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VIDEO – ENGLAND AND MARGARET THATCHER, “THE IRON LADY”

HOOVER INSTITUTE UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE INTERVIEW BY PETER ROBINSON OF CHARLES MOORE, LONG-TIME BRITISH JOURNALIST This week’s video features Charles Moore, former editor of the UK Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and of the Spectator magazine. He is also the authorized biographer of the Right Honorable Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, better known as Margaret Thatcher. […]

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BARACK OBAMA THE PESSIMIST

AUGUST 1, 2011 His lack of faith in American exceptionalism has dashed any hope of a ‘transformational’ presidency. By FOUAD AJAMI In one of the illuminating, unscripted moments of the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama said—much to the dismay of his core constituency—that the Reagan presidency had been “transformational” in a way that Bill Clinton’s

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‘WE NEED A RONALD REGAN’

JULY 9, 2011 Europeans pay tribute to a great American—and long for another. By PEGGY NOONAN What brilliant good it can do a country when the world respects, and will not forget, one of its leaders. What was vividly true 30 years ago is true today: The world looks to America. It doesn’t want to

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KARL ROVE – HOW THE GOP CAN BLOW IT IN 2012

JUNE 30, 2011 Thomas Dewey tried to run out the clock on Harry Truman. It didn’t work. By KARL ROVE High unemployment, anemic growth, defections in key groups such as independents and Hispanics, and unpopular policies are among the reasons President Obama is unlikely to win re-election. But likely to lose is far from certain

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REAGAN WAS RIGHT

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Editors June 27, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 39 We at The Weekly Standard have had plenty of advice for Republicans on how to criticize (and occasionally to support) Obama administration foreign and defense policies. But as the GOP presidential campaign heats up, it seems that some candidates are

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HOW TO DEAL WITH THE DEBT LIMIT

JUNE 17, 2011 The White House and Congress should agree to a hard cap on spending. James A. Baker III,   Mr. Baker was President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of the Treasury from 1985-88. If the United States does not address its looming debt crisis, the cost of servicing the national debt will spiral out of control.

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GOLD SLAMS BERNANKE

April 28, 2011 By Larry Kudlow Fed head Ben Bernanke, at his first-ever news conference on Wednesday, slammed the door shut on any new QE3 pump-priming. The $600 billion QE2 program to purchase bonds will end on target at the end of June, and that will be that. Bernanke also suggested that the Fed’s “extended

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LIBERALISM’S DEATH CROAK

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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OBAMA’S RECOVERY RATE COMPARED WITH REAGAN’S

APRIL 15, 2011 The Obama Growth Discount Policy matters. If Barack Obama matched Ronald Reagan’s post-recession recovery rate, 15.7 million more Americans would have jobs. By PHIL GRAMM Had the U.S. economy recovered from the current recession the way it bounced back from the other 10 recessions since World War II, our per-capita gross domestic

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STEVE FORBES – REAGAN’S LEGACY AND THE CURRENT MALAISE

MARCH 22, 2011 Lower taxes and a strong dollar could spur growth once again. By STEVE FORBES Today, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, the Manhattan Institute and The Wall Street Journal will host a morning seminar concerning the economic legacy of Ronald Reagan. The get-together couldn’t be timelier. Reagan came into the White House facing

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