Nations that choose butter over guns atrophy and die By Victor Davis Hanson– The Washington Times Wednesday, January 11, 2012 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Unfortunately, defense cuts do not occur in isolation. They feed a syndrome best typified by an insolvent and largely defenseless, socialist Europe. The more prosperous societies cut their defenses to expand […]
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FOX NEWS Executive Branch – POLITICS Published January 24, 2012 | Associated Press WASHINGTON – It was a wish list, not a to-do list. President Obama’s array of plans in his State of the Union speech was light on a key piece of context — namely, that his hands are so tied until after the
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Daniel Halper January 24, 2012 10:29 PM Here’s the full text of Mitch Daniels’s response to the State of the Union, as prepared for delivery: “The status of ‘loyal opposition’ imposes on those out of power some serious responsibilities: to show respect for the Presidency and its occupant, to
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January 24, 2012 By John Hawkins 1/24/2012 During the practically endless series of Republican debates, we have heard almost every question imaginable asked to Republican candidates – if by every question imaginable, you mean horribly slanted, often irrelevant questions designed to make them look bad and help Obama. We’ve heard questions about contraceptives, religion, Newt’s
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JANUARY 20, 2012 The Greece Next Door Illinois gets a credit downgrade, in contrast to Wisconsin. Run up spending and debt, raise taxes in the naming of balancing the budget, but then watch as deficits rise and your credit-rating falls anyway. That’s been the sad pattern in Europe, and now it’s hitting that mecca of
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January 19, 2012 Civilization in Reverse By Victor Davis Hanson EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Now, as in Greece, the veneer of civilization is proving pretty thin in California. Hospitals no longer have the money to offer sophisticated long-term medical care to the indigent. Cities no longer have the funds to self-insure themselves from the accustomed
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This is Romney’s moment to distinguish himself by making a moral case for free-market capitalism. By DONALD L. LUSKINMr. Luskin is chief investment officer at Trend Macrolytics LLC. EXCER[T FROM THIS ARTICLE: The rules under today’s politics are quite different. Consider the federal government’s 2009 bailout of General Motors. GM’s secured bondholders were contractually entitled to
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