Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Friends in High Places The Obama Justice Department went to bat for the New Black Panther party—and then covered it up. BY Jennifer Rubin June 21, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 38 The case is straightforward. On Election Day 2008, two members of the New Black Panther party (NBPP) dressed […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Turkey of a Policy Obama makes the Middle East an even more dangerous place. BY Elliott Abrams June 21, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 38 The Gaza flotilla incident is not over. American demands for some “international role” in investigating Israel’s conduct (but not, it seems, Turkey’s) and for
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Period of Consequences Our dangerous Iran policy. BY Jamie Fly and William Kristol June 21, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 38 The passage last Wednesday of a fourth U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran was the latest act in the tragicomedy that is U.S. policy toward Iran.
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JUNE 22, 2010 A Tale of Two Disasters Bush was blamed for local failures after Katrina. Obama got a free ride for weeks as federal failures mounted during the Gulf spill. By PAUL H. RUBIN In many respects, the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Katrina are mirror images of each other. The harm from Katrina was
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JUNE 21, 2010 The ‘Paralyzing’ Principle The Gulf disaster rehabilitates a discredited idea. The Gulf oil spill is having all sorts of nasty consequences well beyond damage to the regional environment and economy. Not least, the resulting political panic seems to be rehabilitating the thoroughly discredited theory of regulation known as the precautionary principle. This
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The Antidrilling Commission The White House choices seem to have made up their minds. “Under my Administration, the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over. . . To undermine scientific integrity is to undermine our democracy. . . I want to be sure that facts are driving scientific decisions, and not
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JUNE 22, 2010 The Obama Speech We’re Waiting For Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to get the BP treatment. By WILLIAM MCGURN The President: Good evening. As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession. Abroad, our brave men and
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INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny? By THOMAS SOWELL Posted 06/21/2010 06:13 PM ET View Enlarged Image When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to
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Published on NumbersUSA (http://www.numbersusa.com/content) Senators Challenge Pres. Obama on Rumors of Executive Order Amnesty By cchmielenski Created 06/21/2010 – 4:58pm Homepage Teaser: Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation’s 11-18 million illegal aliens. Led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), eight Senators
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JUNE 17, 2010 The Bad News About ObamaCare Keeps Piling Up It’s now obvious that many millions will lose the coverage they have. By KARL ROVE In his brilliant exposition of why sweeping policy changes often have unintended consequences, the late sociologist Robert K. Merton wrote that leaders get things wrong when their “paramount concern
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