Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Fred Barnes June 13, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 37 The Obama administration is 0-for-3 in meeting economic expectations. In 2009, President Obama and his advisers believed the bountiful stimulus package would give the economy a strong jolt. It didn’t, and still hasn’t. In 2010, Obama declared Recovery Summer and […]
JUNE 22, 2011 World War II created confidence in large institutions and big government. But few would want the cultural conformity of the mid-20th century back. By MICHAEL BARONE There’s a longing on the left for the golden years of the 1940s, ’50s and early ’60s. Income distribution was significantly more egalitarian than it is
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The Chopra Humiliation by John Hayward (more by this author) Posted 06/20/2011 ET Look out, America! You stand on the brink of a “national cleansing” that could become as violent as Mao’s Cultural Revolution, and only Deepak Chopra can save you. When you’re the Huffington Post, it’s hard to “sink to a new low,” but they
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JUNE 17, 2011 The Canary in California In a safe Democratic district in California, GOP candidate Craig Huey comes out of nowhere to win a runoff spot in a special House election. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL In May, when Democrats pulled out a surprise victory in a special House election in New York, all the
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US NEWS America’s Fading Exceptionalism Only serious leadership on immigration, the national debt, and unemployment will make America great once again By Mortimer B. Zuckerman Posted: June 10, 2011 Our 21st century does not seem to be on course to be described as the “American century,” the title indubitably merited for the 20th century. For
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FOX NATION.COM AP By Tom Fitton, Big Government Judicial Watch uncovered hundreds of documents from the City of Dayton, Ohio, showing that Department of Justice (DOJ) officials pressured the Dayton Police and Fire Departments to lower testing standards because not enough African-American candidates passed the written exam. On May 25, Judicial Watch also filed a
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INVESTORS’ BUSINESS DAILY June 9, 2011 Europe Is Warning Us By Victor Davis Hanson ROME — If Americans think fuel and food prices are high, they should try Europe, where both can nearly double those in the United States — while salaries here are often lower. Italians, like most now-broke Southern European countries, are desperate
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WONDER WHY CALIFORNIA IS BROKE? These are all California State Agencies California Academic Performance Index (API) * California Access for Infants and Mothers * California Acupuncture Board * California Administrative Office of the Courts * California Adoptions Branch * California African American Museum * California Agricultural Export Program * California Agricultural Labor Relations Board * California
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JUNE 7, 2011 As production slows, the North Slope pipeline could shut down. Perhaps you’ve heard politicians call for “independence” from foreign oil, however unrealistic the goal. What you probably haven’t heard about is the determined environmental campaign, abetted by the Obama Administration, to shut down the 38-year-old Trans-Alaska Pipeline. In its 1980s heyday, the
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