January 16, 2013 Jeffrey Scott Shapiro: A Gun Ban That Misfired What I saw as a prosecutor in Washington, D.C., makes me wary of strict firearms laws. By JEFFREY SCOTT SHAPIRO Mr. Shapiro was a criminal prosecutor for the District of Columbia from 2007-09. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The D.C. gun ban, enacted in […]
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January 11, 2013 Just When You Thought Soviet Propaganda Was Dead By RONALD RADOSH For many years, the American left has combed the past for history lessons that will aid their effort to move the United States toward European-style social democracy, if not a full-fledged socialist utopia. The most successful leftist intellectual in that
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January 11, 2013 Rivkin and Casey: The Myth of Government Default The Constitution commands that public debts be repaid. There is no such obligation to fund entitlement programs. By DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. AND LEE A. CASEY EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: …..since the federal government’s roughly $200 billion in tax revenue per month is
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January 7, 2013 Virginia Governor’s Race Highlights a Republican Rift Contest for Governor Pits Tea-Party Hero, Clinton Friend and Possible Third Player By NEIL KING JR. The Virginia governor’s race long has been considered one of the country’s marquee political contests of 2013, pitting a national tea-party hero, Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, against
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January 7, 2013 The Education of John Boehner Leverage for the next clash: GOP willingness to let the spending sequester take effect. By STEPHEN MOORE What stunned House Speaker John Boehner more than anything else during his prolonged closed-door budget negotiations with Barack Obama was this revelation: “At one point several weeks ago,” Mr.
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January 3, 2013 Fred Barnes: The President Who Wants It All The essence of bipartisan deals is win-win: Both sides are satisfied. Obama’s approach is he alone wins. By FRED BARNES President George W. Bush made bipartisan deals with Democrats on education, energy and, shortly before leaving office, the bank bailout known as TARP.
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December 28, 2012 Sell Yosemite, Hold a Smithsonian Yard Sale Let’s see, the Bureau of Land Management holds 253 million acres. At $2,000 per acre . . . By TERRY L. ANDERSON AND D. BRUCE JOHNSEN Mr. Anderson is president of the Property and Environmental Research Center in Bozeman, Mont., and a senior fellow
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January 3, 2013 Islamist Split in Egypt Buoys Radical Wing Ahead of Parliamentary Vote, Ultraconservative Faction Breaks Away From Popular Salafi Party to Push for Shariah Law By MATT BRADLEY ReutersSalafists recently protested in favor of Islamist law in Cairo. CAIRO—A radical faction within Egypt’s most conservative Islamist party is breaking away, threatening to
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January 3, 2013 Israel Finishes Most of Fence on Sinai Border By JOSHUA MITNICK TEL AVIV—Israel completed the main section of a $416 million fence along the Egyptian border on Wednesday, a project that became more urgent after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak nearly two years ago. Getty ImagesThis handout image supplied by the
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January 2, 2013, David Malpass: Nothing Is Certain Except More Debt and Taxes The Senate fiscal-cliff bill still means higher taxes on every working American. So much for just going after ‘the rich.’ By DAVID MALPASS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: No wonder many House Republicans balked at what was presented. The New Year’s Day
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