Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Rites of Initiation Will the freshman Republicans earn ‘strange new respect’? Fred Barnes November 29, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 11 The newly elected House Republicans, that hardy band of conservatives, are in for a rude surprise. But not yet. The press and other branches of the Washington establishment will
Political Corruption
STOP TREATING POLITICAL JUDGES LIKE SACRED COWS
November 28, 2010 Political Judges By Thomas Sowell 11/10/2010 Results of the recent elections showed that growing numbers of Americans are fed up with “public servants” who act as if they are public masters. This went beyond the usual objections to particular policies. It was the fact that policies were crammed down our throats, whether
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INTERVIEW WITH DICK ARMEY, REVOLUTIONARY DO-OVER
NOVEMBER 20, 2010 Revolutionary Do-Over By JOHN FUND An old Washington story goes that when Martians land near the White House, everyone inside the Beltway flees in terror. Everyone, that is, except for the folks at the favor-factories known as Congress’s Appropriations Committees, who rush to greet the spaceship and say, “We’re here to help
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ERIC CANTOR’S YOU CUT: VOTE TO CUT NPR
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CITIES FACE A DEEPENING FISCAL CRISIS
November 17, 2010 Cities Face a Deepening Fiscal Crisis By Steven Malanga The steep fiscal crisis that many states face includes staggering retirement costs for their workers, estimated at some $3 trillion in unfunded future promises. The size of those liabilities has already shaken up some municipal bond investors, and the inadequate, sometimes misleading way
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THE FANNIE MAE REPUBLICANS
NOVEMBER 16, 2010 Some born again reformers were once the company’s defenders. A major task for the next Congress will be rewriting the laws governing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and House Republicans have now won a seat at that table. Which makes it all the more important that their seat not be occupied by
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THE GOP’S EARMARK NO-BRAINER
NOVEMBER 12, 2010 Sen. Jim DeMint is offering Republicans a chance to prove they meant what they said on spending. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Senate Republicans ran to midterm victory last week hitting every single high note. One week in, they risk ruining the aria with some off-key grunge. What issue could prove so important
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THE HIGH PRICE OF JOURNALISM IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA
NOVEMBER 12, 2010 Five of my colleagues at Novaya Gazeta have been murdered. No one has been brought to justice. By ELENA MILASHINA Moscow As a journalist for Russia’s leading independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, I have been lucky. For over a decade I’ve had the privilege to report extensively on dramatic current events in my
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JOHN THUNE’S EARMARK CONUNDRUM
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Stephen F. Hayes November 11, 2010 4:45 PM Ben Smith has a good piece on John Thune’s vulnerabilities as a 2012 presidential candidate. Smith’s post raises the central question: Is Thune too “establishment” for the current political environment? That question is surfacing well before the start of real 2012
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DARRELL ISSA’S COMMITTEE INVESTIGATIONS
NOVEMBER 10, 2010 Mr. Issa’s Investigations Oversight is harder than a TV interview. Most Republicans have been suitably modest and restrained in the wake of their victories last week—then there’s Darrell Issa. The California Congressman is set to chair the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in January, and he’s wasting no time adjusting to
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