FEBRUARY 26, 2011 The Republican governor wants a new social contract. By JOHN FUND The state Capitol building in Madison has been occupied round-the-clock by protesters for nearly two weeks. Fourteen Democratic state senators are still on the lam, refusing to allow a vote on a budget-repair bill. And Gov. Scott Walker has been called […]
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FEBRUARY 26, 2011 A Democrat’s Triumphal Return to Cairo Saad Eddin Ibrahim, the former prisoner of the Mubarak regime, on the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s political future. By BARI WEISS For 18 days, the people of Cairo massed in Tahrir Square to bring down their pharaoh. Many carried signs: “Mubarak: shift + delete,” “Forgive me
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FEBRUARY 26, 2011 By NEIL KING JR. Corrections & Amplifications Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels favors a dramatic reworking of Social Security benefits, but not for those who would enter the system in the next 10 or 15 years. This story doesn’t make clear that the changes wouldn’t apply to those receiving or about to receive
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FEBRUARY 25, 2011 How can fringe benefits cost nearly as much as a worker’s salary? Answer: collective bargaining. By ROBERT M. COSTRELL The showdown in Wisconsin over fringe benefits for public employees boils down to one number: 74.2. That’s how many cents the public pays Milwaukee public-school teachers and other employees for retirement and health
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FEBRUARY 25, 2011 The average American factory worker today is responsible for more than $180,000 of annual output, triple the $60,000 in 1972. By MARK J. PERRYMr. Perry, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan, Flint, is also a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Is American manufacturing dead? You might think
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February 24, 2011 China and Russia are developing and fielding sophisticated air defenses and advanced stealth fighters. The Raptor is the only plane that can meet these challenges. By MICHAEL AUSLIN As Congress begins to take up the Obama administration’s defense budget, one item not even under discussion needs to be considered. Events of the
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FEBRUARY 23, 2011 Few protesters in the Middle East connect rising food prices to U.S. monetary policy. But central bankers do. By GEORGE MELLOAN In accounts of the political unrest sweeping through the Middle East, one factor, inflation, deserves more attention. Nothing can be more demoralizing to people at the low end of the income
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FEBRUARY 23, 2011 ObamaCare Is Already Damaging Health Care Many of its changes don’t kick in until 2014. But the law is forcing dramatic consolidation and reducing choice in the industry. By LLOYD M. KRIEGER The Republicans who now control the House of Representatives hope to repeal or defund ObamaCare, but the law has already
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FEBRUARY 22, 2011, 11:56 P.M. ET Arab Unrest Stuns Markets Oil Soars, Stocks Fall as Libyan Rebels Take Energy Zone; Shipments Are Halted By LIAM PLEVEN, JONATHAN CHENG And GUY CHAZAN Libya’s descent into violence rattled global financial markets Tuesday, sending oil prices surging to their biggest gain in more than two years and driving
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FEBRUARY 22, 2011 The U.S. Can Help Libyans Defeat Gadhafi If mercenaries are arriving to save the dictator, the U.S. and U.N. need to mobilize to stop the slaughter. By PAUL WOLFOWITZ EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Later on Sunday the State Department started to play catch-up, issuing a statement that called upon Libyan officials to
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