Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Lead? President Obama would prefer not to. Fred Barnes June 27, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 39 We’ve had strong presidents and weak presidents, skillful presidents and incompetent presidents, mediocre presidents and just plain poor presidents. Barack Obama stands alone as the first president who simply declines to lead. On
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Medicare? Thanks, but no thanks. Jeff Bergner June 27, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 39 In a few months my wife and I will turn 65 years of age. I guess we’re the proverbial grandpa and grandma that our political leaders aim to protect. Our mailbox has been full lately
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July 1, 2011 by Donald Rumsfeld EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Our country has taken an ax to our national security budget—both the Defense Department and the intelligence community—after every war of the 20th century. And every time we later regretted it. Defense spending is now 19% of federal outlays and declining. This is the lowest
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JUNE 30, 2011 Thomas Dewey tried to run out the clock on Harry Truman. It didn’t work. By KARL ROVE High unemployment, anemic growth, defections in key groups such as independents and Hispanics, and unpopular policies are among the reasons President Obama is unlikely to win re-election. But likely to lose is far from certain
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JUNE 25, 2011 The latest GOP presidential candidate talks about cutting defense to better compete with Asia. By DANIEL HENNINGER No Republican presidential candidate stirs more curiosity than Jon Huntsman. “What about Huntsman?” You hear it all the time. Who is Jon Huntsman and where is he coming from? On the morning after he announced
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NEW YORK TIMES June 15, 2011 As Number of Medicaid Patients Goes Up, Their Benefits Are About to Drop By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — The Obama administration injected billions of dollars into Medicaid, the nation’s low-income health program, as the recession deepened two years ago. The money runs out at the end of this month,
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JUNE 11, 2011 ‘On the Beach, I Bring von Mises’ The tea party favorite on her start in politics, where she learned her economics, and why she disagrees with Reagan on the War Powers Resolution. By STEPHEN MOORE “If I’m in, I’ll be all in,” says Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, artfully dodging my question
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MAY 27, 2011, 7:51 P.M. ET Word of the Decade: ‘Unsustainable’ Washington finally acknowledges the debt crisis. But can it act? By PEGGY NOONAN We’re at a funny place. The American establishment has finally come around, in unison, to admitting that America is in crisis, that our debt actually threatens our ability to endure, that
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Beyond Mediscare Yuval Levin May 30, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 35 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Right now, Medicare pays all providers the same price for a given service—regardless of quality, efficiency, outcome, the cost to the provider, or patient satisfaction. Medicare recipients play no part in determining who gets
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