Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Europe’s rendezvous with monetary destiny Christopher Caldwell December 20, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 14 It has been easy to snicker in recent weeks at the politicians who designed the euro, which appears on the verge of collapse after a decade as the common currency of a dozen countries in […]
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Pence’s Presidential Pensées An Indiana congressman’s critique of Obamaism. Terry Eastland December 20, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 14 It may be startling to imagine the American presidency as a train that “has run off the rails.” But that’s the metaphor Indiana Republican Mike Pence chose in a speech he
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Ohio’s John Kasich and Wisconsin’s Scott Walker said no to Obama. But the taxpayer didn’t win. Stephen F. Hayes December 20, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 14 When Wisconsin voters elected Scott Walker governor in November, they did so in no small measure because of his pledge to kill a
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TYRRELL: New label for liberals They like ‘progressives,’ but ‘friendly fascists’ suits them better By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.– founder and editor-in-chief of the American Spectator The Washington Times December 8, 2010 The Great Denial continues. The liberals continue to labor under the assumption that nothing very bad happened in early November. They are still
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By James A. Bacon – The Washington Times December 8, 2010 BLOOMBERG Erskine Bowles (right) and Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of the president’s deficit commission, challenged the panel’s members to put aside partisan differences and agree to its tax and budget recommendations. America’s budget debate suffers from a failure of imagination. Deficit hawks warn that the
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com The Corner Taxpayer Dollars at Work By Katrina Trinko December 20, 2010 Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) released today his annual Wastebook, which details lavish government funding on obscure projects. “As you look at these examples, ask yourself: at a time when we are borrowing over $44,000 for every person in
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THE AMERICAN SPECATOR The Largest Selection of Liberal-baiting Merchandise on the Net! Feature America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution By Angelo M. Codevilla from the July 2010 – August 2010 issue As over-leveraged investment houses began to fail in September 2008, the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties, of major corporations,
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Gates Legacy The Pentagon is not ready for the 21st century. But it’s not too late to change course. Jim Talent December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 No one questions the contributions to national security of Defense Secretary Robert Gates or his skill at getting his way
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Only Yesterday A president remembers what some have forgotten. Philip Terzian November 22, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 10 Decision Points by George W. Bush Crown, 512 pp., $35 The president left the White House with abysmal approval ratings, and a war which had begun well—enjoying widespread support and historic
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