NOVEMBER 10, 2011 From Greece to Italy to France, the welfare state is in crisis. In the European economic crisis, all roads lead through Rome. The markets have raised the price of financing Italy’s mammoth debt to new highs, and on Tuesday Silvio Berlusconi became the second euro-zone prime minister, after Greece’s George Papandreou, to […]
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NOVEMBER 8, 2011 A cause to unite the tea party and the Occupy Wall Street crowd. The Occupy Wall Street protesters aren’t good at articulating what they want, but one of their demands is “end corporate welfare.” Well, welcome aboard. Some of us have been fighting crony capitalism for decades, and it’s good to have
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com We’re Still Not Cutting by Jim DeMint November 8, 2011 Congress refuses to face the fiscal crisis. Despite bipartisan promises to cut spending after the 2010 elections, Washington politicians are still voting to make the government even bigger and more expensive than ever. Don’t believe me? Even though the federal government is
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NOVEMBER 5, 2011 Happy Days Aren’t Here Again Why the Democratic Party still lays claim to Americans’ affection. By PEGGY NOONAN The Republican Party continues to struggle with its brand. A Washington Post-ABC poll this week tells us that in spite of Barack Obama’s relative unpopularity, and in spite of the economy, the Democratic Party
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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AND VIDEO IS FROM CHRIS MARIE FARR, NORTH CAROLINA GRASSROOTS DIRECTOR, AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY: VIDEO – Click here Friends, Look at these video clips. I got caught up in this melee outside our Defending the American Dream Summit at the Washington Convention Center in DC on Friday night, November 4. There
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USA TODAY By Mitt Romney November 4, 2011 I spent much of my 25-year career in the private sector turning around failing enterprises. With a great team behind me, I helped to turn around the Salt Lake City Olympic Games, and fix a badly broken state budget in Massachusetts. But I have never seen an
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Something New for Schools to Fail At L.A.’s misbegotten teen dating curriculum. Heather Mac Donald October 31, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 07 If you wonder why American students rank poorly among industrialized nations on academic skills, here’s part of the explanation, from a seventh-grade classroom in the Los Angeles
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NOVEMBER 2, 2011 EU and U.S. debt are interlinked through the banking system. By GERALD P. O’DRISCOLL JR. When is a bailout not a bailout? When the bailor is short of funds. The recently announced debt plan in the European Union comes up short in almost all respects. The debt crisis is not just an
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U.S. NEWS & World Report October 27, 2011 by Rick Newman On some things, virtually all the Republican presidential candidates agree: President Obama’s health-reform plan must be scrapped. Government spending is far too high. Taxes should be lower. Washington needs to be reined in, and more power should devolve to the states. But many differences
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Michelle Obama and ‘the Few at the Top’ By Victor Davis Hanson Posted on October 29, 2011 8:32 PM It was wise late in the 2008 campaign to suggest that Michelle Obama cool it and retrench a bit. There had been one too many “raise the bar,” one too many “downright
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