AUGUST 20, 2011 The bucks stop at the White House. President Obama says he wants to get the U.S. economy growing, so here’s a tip that may help: In order for Congress to ratify free-trade agreements, the White House must first send the signed deals to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. On his three-state […]
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AUGUST 10, 2011 A New Strategy for Economic Growth Growth is not just about economics. Growth unleashes human potential. By KEVIN WARSH AND JEB BUSH As the economy continues to struggle, we are reminded of a course offered at Yale University titled “Grand Strategy.” Drawing on a weighty curriculum of history and philosophy, the course
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) He Can’t Help Himself Obama would rather pander than win. Fred Barnes August 1, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 43 The path to ratification by Congress was greased after President Obama renegotiated trade treaties with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. Obama would supply Democratic votes. Republicans were already on board,
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AUGUST 2, 2011 H is for Hillary, who would have made a better president. By BRET STEPHENS Snapshots from President Obama’s efforts to improve America’s standing in the world, 923 days into his administration: A is for the Arab world, and our standing in it: This year, Zogby International found that 5% of Egyptians had
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JULY 8, 2011 The dictators who came to power in the 1950s and ’60s were economic levelers who impoverished their countries. Today’s unrest is the result. By FOUAD AJAMI Mr. Ajami, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, is co-chairman of Hoover’s Working Group on Islamism and the International Order. The late great Austrian
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JUNE 25, 2011 The latest GOP presidential candidate talks about cutting defense to better compete with Asia. By DANIEL HENNINGER No Republican presidential candidate stirs more curiosity than Jon Huntsman. “What about Huntsman?” You hear it all the time. Who is Jon Huntsman and where is he coming from? On the morning after he announced
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Fred Barnes June 13, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 37 The Obama administration is 0-for-3 in meeting economic expectations. In 2009, President Obama and his advisers believed the bountiful stimulus package would give the economy a strong jolt. It didn’t, and still hasn’t. In 2010, Obama declared Recovery Summer and
JANUARY 13, 2011 U.S. Cuts Global Grain Supply Outlook; Higher Prices Expected at Grocery Stores By SCOTT KILMAN And LIAM PLEVEN Evidence of tightening global food supplies grew as the U.S. Agriculture Department cut its estimates for global harvests of key crops and raised some demand forecasts, adding to worries about rising food prices. Prices
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WASHINGTON POST Foreign-policy setbacks deepen Obama’s election wounds By Scott Wilson Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 19, 2010; 6:51 AM Presidents have often turned to foreign policy after domestic setbacks – from Ronald Reagan’s Latin American tour and speech calling the Soviet Union the “focus of evil in the modern world” in the months
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NOVEMBER 13, 2010 The world won’t follow slow-growth, weak-dollar America. Has there ever been a major economic summit where a U.S. President and his Treasury Secretary were as thoroughly rebuffed as they were at this week’s G-20 meeting in Seoul? We can’t think of one. President Obama failed to achieve any of his main goals
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