April 3, 2013 Merrill Matthews: About Those Tax Breaks for Big Oil . . . The attack line about ‘special’ deals for the industry doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. By MERRILL MATTHEWS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Mr. Van Hollen’s ”Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act” would raise taxes on individuals—what he calls the […]
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March 30, 2013 Timothy Thomas: Why China Is Reading Your Email Beijing’s cyber attacks are rooted in military strategy, says one of America’s foremost experts. The best way to combat them is for the U.S. to go on the cyber offensive too. Timothy L. Thomas By DAVID FEITH Fort Leavenworth, Kan. EXCERPT FROM THIS
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April 1, 2013 At the U.N., Iran Is a Powerhouse, Not a Pariah The world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism heads the General Assembly’s second-largest voting bloc. By CLAUDIA ROSETT EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Iran is no pariah at the U.N., where there are no in-house penalties for being under sanctions or for violating
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March 30, 2013 The Debt Bomb That Taxpayers Won’t See Coming State and local governments owe $7.3 trillion in promises they’ve made that were never approved by taxpayers. By STEVEN MALANGA Mr. Malanga is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. This column is adapted from a forthcoming issue of City Journal, where he
March 28, 2013 Laffer and Moore: The Red-State Path to Prosperity Blue states with high taxes are struggling to compete for businesses and workers. By ARTHUR B. LAFFER AND STEPHEN MOORE EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Among the 10 fastest-growing metro areas last year were Raleigh, Austin, Las Vegas, Orlando, Charlotte, Phoenix, Houston, San Antonio
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March 19, 2013 Fouad Ajami: Ten Years Ago, an Honorable War Began With Wide Support Now the U.S. has bailed out of Iraq leaving behind little trace. And a strongman is in charge. By FOUAD AJAMI Mr. Ajami is a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution and the author, most recently, of “The Syrian
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March 19, 2013 How the House Budget Would Boost the Economy Slowing federal spending will alleviate fears of higher future taxes, spurring more investment and consumption. By JOHN F. COGAN AND JOHN B. TAYLOR Messrs. Cogan and Taylor are professors at Stanford and senior fellows at the Hoover Institution. The macroeconomic model used in
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March 18, 2013 The Untold Story of Afghan Progress There are over eight million schoolchildren, 2.6 million of them girls. In 2001: 900,000 boys and practically no girls. By SAAD MOHSENI Mr. Mohseni is the chairman of MOBY Group, Afghanistan’s largest media group with additional holdings in the Middle East and South and Central
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March 18, 2013 My Unrecognizable Democratic Party The stakes are too high, please get serious about governing before it’s too late. By TED VAN DYK Mr. Van Dyk served in Democratic national administrations and campaigns over several decades. His memoir of public life, “Heroes, Hacks and Fools,” was first published by University of Washington
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March 16, 2013 When Everyone Agreed About Iraq For years before the war, a bipartisan consensus thought Saddam possessed WMD. By STEPHEN F. KNOTT Mr. Knott, a professor of national security affairs at the United States Naval War College, is the author of “Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and
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