Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Meet the mainstream media. Fred Barnes September 5, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 47 As a rule, the press is the scourge of presidents. They’re expected to endure unending scrutiny, mistrust, and badgering—plus hostility if they’re Republicans—by a hectoring herd of reporters and commentators in the mainstream media. But there’s […]
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The End of the New Deal Order It won’t win the future. Matthew Continetti September 5, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 47 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The modern welfare state was born. In our era, Keller writes, political debate isn’t over how to constrain government. It’s over how to use
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Mugged by Mythology Liberals believe the darnedest things. Jeff Bergner September 12, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 48 Sometimes talking with liberals is perplexing. You never know what claim they will make next or what name they will call you. Take David Axelrod’s response to Standard & Poor’s recent credit
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 ‘Green Jobs’ vs. Real Energy Jobs For every two cents of tax subsidies for ‘Big Oil,’ wind and solar get nearly $1. By STEPHEN MOORE President Obama is expected to seek another $250 billion or so in new stimulus funds next week, with plenty of money for clean energy and the creation
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IMPRIMIS – HILLSDALE COLLEGE July/August 2011 Václav Klaus President, Czech Republic The Crisis of the European Union: Causes and Significance Václav Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic, spoke to friends of Hillsdale College in Berlin during Hillsdale’s 2011 cruise in the Baltic Sea. The speech was delivered at Berlin’s Hotel Adlon on June 11, 2011. As
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 Notable & Quotable Politico reporters Ben Smith and Maggie Haberman on liberals’ ‘Perry panic.’ Reporters Ben Smith and Maggie Haberman in Politico, Aug. 30: [Rick] Perry panic has spread from the conference rooms of Washington, D.C., to the coffee shops of Brooklyn, with the realization that the conservative Texan could conceivably become
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 Post-’60s liberals, with the president as their standard bearer, seek to make a virtue of decline. By SHELBY STEELE If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a hundred times: President Obama is destroying the country. Some say this destructiveness is intended; most say it is inadvertent, an outgrowth of inexperience, ideological
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– The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation – http://blog.heritage.org – Morning Bell: Food Regulators Out of Control Posted By Ericka Andersen On September 1, 2011 @ 9:56 am In Enterprise and Free Markets | First Lady Michelle Obama’s obsession with “childhood obesity” has bothered many since it began two years ago,
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Decline and Fall The arc of the Obama presidency bends towards failure. Peter Wehner August 29, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 46 Now more than halfway through his third year in office—with the economy flat-lining, American prestige evaporating, and public anxiety spiking—Barack Obama is the most vulnerable incumbent president since
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THE WEEKLY STANDARD WEDDING BELL BLUES August 29, 2011 The first unintended consequence of New York’s legalization of gay marriage appeared in a press release from the University of Rochester earlier this summer: “Effective July 24, 2011, University of Rochester employees are no longer able to enroll same-sex domestic partners (or children of domestic partners)
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