MARCH 11, 2011 The perils of following us toward greater regulation, higher taxes and centralized power. By DANIEL HANNAN On a U.S. talk-radio show recently, I was asked what I thought about the notion that Barack Obama had been born in Kenya. “Pah!” I replied. “Your president was plainly born in Brussels.” American conservatives have […]
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By William Lajeunesse Published February 04, 2011 | FoxNews.com Described as “aggressive, bullying, hostile, and intimidating,” President Obama’s ambassador to Luxembourg left the U.S. embassy there “in a state of dysfunction” and unable to carry out its duties after her recent exit, according to report released this week by the State Department Inspector General. Cynthia Stroum, one
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JANUARY 14, 2011 The forward five-year annual inflation rate has increased 94 basis points to 2.90%, which is now above policy makers’ unofficial target of 2%. By NEEL KASHKARI AND STEVE RODOSKY Many politicians talk about America’s large and growing federal debt, but they’ve taken little corrective action. We know that our political system responds
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FORBES Jan. 7 2011 By MALLORY FACTOR As new members are sworn in this week in Congress, the American people will expect Congress to get down to work, rein in spending and address our national debt. While we have cause to be optimistic, Americans need to be aware of a plot brewing to trick Congress
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NEW YORK POST January 6, 2011 Charles Gasparino I Have seen the future, and it doesn’t work. Don’t get me wrong: New Year’s in beautiful Barcelona was a blast. Spain is a great vacation spot, with good food and gorgeous women — but nobody seems to be working outside the tourist areas. The reason is
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The American Spectator : Crisis In Euroland The American Spectator Letter From Paris By Joseph A. Harriss on 1.4.11 The euro, that artificial Funny Money used by 331 million Europeans in17 nations — the 17th, Estonia, joined the euro just this week — was conceived in sin and born in corruption. The New Year brings
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The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com The Adam Smith Institute Blog Hungary, Poland, and three other nations take over citizens’ pension money to make up government budget shortfalls. Old women eat lunch in a retirement home in Budapest Dec. 13, 2010. Hungarian lawmakers rolled back a 1997 pension reform, allowing the government to effectively seize
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Europe’s rendezvous with monetary destiny Christopher Caldwell December 20, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 14 It has been easy to snicker in recent weeks at the politicians who designed the euro, which appears on the verge of collapse after a decade as the common currency of a dozen countries in
Follow Me Mallory Factor Chinese Bearing Gifts Dec. 9 2010 By MALLORY FACTOR Remembering the famous story of the Trojan Horse, which appeared to be a gift to the city but was actually full of Greek soldiers waiting to seize Troy, the expression arose “beware of Greeks bearing gifts.” Several thousand years later, the tables
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DECEMBER 1, 2010 Italy, Spain See Bonds Sink, Portugal Faces Rating Cut as Faith in Rescue Ebbs By MARCUS WALKER And BRIAN BLACKSTONE Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesIn Rome, students protesting spending cuts clashed with police Investors dismissed European leaders’ latest attempt to restore market calm, raising doubts about whether governments can rebuild confidence in the region’s
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