Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Daniel Halper January 24, 2012 10:29 PM Here’s the full text of Mitch Daniels’s response to the State of the Union, as prepared for delivery: “The status of ‘loyal opposition’ imposes on those out of power some serious responsibilities: to show respect for the Presidency and its occupant, to […]
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JANUARY 24, 2012 Walker’s reforms are saving money, which unions cannot forgive. They swore revenge for his offenses, and last week Wisconsin Democrats delivered what they say are a million signatures for the recall of Republican Governor Scott Walker. If they do make the ballot and cause a recall vote as early as this spring,
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JANUARY 18, 2012 Six-Figure Bus Shelter Stirs Cries to Stop It By JOEL MILLMAN PORTLAND, Ore.—A growing dust-up in a small town over the mounting cost of a few bus shelters offers a window on the arcane nature of federal appropriations. Grants Pass, a timber and farming community south of Portland, launched the bus-shelter project
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JANUARY 20, 2012 The Greece Next Door Illinois gets a credit downgrade, in contrast to Wisconsin. Run up spending and debt, raise taxes in the naming of balancing the budget, but then watch as deficits rise and your credit-rating falls anyway. That’s been the sad pattern in Europe, and now it’s hitting that mecca of
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January 19, 2012 Civilization in Reverse By Victor Davis Hanson EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Now, as in Greece, the veneer of civilization is proving pretty thin in California. Hospitals no longer have the money to offer sophisticated long-term medical care to the indigent. Cities no longer have the funds to self-insure themselves from the accustomed
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From: “Favianna Rodriguez, Presente.org” <info@presente.org> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:13:25 +0000 To: ReplyTo: “Favianna Rodriguez, Presente.org” <info@presente.org> Subject: Victory! America’s Most Nativist Sheriff Gets His Wings Clipped Dear Huge news! The Department of Justice just issued a scathing report against one of the most prominent enemies of the Latino community. Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio
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NOVEMBER 28, 2011 The Non-Green Jobs Boom Forget ‘clean energy.’ Oil and gas are boosting U.S. employment. So President Obama was right all along. Domestic energy production really is a path to prosperity and new job creation. His mistake was predicting that those new jobs would be “green,” when the real employment boom is taking
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NOVEMBER 15, 2011 California’s railway gets more fantastic all the time. California Governor Jerry Brown must have loved “The Little Engine That Could” as a kid. Last week his state’s high-speed rail authority released a new business plan that estimates its 500-mile bullet train from San Francisco to Anaheim will cost $98 billion. The state
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CAROLINA JOURNAL John Hood’s Daily Journal Carolina, Look North By John Hood , John Locke Foundation Monday 14th, 2011 RALEIGH – The Old North State’s economy is in a shambles. The New North State’s economy isn’t. North Carolina, the Old North State, has posted the nation’s weakest recovery from the 2007-08 recession, according to the
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