FEBRUARY 18, 2012 What the Mormons Know About Welfare Mitt Romney has raised the issue of the social safety net. Washington could learn from the lesson of his church. By NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY Salt Lake City Ever since Mitt Romney said he was “not concerned about the very poor” but would fix America’s social safety […]
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FEBRUARY 16, 2012 Meet the ObamaCare Mandate Committee Think the contraception decision was bad? Wait until bureaucrats start telling your insurer which cancer screenings to cover. By SCOTT GOTTLIEBDr. Gottlieb, a physician and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has served as deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and senior policy adviser
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FEBRUARY 15, 2012 Ready for Another Rotten Highway Bill? We can dramatically cut the federal gas tax. States could adjust their gas taxes and make their own construction and repair decisions without costly union regulations. By JIM DEMINT Mr. DeMint is a Republican senator from South Carolina The Congressional Budget Office now estimates that our
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FEBRUARY 16, 2012 The character of the Chinese government—one that marries aspects of the free market with suppression of freedom—shouldn’t become the norm. By MITT ROMNEY Should the 21st century be an American century? To answer, it is only necessary to contemplate the alternatives. One much bruited these days is that of a Chinese century.
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FEBRUARY 11, 2012 The States Are Leading a Pro-Growth Rebellion The message from Indiana and elsewhere is that aligning yourself too closely to unions is a losing strategy. By ARTHUR B. LAFFER After the 2008 election, Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and, of course, the presidency. They used that victory to push through an
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FEBRUARY 9, 2012 The Real Trouble With the Birth-Control Mandate Critics are missing the main point. There are good reasons that your car-insurance company doesn’t add $100 to your premium and then cover oil changes. By JOHN H. COCHRANE When the administration affirmed last month that church-affiliated employers must buy health insurance that covers birth
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FEBRUARY 8, 2012 By RUSSELL GOLD Russell Gold/The Wall Street JournalThe Fleetwood Homes factory in Nampa, Idaho, is building more manufactured homes for oil-field workers. NAMPA, Idaho—The staccato of nail guns echoes across a cavernous building here as workers piece together manufactured houses with easy-to-clean linoleum floors and rugged interiors for muddy oil-field workers. There
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FEBRUARY 7, 2012 A Fairness Quiz for the President Is it fair that some of Mr. Obama’s largest campaign contributors received federal loan guarantees? By STEPHEN MOORE President Obama has frequently justified his policies—and judged their outcomes—in terms of equity, justice and fairness. That raises an obvious question: How does our existing system—and his own
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FEBRUARY 6, 2012 The Fed Votes No Confidence The prolonged—’emergency’—near-zero interest rate policy is harming the economy. By CHARLES SCHWAB Mr. Schwab is founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation We’re now in the 37th month of central government manipulation of the free-market system through the Federal Reserve’s near-zero interest rate policy. Is it
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FEBRUARY 1, 2012 David and Charles Koch have been the targets of a campaign of vituperation and assault, choreographed from the very top. By THEODORE B. OLSON Mr. Olson, a lawyer in Washington, D.C., and a former solicitor general of the United States, represents Koch Industries EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: This is why it is
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