NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Victor Davis Hanson September 22, 2011 12:00 A.M. The country has never been in more danger. Will Israel survive? That question hasn’t really been asked since 1967. Then, a far weaker Israel was surrounded on all sides by Arab dictatorships that were equipped with sophisticated weapons from their nuclear patron, the […]
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 The president’s own economic words are coming back to haunt him.By STEPHEN MOORE Barack Obama now faces perhaps his most politically crippling deficit of all: a credibility deficit. That observation is reflected in the latest Bloomberg poll, which finds that on the heels of his big jobs speech last Thursday night, more
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 The Gulf of Mexico has staged a comeback as a source of oil for big energy companies, little more than a year after the Obama administration largely shut down drilling in the wake of the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Associated PressA rig and supply vessel at work in the
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Romney: My plan to turn around the U.S. economy By Mitt Romney USA Today September 6, 2011 Barack Obama has had his turn at fixing the American economy. Millions of unemployed Americans can judge by their own experiences what he has done and failed to do. For my part, I believe America can do better.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 With the U.S. locking up Alaskan and Arctic oil, a major turns to Russia. Few companies wring more earnings from a dollar of investment than Exxon Mobil, so we assume CEO Rex Tillerson knows the risks he’s taking by getting into business with Vladimir Putin to explore for oil in the Russian
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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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AUGUST 26, 2011 How is increasing the price of imported oil and industrial commodities supposed to make U.S. industry more competitive? By ALAN REYNOLDS One year ago, on Aug. 27, 2010, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke explained the rationale for a second round of quantitative easing. “A first option for providing additional monetary accommodation is
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AUGUST 21, 2011, 7:41 P.M. ET A week in the life of the Obama recovery. Financial markets are in turmoil, investors are fleeing to safe havens, and the chances of another recession are rising. This would seem to be a moment when government should be especially careful to do no harm, to talk and walk
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AUGUST 16, 2011 Ruby Red Tape A case study in the costs of regulation, from Opal to Oregon. The abstraction known as “regulation” is often invoked as a reason businesses aren’t growing or hiring fast enough, and with good reason. Anyone wondering what that means in practice should consult the epic saga of the Ruby
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AUGUST 18, 2011 By RUSSELL GOLD Exxon Mobil Corp. is fighting with the U.S. government to keep control of one of its biggest oil discoveries ever, in a showdown where billions of dollars hang in the balance for both sides. The massive Gulf of Mexico discovery contains an estimated one billion barrels of recoverable oil,
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