THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR The Current Crisis By R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. on 4.28.11 @ 6:09AM WASHINGTON — While inspecting the body politic, one encounters one clear sign that Liberalism is dead. It is the condition of our political discourse. Polite commentators note that the dialogue is “rancorous.” Some say toxic. Actually it is worse than
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New labor plan: Nationwide protests By: Ben Smith April 21, 2011 02:31 PM EDT In a major strategic shift, the Service Employees International Union plans to use its giant political operation to try to build a grass-roots movement of public protest and organization similar to the massive show of pro-labor support that overran Madison, Wis.
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Saddled up and ready to go. John McCormack April 22, 2011 11:59 AM In his column today, Charles Krauthammer sizes up the potential GOP presidential candidates and concludes by noting there’s a chance Paul Ryan could end up running in 2012: Even less likely to run — the 2016 bench
FORBES Apr. 22 2011 By PETER FERRARA A fundamental misconception about America’s welfare state misleads millions of voters to reflexively support ever bigger and more generous government. William Voegeli fingers the attitude in his book, Never Enough: America’s Limitless Welfare State: “no matter how large the welfare state, liberal politicians and writers have accused it
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The status quo is far more ‘extreme’ than the Republican budget Yuval Levin April 18, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 30 Late last month, Senator Charles Schumer of New York led a conference call in which Senate Democrats briefed reporters about the ongoing budget battle. At the outset, unaware that
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As you are aware, devastating storms hit North Carolina last weekend causing a great degree of damage across a large part of the central and eastern regions of our state. As I have traveled to many of the areas most affected by Saturday’s storms, I have been shocked by some of the destruction I have
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Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Senate Bill 8 – Charter Schools On Monday evening, Senate Bill 8, “An Act to Remove the Cap on the Number of Charter Schools,” passed the House by a vote of 68 – 51. Despite its unanimous support from Republicans and one courageous Democrat, changes to the charter
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HUMANEVENTS.COM Obama Is Taking Care of Business by John Hayward (more by this author) Posted 04/21/2011 ET Updated 04/21/2011 ET Reuters has a report today that says “Moammar Qaddafi has consolidated his position in central and western Libya enough to maintain an indefinite standoff with rebels trying to end his four-decade rule,” according to U.S. and European
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Obama administration to make government contracts political. Jeffrey H. Anderson April 21, 2011 2:46 PM Under a headline reading, “White House may add politics to contract bids,” Washington Technology Daily reports, “The Obama administration is determining how to require companies competing for government contracts to list their political contributions
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BOSTON GLOBE Celebrating Romney’s true role April 18, 2011 + LAST WEEK, as they celebrated the fifth birthday of the state’s universal health care law, Democrats offered crocodile congratulations to Mitt Romney for his role in making the landmark statute a reality. Because that law served as the model for ObamaCare, it has become anathema
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