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Perverse Thoughts about this Perverse Recession

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I do not understand at all this going into debt for almost another trillion dollars, and then immediately promising to balance the budget soon (like blowing off your foot near an emergency room), or how “stimulate” differs from “borrow”, or why the more noble victim is the one who sought to borrow too much for too much house and then defaulted, rather than he who chose to borrow less for less house and paid his mortgage on time each month and now subsidizes the less responsible...

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Charter school opponents, watch out

with Diane Ravitchvia Christian Science Monitor
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

In his address to Congress last night President Obama promised: “We will expand our commitment to charter schools.”...

Analysis and Commentary

Halve The Deficit? Good Luck, Obama

by Russ Robertsvia NPR
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama pledged to cut the federal budget deficit in half in four years...

In the News

Washington-Beijing economic ties are a top priority

with Niall Fergusonvia Vancouver Sun
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

It is evident from Hillary Clinton's visit to Beijing last weekend that she has bought into the popular concept of "Chimerica," the notion that the United States and Chinese economies are now so interlocked that they are one entity...

In the News

Stagnant wages vs. rising compensation

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The so-called Employee Free Choice Act (George Orwell call your office) would end secret ballots in union voting making it easier for unions to organize...

In the News

Aerospace Notebook: Harvard professor may be key to tankers

with William J. Perryvia Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Whether the Boeing Co. or the team of Northrop Grumman-EADS wins a do-over of the controversial and long-running competition to supply billions of dollars worth of air-refueling tankers to the Air Force may come down to what a Harvard professor thinks...

In the News

Bernanke reassures on US banks

with David Bradyvia Reuters
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and the White House are promising to prop up struggling banks if needed and said lenders should remain in private hands...

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Democracy

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

I just heard Obama guarantee that no one making less than $250,000 a year will pay a dime in higher taxes for the budgets he is proposing...

In the News

Iran has had no talks with any U.S. officials: FM

with William J. Perryvia Xinhuanet (China)
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Monday that Iran had not talked with any U.S. officials, the official IRNA news agency reported...

In the News

Concern emerges that Obama has picked a side in education wars

with Diane Ravitchvia Gotham Schools
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Has President Obama finally picked a side in the education wars?...

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