AUGUST 17, 2010 The Ground Zero mosque imam earns wide congratulations while true reformers go ignored. By BRET STEPHENS Items of interest in the news media’s coverage of “moderate Muslims”: • The New York Times, Oct. 19, 2001: “Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki, spiritual leader at the Dar al-Hijra mosque in Virginia, one of the nation’s largest. […]
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AUGUST 15, 2010 Hollow Talk in the South China Sea If present military trends continue, the correlation of forces will shift much more to Beijing’s advantage within the next decade. By MARK HELPRIN Lurking about the presidency in the guise of secretary of state, America’s chief diplomat has embarked upon a mistake that someday may
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AUGUST 16, 2010 The End of American Optimism By MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN Our brief national encounter with optimism is now well and truly over. We have had the greatest fiscal and monetary stimulus in modern times. We have had a whole series of programs to pay people to buy cars, purchase homes, pay off their mortgages,
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AUGUST 16, 2010 Cuba’s Cash-for-Doctors Program Thousands of its health-care missionaries flee mistreatment. By MARIA C. WERLAU For decades, Cuba has “exported” doctors, nurses and health technicians to earn diplomatic influence in poor countries and hard cash for its floundering economy. According to Cuba’s official media, an estimated 38,544 Cuban health professionals were serving abroad
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AUGUST 12, 2010 Germany and the Real 9/11 Mosque Mohamed Atta’s former haunt was certainly a hub for terrorists, but keeping it open and under surveillance would have been the wiser course. By JOSEF JOFFE Hamburg ‘Why there?” asks an ad on New York City’s buses about the mosque to be built near Ground Zero.
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AUGUST 12, 2010 Why Obama Is Still the Favorite in 2012 Hispanic voters hold the balance of power—and Republicans aren’t winning their support. By MICHAEL MEDVED Republicans feel heartened by President Obama’s standing in recent polls, which show that only a minority of Americans want him re-elected in 2012. But savvy Democratic analysts look at
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AUGUST 12, 2010 Illegal Immigrants Estimated to Account for 1 in 12 U.S. Births By MIRIAM JORDAN One in 12 babies born in the U.S. in 2008 were offspring of illegal immigrants, according to a new study, an estimate that could inflame the debate over birthright citizenship. Dozens of U.S.-born children and their undocumented parents
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AUGUST 11, 2010 The High Costs of Very Low Interest Rates Money that should be invested to create jobs is instead funding government debt, while worried consumers sit on the sidelines. By JOHN C. MICHAELSON The prevailing view among economists, policy makers and Federal Reserve Board governors is that a zero or near-zero short-term interest
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AUGUST 11, 2010 The Obsolescence of Barack Obama The magic of 2008 can’t be recreated, and good riddance to it. By FOUAD AJAMI Not long ago Barack Obama, for those who were spellbound by him, had the stylishness of JFK and the historic mission of FDR riding to the nation’s rescue. Now it is to
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AUGUST 9, 2010 Why I’m Not Hiring When you add it all up, it costs $74,000 to put $44,000 in Sally’s pocket and to give her $12,000 in benefits. By MICHAEL P. FLEISCHER With unemployment just under 10% and companies sitting on their cash, you would think that sooner or later job growth would take
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