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EUROPEAN NATIONS BEGIN SEIZING PRIVATE PENSIONS

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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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE – DAVE BARRY’S 2010 YEAR IN REVIEW

Posted on Sat, Jan. 01, 2011 Dave Barry’s 2010 Year in Review By Dave Barry Jack Ohman / MCT Let’s put things into perspective: 2010 was not the worst year ever. There have been MUCH worse years. For example, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that wiped

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EURO TRASHED

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

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DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES AND HIS RECORD OF RUNNING THE DEPT OF DEFENSE

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Gates Legacy The Pentagon is not ready for the 21st century. But it’s not too late to change course. Jim Talent December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 No one questions the contributions to national security of Defense Secretary Robert Gates or his skill at getting his way

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THE TRIAL OF GEERT WILDERS

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Pretentiousness Kills Lessons from the corrupt prosecution of Geert Wilders Sam Schulman November 22, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 10 Since January, the Dutch politician Geert Wilders, Beach Boy-haired founder and leader of the Freedom Party (PVV), has been on trial in Amsterdam for inciting hatred against Muslims and Holland’s

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WIKILEAKS – DAMAGE TO AMERICA

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Deadly Gossip The culture of leaking grows to ominous proportions. Lee Smith December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 Many here in the United States have been quick to dismiss the significance of the State Department cables released by WikiLeaks as little more than foreign policy gossip. Unfortunately, this

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TERROR: THE U.K.’S NEW CHRISTMAS EXPORT

DECEMBER 15, 2010 Sweden may change after its first suicide bombing. More urgently, things need to change in Britain. By DOUGLAS MURRAY It’s that time of the year again. And alongside the familiar traditions of carols, tinsel and unwanted gifts, comes a new tradition: Somewhere in the world a Muslim radicalized in Britain will try

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