June 15, 2011 “Brother, Can You Spare a Regulation?” By Tony Blankley Last week, in a much-discussed, open, live, televised forum, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, asked Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke the $64 trillion question. While most commentators focused on the apt question, it was Bernanke’s answer that shocked me when I […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Medicare? Thanks, but no thanks. Jeff Bergner June 27, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 39 In a few months my wife and I will turn 65 years of age. I guess we’re the proverbial grandpa and grandma that our political leaders aim to protect. Our mailbox has been full lately
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Burning down the house By George F. Will, Published: July 1 “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” — Emerson The louder they talked about the disadvantaged, the more money they made. And the more the financial system tottered. Who were they? Most explanations of the financial calamity have been
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JUNE 30, 2011 Teddie E. Pryor Sr. Chairman , Charleston County Council, Charleston, S.C. Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., Charleston, S.C. Mayor R. Keith Summey, North Charleston, S.C. Mayor Billy Swails, Mount Pleasant, S.C. We find Thomas Geoghegan’s “Boeing’s Threat to American Enterprise” (op-ed, June 20) astounding in its ignorance toward our manufacturing statistics and
LETTER TO THE EDITOR – BOEING EXPANSION IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS A SMART MOVE Read More »
JUNE 30, 2011 Mitt Romney has adapted her ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ slogan, but would he emulate her steely leadership? By ANDREW ROBERTS In 1978, with the British economy in crisis and unemployment hovering at 1.5 million, or 5.1% of the working-age population, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party turned to its advertising gurus, Charles and Maurice Saatchi,
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JUNE 30, 2011 Thomas Dewey tried to run out the clock on Harry Truman. It didn’t work. By KARL ROVE High unemployment, anemic growth, defections in key groups such as independents and Hispanics, and unpopular policies are among the reasons President Obama is unlikely to win re-election. But likely to lose is far from certain
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Obama’s egghead economic saboteurs By Michelle Malkin • June 8, 2011 09:21 AM Academic Legion of Economic Doom: Chart adapted from e21 Obama’s Egghead Economic Saboteurs by Michelle Malkin Official motto of the White House economic team: Those who can, do. Those who can’t, fantasize in the classroom, fail in Washington and then return to the Ivy
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JUNE 25, 2011 The real risks of the shale gas revolution, and how to manage them. The U.S. is in the midst of an energy revolution, and we don’t mean solar panels or wind turbines. A new gusher of natural gas from shale has the potential to transform U.S. energy production—that is, unless politicians, greens
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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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