NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com The Corner Obama’s Plans for the Suburbs: And How to Stop Them By Stanley Kurtz, AUTHOR OF SPREADING THE WEALTH March 18, 2013 10:01 A.M. Last Friday’s headlines focused on President Obama’s address at Argonne National Laboratory, where he proposed to spend $2 billion on an energy-security trust fund […]
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES HANSON: Why do societies give up? Slicing up a shrinking pie breeds class envy, then ruin By Victor Davis Hanson Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. His new book, “The Savior Generals,” will appear this spring from Bloomsbury Press. Monday, February 18, 2013
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March 2, 2013 Psalm 23, Newly Revised According to Modern Principles Proverbial wisdom for the Age of Obama. By MARK HELPRIN Mr. Helprin is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and the author, most recently, of the novel “In Sunlight and In Shadow” (Harcourt, 2012) Yea, though I walk through the valley of
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February 15, 2013 Generational Theft Needs to Be Arrested A Democrat, an independent and a Republican agree: Government spending levels are unsustainable. GEOFFREY CANADA, STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER AND KEVIN WARSHMr. Canada is president of the Harlem Children’s Zone. Mr. Druckenmiller is the former president of Duquesne Capital. Mr. Warsh is a former Federal Reserve governor
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January 25, 2013 Nicholas Eberstadt: Yes, Mr. President, We Are a Nation of Takers Since 1960, entitlement transfers have grown twice as fast as personal income—to $2.3 trillion annually. By NICHOLAS EBERSTADT EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: • In 1960, according to the Office of Management and Budget, social-welfare programs accounted for less than a
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Small Ball Why our fiscal debates amount to nothing Yuval Levin January 14, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 17 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: It is crucial to see that both of these approaches are basically defensive in nature: The left is trying to avoid a fundamental transformation of
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Printed from the News & Observer – www.NewsObserver.com Tue, Jan 08, 2013 Memo to Obama: Make more millionaires to tax By Thomas L. Friedman – The New York Times The U.S. military trains its fighter pilots on a principle called the “OODA Loop.” It stands for observe, orient, decide, act. The idea is that
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January 7, 2013 The Education of John Boehner Leverage for the next clash: GOP willingness to let the spending sequester take effect. By STEPHEN MOORE What stunned House Speaker John Boehner more than anything else during his prolonged closed-door budget negotiations with Barack Obama was this revelation: “At one point several weeks ago,” Mr.
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January 2, 2013, David Malpass: Nothing Is Certain Except More Debt and Taxes The Senate fiscal-cliff bill still means higher taxes on every working American. So much for just going after ‘the rich.’ By DAVID MALPASS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: No wonder many House Republicans balked at what was presented. The New Year’s Day
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Sebelius Coverup Obamacare’s insurance exchanges need scrutiny. Jeffrey H. Anderson December 10, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 13 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Prior to the election, most reporters — or their editors — weren’t interested in looking into any of this too closely. But in the wake of
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