALE VOTE

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Watch out, Obama By Richard McGregor Washington Correspondent Financial Times March 2 2012 Come November, many American men such as these – white, blue-collar and angry – will turn their back on the Democrats and vote Republican Randy Newman, ex-car yard worker: ‘In November, it will be anyone but Obama’ In his union office in

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