Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Paranoid Style in Liberal Politics The left’s obsession with the Koch brothers Matthew Continetti April 4, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 28 Wichita EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Ah, but such is life when you and your brother are suddenly two of the most demonized men in American politics. For […]
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APRIL 5, 2011 The Jewish state has 250 billion barrels of oil shale. By BRET STEPHENS Jerusalem “That is beautiful product.” Harold Vinegar is holding a little vial of oil, light-brown in color, with a look of paternal pride. “It’s much lighter than typical crude,” he says, describing it as “the equivalent of Saudi extra-light.”
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APRIL 1, 2011 More Americans work for the government than in manufacturing, farming, fishing, forestry, mining and utilities combined. By STEPHEN MOORE If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, consider this depressing statistic: Today in America there are nearly twice
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DAILY CALLER By Rep. Peter Roskam 03/30/2011 Note: Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman will testify before the Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee today (March 30) Illinois and other states have recently made headlines for their declining populations. Whether they realize it or not, what states like Illinois are learning the hard way is that over-taxing and
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MARCH 29, 2011 A once-great American city today repels people of talent and ambition. By WILLIAM MCGURN If only Detroit could point to some natural disaster for its misfortunes. Within hours of the earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan, for example, President Obama called the prime minister to offer “whatever assistance is needed.” Likewise, when Hurricane
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New agency would blow billions on toll roads, windmills and solar panels By THE WASHINGTON TIMES– Wednesday, March 16, 2011 The last thing America needs right now is another government agency. Apparently, Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, doesn’t agree. On Tuesday, he announced his intention to establish the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA). President Obama
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MARCH 25, 2011 The identification of firms as too big to fail is a mad policy that will confer unfair marketplace advantages and put taxpayers on the hook for future bailouts. With the comment period now closed on its proposed rule, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) is getting ready to outline the terms for
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MARCH 25, 2011 The country needs to unleash entrepreneurs, who will only be held back by tax-funded make-work projects. By EDWARD GLAESER The Census just reported that Detroit’s population dropped by 25% between 2000 and 2010, a stunning fall that is even larger than the 20% drop Detroit experienced during the 1970s. The story of
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MARCH 22, 2011 That battle was lost long ago—and now the young and talented are leaving. By WILLIAM MCGURN The new Republican governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, likes to say that he’s not interested in the confrontation with organized labor that we see in Wisconsin. That may be. Nevertheless, Mr. Snyder has become Public Enemy
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IBD Editorials Posted 07:08 PM ET Energy Policy: While leaving U.S. oil and jobs in the ground, our itinerant president tells a South American neighbor that we’ll help it develop its offshore resources so we can one day import its oil. WHAT?!? With Japan staggered by a natural disaster and a nuclear crisis, cruise missiles
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