JUNE 13, 2011 The mask of the Assad regime finally falls, and the world is forced to confront its illusions about Iran’s ally and Hezbollah’s patron. By FOUAD AJAMI Pity the Syrians as they face the Assad regime’s tanks and artillery and snipers. Unlike in Libya, there is no Arab or international “mandate” to protect […]
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JUNE 13, 2011 The drilling boom is the best U.S. energy news in generations and is crucial for reviving domestic manufacturing. By ROBERT BRYCE The U.S. is on the verge of an industrial renaissance if—and it’s a big if—policy makers don’t foul it up by restricting the ability of drillers to use the technology that’s
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JUNE 10, 2011 China Warns Its Neighbors to Stop Looking for Oil, While Vietnam Reports Sabotage in a Regional Security Flashpoint By JAMES HOOKWAY BANGKOK—Tensions in the potentially resource-rich South China Sea flared as Vietnam accused China of sabotaging a seismic survey boat while China warned its neighbors to stop looking for oil in the
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JUNE 9, 2011 By NEIL KING JR. For months, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has told potential donors and Republican higher-ups he has no interest in running for the White House in 2012. Republican Gov. Rick Perry, center, at a news conference last month in the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. As Gov. Rick Perry has
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JUNE 6, 2011 The government’s unnecessary disruption of the bankruptcy laws will do long-term damage to the economy. By DAVID SKEEL President Obama’s visit to a Chrysler plant in Toledo, Ohio, on Friday was the culmination of a campaign to portray the auto bailouts as a brilliant success with no unpleasant side effects. “The industry
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JUNE 6, 2011 Medicine will suffer if Washington controls the flow of scientific information. By SCOTT GOTTLIEB A federal judge sentenced the former head of a biotech company to six months of home confinement this spring and fined him $20,000. His offense? Issuing a single press release about a drug. Scott Harkonen is the former
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JUNE 6, 2011 By JOHN W. MILLER Getty ImagesLi Shufu, chairman of China’s Geely, which bought Volvo cars from Ford, seen at Tiananmen Square in March. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Experts are predicting a surge of overseas takeovers by Chinese companies over the next decade. A five-year plan Beijing approved in March calls for establishing
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JUNE 3, 2011 Home Truths To keep itself politically bullet-proof, Fannie Mae paid competing lobbyists to sit on the sidelines. By JAMES FREEMAN Reckless Endangerment By Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner (Times Books, 331 pages, $30) ‘The American people realize they’ve been robbed. They’re just not sure by whom,” write Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner
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MAY 26, 2011 Democrats have said they only intend to restore the tax rates that existed during the Clinton years. In reality they’re proposing rates like those under President Carter. By STEPHEN MOORE Media reports in recent weeks say that Senate Democrats are considering a 3% surtax on income over $1 million to raise federal
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MAY 25, 2011 No one ever questions George Soros money, but apparently this $1.5 million gift violates academic freedom. By DONALD LUSKIN Times are tough for state-funded colleges like Florida State University. After four years of budget trimming, FSU now faces an additional $19 million in cuts and a $40 million deficit. So it’s an
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