JULY 8, 2010 On Pentagon Wish List: Russian Copters By NATHAN HODGE WASHINGTON—The Obama administration’s recent lifting of sanctions against Russia’s state arms exporter could boost orders for Russian aircraft from a somewhat-unexpected customer: the U.S. military. As part of its effort to equip the militaries of Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, the Pentagon has in […]
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JULY 7, 2010 Keynes vs. Hayek: The Great Debate Continues Newly discovered letters from two great economists shed light on today’s discussion of economic ‘stimulus.’ By GERALD P. O’DRISCOLL JR. The debates raging over what policies will pull the U.S. economy out of its Great Recession replicate one that occurred during the Great Depression. Thanks
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JULY 7, 2010 A Case Study in Teacher Bailouts Milwaukee shows that unions will keep resisting concessions if Washington rides to the rescue. By STEPHEN MOORE Milwaukee The Obama administration is pressuring Congress to spend $23 billion to rehire the more than 100,000 teachers who have been laid off across the country. Before Congress succumbs,
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JULY 6, 2010 Hard Knocks From Easy Money The Federal Reserve is feeding big government and harming middle-class savers. By GEORGE MELLOAN A Federal Reserve fully attuned to the easy money demands of the Democrats and megabanks clearly has no plan to lift interest rates from their near-zero level. The rationale is: “Why should we?
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JULY 2, 2010 Why Is the Gulf Cleanup So Slow? There are obvious actions to speed things up, but the government oddly resists taking them. H. RUBIN Destin, Fla. As the oil spill continues and the cleanup lags, we must begin to ask difficult and uncomfortable questions. There does not seem to be much that
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JULY 3, 2010 Independence Day in Siberia From a former Soviet Army truck driver, I learned the blessings of being an American. By HILARY KRIEGER My “there but for the grace of God” moment came on March 30, 2005. On that day, I found myself in the musty, bare apartment of 75-year-old Josef Katz, a
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WALL STREET JOURNAL By ALLAN H. MELTZER June 30, 2010 The administration’s stimulus program has failed. Growth is slow and unemployment remains high. The president, his friends and advisers talk endlessly about the circumstances they inherited as a way of avoiding responsibility for the 18 months for which they are responsible. But they want new
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JUNE 26, 2010 Canada: Land of the Free At the G-20 summit in Toronto this weekend it will lead the charge against new bank taxes and for spending restraint. Who says our neighbor is boring? By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY When Canada hosts a meeting of the G-20 in Toronto today it will offer no apologies
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JUNE 25, 2010 Gilad Shalit: Hostage of Hamas The struggle to bring the soldier home has become a national passion for Israelis. By MICHAEL OREN In a small Jerusalem café, I sat with Noam Shalit and tried to discuss his son, Gilad. I say tried because each time Noam, a soft-spoken, bespectacled man, began a
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JUNE 25, 2010 Petraeus’s Opportunity His selection reassures our Afghan allies that the U.S. will not begin substantial troop reductions until the Afghans can handle the insurgents on their own. By MARK MOYAR The firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal has ended the career of an outstanding military leader and the only American to forge a
