NEWS & OBSERVER Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 LONDON Britain announced the most radical overhaul in decades Thursday to its once-generous welfare system, pledging harsh penalties for those who refuse jobs and community work service for the unemployed in return for benefit checks. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith announced sharp changes to the country’s […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Stephen F. Hayes November 11, 2010 4:45 PM Ben Smith has a good piece on John Thune’s vulnerabilities as a 2012 presidential candidate. Smith’s post raises the central question: Is Thune too “establishment” for the current political environment? That question is surfacing well before the start of real 2012
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NOVEMBER 10, 2010 Mr. Issa’s Investigations Oversight is harder than a TV interview. Most Republicans have been suitably modest and restrained in the wake of their victories last week—then there’s Darrell Issa. The California Congressman is set to chair the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in January, and he’s wasting no time adjusting to
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AMERICAN THINKER November 09, 2010 Bernanke’s Cowardice Has Sealed Our Fate By Monty Pelerin The day after the election, the Federal Reserve launched QE2, the second round of Quantitative Easing. This public relations euphemism attempts to hide the fact that the Fed is “printing money” (the Fed actually does it electronically these days). “Cheating, debasing,
NOVEMBER 8, 2010 California: The Lindsay Lohan of States Sacramento is headed for trouble again, and it shouldn’t expect a bailout. By ALLYSIA FINLEY Listen up, California. The other 48 states—your cousin New York excluded—are sick of your bratty arrogance. You’re the Lindsay Lohan of states: a prima donna who once showed some talent but
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Oct 18 2010 COBURN: Education pork stalls reform Congress can’t stop throwing away your money The Washington Times, By Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. Across the country, America is waking up to the fact that our education system is broken and needs to change. I’m convinced the public understands, now more than ever, that virtually every
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NOVEMBER 3, 2010 Welcome, Senate Conservatives Remember what the voters back home want—less government and more freedom. By JIM DEMINT Congratulations to all the tea party-backed candidates who overcame a determined, partisan opposition to win their elections. The next campaign begins today. Because you must now overcome determined party insiders if this nation is going
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NEW YORK TIMES October 31, 2010 How We Got Here By ROSS DOUTHAT From the early 1990s through the 2008 election, Americans grew steadily more liberal. Voters became more supportive of government spending and more sympathetic toward the poor. They were increasingly secular and increasingly likely to favor gay marriage. They were more worried about
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THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR The Slaughterhouse The Smallness of Saul By Matthew Vadum from the October 2010 issue Radical: A Portrait of Saul Alinsky By Nicholas von Hoffman (Nation Books, 214 pages, $26.95) “Although Alinsky is described as some kind of liberal left-winger in actuality big government worried him,” writes Saul Alinsky protégé Nicholas von Hoffman
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