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WHY MEDICARE PATIENTS SEE THE DOCTOR TOO MUCH

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JULY 11, 2011 Relying on unelected bureaucrats, such as ObamaCare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board, to ratchet down Medicare price controls won’t control overutilization. By MERRILL MATTHEWS AND MARK LITOW Almost all discussions about Medicare reform ignore one key factor: Medicare utilization is roughly 50% higher than private health-insurance utilization, even after adjusting for age and […]

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HOW BAD ART KILLED GOOD LABOR REFORMS

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JULY 9, 2011 Maine’s governor picks the wrong fight with unions. By ALLYSIA FINLEY The controversy in Augusta began with an anonymous letter faxed to the office of Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage. The 7-by-36 mural in the lobby of the Department of Labor “is nothing but propaganda to further the agenda of the Union

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THE ROAD TO SERFDOM AND THE ARAB REVOLT

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JULY 8, 2011 The dictators who came to power in the 1950s and ’60s were economic levelers who impoverished their countries. Today’s unrest is the result. By FOUAD AJAMI Mr. Ajami, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, is co-chairman of Hoover’s Working Group on Islamism and the International Order. The late great Austrian

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CONNECTICUT – UNIONS TRY TO SILENCE A THINK TANK

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JULY 7, 2011 Why would the fact that we associate with like-minded institutions be of interest to the attorney general? By ANDREW J. COWIN Late last month, the Connecticut think tank of which I am chairman was the subject of a bizarre complaint filed by public-union leaders. Their gripe? That the Yankee Institute is critical

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THE ECONOMIC CASE F OR SUPPORTING ISRAEL

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JULY 5, 2011 America needs the Jewish state’s technology and innovation as much as it needs us. By GEORGE GILDER America’s enemies understand deeply and intuitively that no U.S. goals or resources in the Middle East are remotely as important as Israel. Why don’t we? Israel cruised through the recent global slump with scarcely a

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RUSSIA TO DEPLOY TROOPS TO DEFEND INTERESTS IN ARCTIC

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JULY 2, 2011 By ALAN CULLISON MOSCOW—Russia plans to deploy two army brigades in the north to defend its interests in the Arctic regions, where governments citing climate change have made competing claims over natural resources. Russia’s defense minister said officials haven’t yet worked out the details of troops or weaponry, but that the brigades,

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REPUBLICANS AND THE THATCHER LEGACY

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JUNE 30, 2011 Mitt Romney has adapted her ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ slogan, but would he emulate her steely leadership? By ANDREW ROBERTS In 1978, with the British economy in crisis and unemployment hovering at 1.5 million, or 5.1% of the working-age population, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party turned to its advertising gurus, Charles and Maurice Saatchi,

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KARL ROVE – HOW THE GOP CAN BLOW IT IN 2012

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JUNE 30, 2011 Thomas Dewey tried to run out the clock on Harry Truman. It didn’t work. By KARL ROVE High unemployment, anemic growth, defections in key groups such as independents and Hispanics, and unpopular policies are among the reasons President Obama is unlikely to win re-election. But likely to lose is far from certain

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RAGE AT POLICE FUELS EGYPT RIOTING

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JUNE 30, 2011 Worst Violence Since Mubarak’s Ouster Leaves 1,000 Injured, Raises Doubts Over Pre-Election Security By MATT BRADLEY ReutersSmoke billows from a burning police booth as protesters clashed in front of interior ministry headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday. CAIRO—The Egyptian military intervened Wednesday afternoon to quell the biggest riots since the country’s former president

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THE DEFICIT IS WORSE THAN WE THINK

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JUNE 28, 2011, Normal interest rates would raise debt-service costs by $4.9 trillion over 10 years, dwarfing the savings from any currently contemplated budget deal. By LAWRENCE B. LINDSEY Washington is struggling to make a deal that will couple an increase in the debt ceiling with a long-term reduction in spending. There is no reason

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