West Point center cites dangers of ‘far right’ in U.S. By Rowan Scarborough– The Washington Times Thursday, January 17, 2013 AN EXCERPT FROM THIS REPORT: “While liberal worldviews are future- or progressive -oriented, conservative perspectives are more past-oriented, and in general, are interested in preserving the status quo.” the report says. “The far right […]
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Please scroll down to the bottom of the article to read Ronald Reagan’s impromptu remarks at the close of the 1976 Republican convention. Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Republican Party in Opposition William Kristol January 28, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 19 In March 1975, with the United States in post-Watergate disarray at
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January 31, 2013 Henninger: Obama’s Thunderdome Strategy The president’s goal is to make Republican ideas intolerable. By DANIEL HENNINGER EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: After the inaugural speech, Obama communications director Dan Pfeiffer said that Democrats don’t have “an opposition party worthy of the opportunity.” Even among the president’s supporters, one is hard put now
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January 28, 2013 Treasury Gets a Citibanker From Wall Street failure to the pinnacle of finance in four short years. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: There probably weren’t many laughs at Citi during the market panic in 2008. But if someone had said that a CAI executive, Jack Lew, would be the secretary of the
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January 25, 2013 Nicholas Eberstadt: Yes, Mr. President, We Are a Nation of Takers Since 1960, entitlement transfers have grown twice as fast as personal income—to $2.3 trillion annually. By NICHOLAS EBERSTADT EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: • In 1960, according to the Office of Management and Budget, social-welfare programs accounted for less than a
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January 25, 2013 It’s the Message, Morons By William L. Gensert On November 6, 2012, almost 66 million Americans traded the nation’s future for a chance to worship a false god. In a country of over 315 million people, a minority of eligible voters traded prosperity for the illusion of forced fairness. In reelecting
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Small Ball Why our fiscal debates amount to nothing Yuval Levin January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: It is crucial to see that both of these approaches are basically defensive in nature: The left is trying to avoid a fundamental transformation of
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Money for Nothing Who caused the financial collapse? Just about everyone. Lewis E. Lehrman January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17 The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure – Why Pure Capitalism Is the World Economy’s Only Hope by John A. Allison, McGraw-Hill 320 pages, $28 EXCERPT
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