OCTOBER 23, 2010 The Race to Save California Would Brown the insider or Whitman the outsider be better able to rescue a Golden State in decline? By PETER ROBINSON Palo Alto, Calif. To inspect one possible future of the Golden State, head to the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Middlefield Road in Redwood City, a […]
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OCTOBER 18, 2010 Why Israel Needs the Bomb It’s the only country whose right to exist is routinely questioned, and its conventional military superiority in the region is being challenged. By MARK HELPRIN Sixty-five years after Germany’s campaign to exterminate the Jews, of the many countries in the world Israel is the only one repeatedly
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OCTOBER 13, 2010 Abducted and Tortured—for Reporting the News ‘This is the consequence of writing against the government,’ my captors said. By UMAR CHEEMA Islamabad, Pakistan Being a journalist, I’m always in search of a juicy story. Last month I happened on one I’ll remember forever: a torture operation conducted presumably by thugs of Pakistan’s
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OCTOBER 9, 2010 The Marine Who Has Barney Frank Worried In a district where Scott Brown won, Sean Bielat mounts a serious challenge. By JAMES TARANTO Fall River, Mass. ‘I don’t consider myself a tea party candidate,” Sean Bielat tells me over dinner. “I don’t know what it means.” But an hour later Mr. Bielat,
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At Harvard, Groupthink About Islam A liberal editor stands accused of anti-Muslim bigotry. By RUTH R. WISSE Last Saturday, at a university-sponsored event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Harvard’s Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, a group of former students launched a research fund in honor of Martin Peretz, a former teacher in the
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 McDonald’s May Drop Health Plan By JANET ADAMY McDonald’s Corp. has warned federal regulators that it could drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul. The move is one of the clearest indications that new rules may disrupt
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 Tax Fight:GOP Won’t Back Down By ERIC CANTOR As we enter the final stretch before the November midterm elections, all eyes have gravitated to the fight over the looming federal tax increases. President Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi want to keep the current rates on income, capital gains and dividends in place
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 My Battle With Cancer and the FDA By Friday regulators may withdraw the drug that’s keeping me alive. By GERALDINE SATOSSKY Iam 67 years young and I’ve been battling breast cancer for 11 years. I’m alive today because of a drug called Avastin. But by Friday the FDA is expected to revoke
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 Cap Gains Taxation: Less Means More A new study suggests a zero cap gains rate could create millions of jobs at a fraction of the cost of the spending stimulus. By ALLEN SINAI Congress is deliberating on what to do about the “Bush tax cuts”—the reductions in income, capital gains and dividend
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EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The irony of laments by Democrats such as Mr. Obama about (Republican) money in politics is that most outside dollars are being spent in the service of liberal candidates and causes. The progressive left has spent the better part of a decade building an archipelago of tightly linked third-party groups; MoveOn.org, Democracy
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