AMERICAN THINKER February 08, 2011 Bill Kristol, Stand for Truth By Pamela Geller Bill Kristol has opened the French doors of his ivory tower, stepped out and deigned to address the great unwashed conservative quarter. High above the people and reality, he admonishes those on the right for not embracing the catastrophic events unfolding in
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FEBRUARY 7, 2011 A Modest $500 Billion Proposal My spending cuts would keep 85% of government funding and not touch Social Security or Medicare. By RAND PAUL After Republicans swept into office in 1994, Bill Clinton famously said in his State of the Union address that the era of big government was over. Nearly $10
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Farewell to Arms Max Boot January 17, 2011 In 1991, at the end of the Cold War, there were 710,821 active-duty soldiers in the U.S. Army. By 2001, that figure was down to 478,918. That 32 percent decline in active-duty strength severely limited our options for a military
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FEBRUARY 4, 2011 The subpoena king’s hilarious advice. In the glass-houses department, Henry Waxman is accusing Republicans of “an abuse of the oversight process” and “going on fishing expeditions” as they investigate the White House. This is like Ben Roethlisberger volunteering to chaperone spring break. The 19-term Beverly Hills Democrat made his name as a
FEBRUARY 4, 2011 Their budgets will be crushed by the Medicaid expansions that the feds are forcing on them. By GEORGE MELLOAN Behind this week’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson overturning ObamaCare on constitutional grounds, there is a deeper economic reality. The states can’t afford it. That’s a primary reason why 26
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FEBRUARY 3, 2011 Notable & Quotable John Fund on last weekend’s protest against Charles and David Koch. John Fund writing Wednesday in the Journal’s Political Diary e-newsletter: For years, major liberal donors have assembled at swanky resorts to plot campaign strategy at the instigation of financier George Soros and Peter Lewis, the founder of Progressive
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February 4, 2011 Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere By Victor Davis Hanson The 2008 financial crash originated with a housing bubble. Not long ago, the cheap money policies of the Federal Reserve, the infusion of trillions of dollars in new foreign investment, and the misguided policies of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae all conspired to extend to
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FEBRUARY 3, 2011 Alice Rivlin and Paul Ryan have a bipartisan plan. By KARL ROVE ObamaCare has recently been dealt three body blows. Speaker John Boehner pushed a bill to repeal it through the House. GOP leader Mitch McConnell will get to put Senate Democrats on record with a vote on repeal as well. And
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Published on Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com) By Noemie Emery Created Feb 1 2011 Obama’s moment passes him by President Obama, who once seemed fortune’s child, is now the least lucky of men. Two years ago, he and his goals seemed as one with the trends of the era. He was a man of destiny, if he
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