Politics

BEING HOSNI MUBARAK

February 1, 2011 Egypt’s leader has gambled that he can ride out the protests and hold on. It’s a pretty good gamble. By BRET STEPHENS Imagine yourself as Hosni Mubarak, master of Egypt for nearly 30 years. You’re old, unwell, detested and addicted to power. You could have orchestrated a graceful exit by promising to […]

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THE ROCHE RECORD – CAN WE GET SERIOUS PLEASE, OUR GREAT COUNTRY IS AT RISK

CAN WE GET SERIOUS PLEASE, OUR GREAT COUNTRY IS AT RISK by Frank Roche, Economist Throughout American history, in good times and bad, policy makers have always faced difficult challenges, choices, and final decisions.  American policy makers in 2011 face their own difficult challenges, choices, and final decisions.  What I sense is missing today among policy makers is a sufficient degree of seriousness,

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WHAT CAUSED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS?

JANUARY 27, 2011 Congress’s inquiry commission is offering a simplistic narrative that could lead to the wrong policy reforms. By BILL THOMAS,KEITH HENNESSEY AND DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN Today, six members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission—created by the last Congress to investigate the causes of the financial crisis—are releasing their final report. Although the three of

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WHITE HOUSE QUIETLY EXEMPTS ‘FRIENDS’ FROM OBAMACARE

WOLF: Tawdry details of Obamacare White House quietly exempts pampered politicos By Dr. Milton R. Wolf    The Washington Times January 28, 2011 If you would like to know what the White House really thinks of Obamacare, there’s an easy way. Look past its press releases. Ignore its promises. Forget its talking points. Instead, simply witness for yourself

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CAP AND TRADE RETURNS FROM THE GRAVE

JANUARY 28, 2011 The president’s plans for “clean energy standards” amount to carbon controls by other means. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Cap and trade is dead. Long live cap and trade. The president presented his new, conciliatory face to the nation this week, and his State of the Union was as notable for what it

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A PSYCHIATRIST’S ADVICE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA – DR. KEITH ABLOW

By Dr. Keith  Ablow Published January 27, 2011 | FoxNews.com President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday night symbolically kicked off the 2012 Presidential campaign. I tuned in with what psychiatrists call a “third ear”—listening to myself listening, polling my gut for when it alerted me to true or false notes. In my office,

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OBAMA’S ‘INVESTMENT’ CHARADE

WALL STREET JOURNAL JANUARY 27, 2011 Milton Friedman warned that government spending cancels out higher-return private investment. By STEPHEN MOORE Words matter in politics, which is why the federal government no longer “spends” (and wastes) money, but rather “invests” it. According to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, nearly every penny of the $2.5

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RYAN, BACHMANN, PALIN AND STOSSEL RESPONSE TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH

Click on the link for the responses of  ‘Ryan, Bachmann, Palin and Stossel’s  Response to the SOTU Speach’ Ryan, Bachmann, Palin and Stossel Respond to the SOTU Speach

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WHITE HOUSE ENERGY ‘CZAR’ TO EXIT IN STAFF SHAKE-UP

JANUARY 25, 2011 By LAURA MECKLER WASHINGTON — Carol Browner is leaving her position as White House “energy czar,” and a staff shake-up is likely to eliminate her post altogether, according to Democrats familiar with events. The “czar” position, and Ms. Browner herself, have been lightning rods for critics of the president’s environmental-policy agenda and

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