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- Opinion · May 7, 2010Prospero’s iPad
pale. I would be willing to pay a monthly fee for access to a great newspaper (like the one you are reading) on the vivid, touchable, multimedia iPad … news on the Internet when it comes for free. Because of the iPad (and its eventual competitors), we will be able to test if people will pay for excellent news
- Opinion · May 6, 2010A Spend-and-Borrow Debt Mess
overspending as much as the rest of Germany, if not more so. The great postwar German leader Konrad Adenauer came from Cologne. He was a conservative Catholic who despised Nazism … Consequently, Cameron looks set to win the U.K. election on Thursday. That’s good news for England. But it could embolden German legislators to vote against the EU-IMF bailout
- Opinion · May 6, 2010Still the Optimist
doomers, peakists, dystopians of all 57 varieties. They were all reveling in the bad news. Depression chic was in. The new, vibrant young president of the country sounded more like … Great Depression without sounding silly, they seem determined to hold on to the moniker, Great Recession. (“All over our country, people who lost their jobs in the Great Recession
- Opinion · Apr 22, 2010Tea Party: Why the Left Doesn’t Get It
left hates Limbaugh. When a conservative criticizes Bush’s spending, that’s not news. The left loves domestic spending. For liberals, Bush’s No Child Left Behind program “wasn … critics of creating a “false impression” that Bush was a “big spender”: “The great bulk of this increase was accounted for by increased spending on defense and homeland security, including
- Opinion · Apr 16, 2010A Word for the Rejects
young Buffett was also turned down by the University of Chicago’s business school, news that filled him with “this feeling of dread” -- and fear he’d deeply disappointed … Shellenbarger of the Wall Street Journal, for conducting this small survey of great rejects. A lot of families out there need this kind of perspective. Next, let’s have
- Opinion · Apr 16, 2010PARP: TARP on Steroids
Timothy Geithner boastfully describes as “the strongest financial reforms since those that followed the Great Depression.” Have you noticed with these statists that everything has to be dramatic -- the “greatest … down.” (If you watched the news this week, you might have seen how they’ve already savaged Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for daring to oppose the bill.) The White
- Opinion · Apr 15, 2010Obama to Critics: Where’s Armageddon?
Means Committee, Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., chortled on his Web site: “I have great news to share with you. The House passed an extension of unemployment insurance and COBRA … secure our borders. By that definition, then, yes. Armageddon is already here. COPYRIGHT 2010 LAURENCE A. ELDER DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
- Opinion · Apr 14, 2010Turn Off the Sound
chance that some of the Breaking News might actually be breaking news. It could happen. This afternoon, the newscast shows two familiar figures, personifications of their respective national characters … positions. America turns out to be not so exceptional after all -- just another former great power managing its decline in the most sophisticated way. We could be at the Quai
- Opinion · Apr 9, 2010“Give Me ‘Niceness’ or Give Me Death”
calling it as they see it -- should reconsider. In the words of the great Edmund Burke, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good … good TV news on Fox, but that isn’t the intention.” That wasn’t a very “nice” thing for Coburn to say about Fox News, which has finally provided balance
- Opinion · Apr 6, 2010Why a Town in Iowa Sought to Abolish Good Friday
came to official municipal holidays.” Given the importance of Good Friday to Christians, when news of the recommendation became public, there was a national as well as local outcry … values came to dominate that continent. America, the most religious industrialized democracy, remains the great exception. 2. Why not abolish Christmas? If a religiously diverse population and the separation
- Opinion · Apr 2, 2010Pass the Gefilte Fish -- but Don’t Expect the Enemy To Pass Over Israel
getting the news of a settlement freeze in Israel. This flies in the face of the ruthless reality that the Palestinians draw no moral distinctions between Great Satan and Little … Serving gefilte fish on White House china won’t change that. COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM
- Opinion · Apr 1, 2010Against ObamaCare? You’re a Fascist Racist Hater
executive branch has made it a practice to try and control and intimidate news organizations, from PBS to CBS to Newsweek. ... And every day, they unleash squadrons of digital brownshirts … added, “So by simply not doing anything to alleviate this ... crisis that was so greatly exaggerated by Katrina, they let the hurricane do the ethnic cleansing, and their hands
- Alexander's Column · Apr 1, 2010Resurrection Day 2010: All Things New
“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of
- Opinion · Mar 26, 2010Afghanistan Midwar
here, but we also have some great new tools and many of the same great Marines.” Among the new challenges is opium, which funds much of what the Taliban … test. Over the course of the next few weeks, while our Fox News team is on the ground, U.S. and coalition forces are going to make the first concerted effort
- Opinion · Mar 23, 2010It’s a Civil War: What We Do Now
needs to be done: A terrible thing happened to America on Sunday, March 21, 2010. The country took its biggest step ever down a road diametrically opposed to its original … intent of keeping the state small so that the individual can be free and great. Therefore, in this unprecedented crisis of values, this is what needs to be done
- Opinion · Mar 20, 2010It’s Just Money -- But Now We’re Awake
they may not. “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” as the Great and Powerful Oz commanded Dorothy and Toto when they were about to catch … White House fits by looking at its numbers with a knowing eye: “The news today from the CBO is clear: The president’s budget will continue to lead our nation
- Opinion · Mar 17, 2010Constitutional Law 101
statutes set forth in the text of Article I were the product of the great debates and compromises that produced the Constitution itself. Familiar historical materials provide abundant support … president. In other news, the White House spokesman last week engaged in an indecorous public exchange with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM
- Opinion · Mar 15, 2010Things I Don’t Believe
daily news continues to prove a bountiful source of theories, explanations, assumptions and assertions that I don’t believe for a minute. For example: Agreeing to insure the medical expenses … Bush’s ordering the Surge -- would have assured peace and stability there. The great obstacle to peace in the Middle East is allowing Jews to live in Judaea and Samaria
- Opinion · Mar 10, 2010The Shameless Abortion Carnival
women, all the women of the world.” To their credit, when ABC’s “World News” hyped this story Feb. 28, they at least allowed conservative Cathy Ruse of the Family … outspoken atheist,” and quoted her saying, “I hope everybody on YouTube has a great and godless day. Peace.” Jackson said she was four weeks pregnant when she aborted her child
- Opinion · Mar 5, 2010Reconciliation -- Playing Parliamentary Games with America’s Future
Obama has decided the time for negotiation has passed. Well, the not-so-surprising news of the week out of Washington is that President Obama is now calling on Congress … think that the administration would not want to ram-through a bill with such great significance to our nation by merely relying on a procedural opening. But it again appears