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THE DEBT DEAL AND THE PROGRESSIVE CRACK-UP

AUGUST 6, 2011 Liberal contempt for the workings of democracy and for diversity of opinion reflects not just hypocrisy but panic. By PETER BERKOWITZ The debt-limit crisis of 2011 brought the federal government harrowingly close to defaulting on its financial obligations. As the dust settles, it is more harrowing still to contemplate the implications of […]

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OBAMA AND THE NARCISSISM OF BIG DIFFERENCES

AUGUST 6, 2011 ‘He becomes visibly agitated. . . . He does not like to be challenged on policy grounds,’ says the House majority leader of the president. By JOSEPH RAGO New York Whatever the rhetoric that preceded this week’s deal, the debt-ceiling debate was never really about the debt at all. It was about

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POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD AT GROUND ZERO

WASHINGTON TIMES We can have a Ground Zero Mosque, but not a memorial that actually memorializes 9/11 By Michael Burke        Michael Burke served on the family advisory committee for the memorial and the advisory committee on the museum center to the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. His brother, New York Fire Department Capt. William F. Burke

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HOW THE GOP COULD THROW THE 2012 ELECTION

AUGUST 5, 2011 Notable & Quotable Jon Decker on how the GOP could throw the 2012 election. Jon Decker, the White House correspondent for Reuters Television, in the August issue of Policy Review: If the 2012 election becomes a referendum on the president’s job performance—particularly in improving the nation’s economy—Republicans will be in a very

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THE DEBT DEAL AND THE AGONY OF NANCY PELOSI

AUGUST 4, 2011 In the new climate of spending cuts, Democrats appear disoriented and distraught. By FRED BARNES The agony of Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, is palpable these days. When she speaks on the House floor, she waves her arms and talks with great passion. She has the look

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THE OBAMA DOWNGRADE, ALPHABETICALLY

AUGUST 2, 2011 H is for Hillary, who would have made a better president. By BRET STEPHENS Snapshots from President Obama’s efforts to improve America’s standing in the world, 923 days into his administration: A is for the Arab world, and our standing in it: This year, Zogby International found that 5% of Egyptians had

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ERIC HOLDER’S NEWEST WITCH HUNT – THE BANKS

August 3, 2011 Eric Holder’s Newest Witch Hunt By Bob Beauprez 7/31/2011 The Department of Justice is executing a “Witch Hunt” against banks. Through the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, Attorney General Eric Holder is forcing banks to “relax their mortgage underwriting standards and approve loans for minorities with poor credit as part of a new

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