SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 The president constantly reminds us that he was dealt a difficult hand. But the evidence is overwhelming that he played it poorly. By MICHAEL J. BOSKIN When it comes to the economy, presidents, like quarterbacks, often get more credit or blame than they deserve. They inherit problems and policies that affect the […]
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 Al Gore won’t hear it, but heavenly bodies might be driving long-term weather trends. By ANNE JOLIS In April 1990, Al Gore published an open letter in the New York Times “To Skeptics on Global Warming” in which he compared them to medieval flat-Earthers. He soon became vice president and his conviction
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 ‘Green Jobs’ vs. Real Energy Jobs For every two cents of tax subsidies for ‘Big Oil,’ wind and solar get nearly $1. By STEPHEN MOORE President Obama is expected to seek another $250 billion or so in new stimulus funds next week, with plenty of money for clean energy and the creation
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 Post-’60s liberals, with the president as their standard bearer, seek to make a virtue of decline. By SHELBY STEELE If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a hundred times: President Obama is destroying the country. Some say this destructiveness is intended; most say it is inadvertent, an outgrowth of inexperience, ideological
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AUGUST 31, 2011 The Obama administration repeats mistakes of the past by intimidating banks into lending to minority borrowers at below-market rates in the name of combatting discrimination. By MARY KISSEL Talk about not learning from past mistakes: A government department is again intimidating banks into lending to minority borrowers at below-market rates, all in
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AUGUST 31, 2011 By MELANIE TROTTMAN The National Labor Relations Board sided with unions in several cases involving rules for organizing and representing workers, further riling business groups as the board continues to push through decisions by year’s end. The board’s three Democrats outvoted the group’s sole Republican member in all three of the cases.
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AUGUST 26, 2011 Unions weren’t so uniformly behind tax increases when most of their members worked for companies in the private economy. By STEVEN MALANGA Although the field of Republican presidential contenders is still in flux, the National Education Association (NEA) decided in early July to endorse President Obama’s 2012 re-election bid. The move by
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AUGUST 26, 2011 How is increasing the price of imported oil and industrial commodities supposed to make U.S. industry more competitive? By ALAN REYNOLDS One year ago, on Aug. 27, 2010, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke explained the rationale for a second round of quantitative easing. “A first option for providing additional monetary accommodation is
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AUGUST 26, 2011 One program for recovery worked, and the other hasn’t. By STEPHEN MOORE If you really want to light the fuse of a liberal Democrat, compare Barack Obama’s economic performance after 30 months in office with that of Ronald Reagan. It’s not at all flattering for Mr. Obama. The two presidents have a
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AUGUST 26, 2011 ByJONATHAN WEISMAN Texas Gov. Rick Perry, along with a slew of other Republican governors, faces a dilemma: Do they apply for millions of dollars in federal grants by September to begin establishing state-run health insurance exchanges, or let the deadline slide, lose the federal money and risk falling into a federally run
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