SEPTEMBER 18, 2010 How the Surge Was Won America’s longest-serving general in Iraq says that when they realized the U.S. presence in their communities was permanent, allies came ‘out of the woodwork.’ By DAVID FEITH On Sept. 10, 2007, Gen. David Petraeus climbed the steps of the U.S. Capitol to testify that the surge in […]
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 The Size of Government and the Choice This Fall In polls, Americans overwhelmingly prefer small government and low taxes to the alternative. Yet they’ve been given big government, one program at a time. By ARTHUR C. BROOKS AND PAUL RYAN As we move into this election season, Americans are being asked to
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 China Spooks Auto Makers Foreign Companies Fear New Rules on Electric Cars Will Erode Intellectual Property By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU BEIJING—China’s government is considering plans that could force foreign auto makers to hand over cutting-edge electric-vehicle technology to Chinese companies in exchange for access to the nation’s huge market, international auto executives say.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 Union Power and the Christie Effect After decades of expanding political clout, organized labor is finding voters increasingly unreceptive to its high-tax message. By STEVE MALANGA In the midst of the contentious 2009 gubernatorial race in New Jersey, the state’s teachers union took a poll of its own members and found only
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 Questions for Imam Rauf From an American Muslim He may not appear to the untrained eye to be an Islamist, but by making Ground Zero an Islamic rather than an American issue he shows his true allegiance. By M. ZUHDI JASSER , Dr. Jasser, a medical doctor and a former U.S. Navy
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 How ObamaCare Guts Medicare The president’s pledge that ‘If you like your health plan, you will be able to keep it’ clearly does not apply to America’s seniors. By PETER FERRARA AND LARRY HUNTER The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has attacked Senate Republican candidates for wanting “to end Medicare as we know
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010 A Weakened Russia Looks to Europe By STEPHEN FIDLER The severe blow dealt to Russia by the West’s financial crisis is prompting a recalibration of Russia’s foreign policy. Among the ideas now surfacing in Moscow: a much closer relationship between Russia and the European Union. Mr. Putin attacked the West during a
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 New Start Is Unilateral Disarmament The treaty’s little-noticed limits on conventional weapons systems will reduce our ability to project power around the world. By JOHN BOLTON The centerpiece of “New Start,” the arms-control treaty that President Barack Obama signed with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April, is its reduction in nuclear warheads.
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 Time for Emergency Economic Reform How about a payroll tax holiday, funded by a federal spending, hiring and pay freeze? By MITCH DANIELS, Governor of Indiana Ronald Reagan enjoyed telling of the elderly Blitz victim rescued from her demolished London flat in World War II. A fireman found a bottle of brandy under
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WALL STREET JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 How Government Unions Became So Powerful While politicians have opposed the right to strike, public-sector labor leaders have focused on pay increases and constitutional guarantees. By AMITY SHLAES This weekend we celebrate Labor Day in a country divided between two kinds of workers. The first is the private-sector worker,
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