MIDDLE EAST NEWS February 2 – 3, 2013 Defying Truce, Egyptians Clash at Morsi’s Palace By MATT BRADLEY Getty ImagesAn Egyptian protester throws a live tear gas canister fired by Egyptian riot police during clashes outside the Egyptian presidential palace in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo on Friday. CAIRO—Violent confrontations between police and
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January 28, 2013 The Case for Across-the-Board Spending Cuts Claims to support a ‘scalpel’ over a ‘meat ax’ become excuses for doing nothing. By JEFF BERGNERMr. Bergner, an adjunct professor at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va., has served as a congressional staffer and as an assistant secretary of state. EXCERPT FROM
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January 25, 2013 Nicholas Eberstadt: Yes, Mr. President, We Are a Nation of Takers Since 1960, entitlement transfers have grown twice as fast as personal income—to $2.3 trillion annually. By NICHOLAS EBERSTADT EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: • In 1960, according to the Office of Management and Budget, social-welfare programs accounted for less than a
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January 24, 2013 Chuck Hagel’s Unsettling History A senator on his doubts about the nominee’s judgment regarding Iran, missile defense and much else. By JOHN BARRASSO EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: On the issue of nuclear weapons, the candidate for U.S. secretary of defense actually seems more focused on eliminating American nuclear arms than eliminating
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January 24, 2013 Ryan Smith: The Reality That Awaits Women in Combat A Pentagon push to mix the sexes ignores how awful cheek-by-jowl life is on the battlefield. By RYAN SMITH America has been creeping closer and closer to allowing women in combat, so Wednesday’s news that the decision has now been made is
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January 14, 2013 E-Filing and the Explosion in Tax-Return Fraud Identity-theft cases rocketed to 1.1 million in 2011 from 51,700 in 2008. The IRS has a backlog of 650,000. By JAY STARKMAN Mr. Starkman, a practicing certified public accountant, is the author of “The Sex of a Hippopotamus: A Unique History of Taxes and
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January 14, 2013 ObamaCare’s Health-Insurance Sticker Shock Thanks to mandates that take effect in 2014, premiums in individual markets will shoot up. Some may double. By MERRILL MATTHEWS AND MARK E. LITOW Health-insurance premiums have been rising—and consumers will experience another series of price shocks later this year when some see their premiums skyrocket
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January 13, 2013 The Struggle for the Fertile Crescent Syria’s sectarian civil war has upended the political equation across the region, from Baghdad to Lebanon. By FOUAD AJAMI EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Perhaps things would not be as they are if the Obama administration had opted for a residual U.S. presence in Iraq that
January 12, 2013 Marco Rubio: Riding to the Immigration Rescue Marco Rubio, Florida’s GOP senator, unveils his reform ideas to ‘modernize’ the system and put illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship. By MATTHEW KAMINSKI Coral Gables, Fla. Marco Rubio—41-year-old son of working-class Cuban exiles—has lived the upwardly mobile immigrant experience. In his fast
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January 11, 2013 Sandy Relief by the (Remarkable) Numbers The $61 billion proposal translates to $69 million per linear mile of coastline from Maryland to Maine. By LARRY HARRIS President Obama asked Congress for $61 billion for various relief programs following Hurricane Sandy. The Senate approved the full request late last month, but so
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