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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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HOW CALVIN COOLIDGE BEAT A RECESSION

AUGUST 4, 2011 The late president inherited a bad economy, and he cut taxes and slashed spending to spur growth. By CHARLES C. JOHNSON Eighty-eight years ago this week, Calvin Coolidge took office upon the sudden death of President Warren Harding. Like the current administration, the Harding-Coolidge administration faced a tough recession from 1919-1921. But

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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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PAUL RYAN – WHERE’S YOUR BUDGET, MR. PRESIDENT?

AUGUST 3, 2011 Ever since they fudged the numbers to pass ObamaCare, Democrats have abandoned credible spending plans. By PAUL RYAN During the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, President Obama reportedly warned Republican leaders not to call his bluff by sending him a bill without tax increases. Republicans in Congress ignored this threat and

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THE MERITS OF “BIG OIL”

– Big Government – http://biggovernment.com – Putting ‘Big Oil’ to Rights Posted By Jason Bradley On August 2, 2011 @ 9:45 am In Economics, Politics, Regulation, energy | 25 Comments “Big Oil” has taken a public relations pounding. After all, the industry is thoroughly protected and its profits guaranteed out of necessity of the market.

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THE ROAD TO FISCAL RUIN – OUR ENTITLEMENT STATE

JULY 28, 2011 The Road to a Downgrade A short history of the entitlement state. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Many on the left still blame Ronald Reagan, but the debt increase in the 1980s financed a robust economic expansion and victory in the Cold War. Debt held by the public at the end of the

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