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Analysis and Commentary

The Obsolescence of a Slur

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Tribune Media Services
Friday, October 2, 2009

The charge of racism has been leveled against critics of President Obama’s health-care reform by everyone from New York Times columnists, racial activists, and Democratic legislators to senior statesmen like Jimmy Carter (“It’s a racist attitude”), Bill Clinton (“some . . . are racially prejudiced”), and Walter Mondale (“I don’t want to pick a person [and] say, ‘He’s a racist,’ but I do think the way they’re piling on Obama . . . I think I see an edge in them that’s a little bit different”)...

Analysis and Commentary

A Beautiful Model, A Clear Prediction

by John B. Taylorvia Economics One (blog)
Friday, October 2, 2009

The supply and demand model, which students learn in the first week of Economics One, is a beautiful, powerful tool for investigating real world issues like the minimun wage, the subject of tomorrow's Wall Street Journal editorial...

In the News

More bailouts threaten the economy

with Peter Schweizervia Washington Examiner
Friday, October 2, 2009

There they go again...

Analysis and Commentary

Examining price of compromise

by Tibor R. Machanvia Freedom Communications
Thursday, October 1, 2009

Politics is sometimes said to be the art of compromise and this rings true enough, given the messiness of contemporary politics...

Analysis and Commentary

Some Signs of the Times

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

How to distill the news?...

In the News

Barbara Kay, The case for the (almost) status quo in American health care

with Scott W. Atlasvia National Post (Canada)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The debate over the Obama drive to universalize heath care along Canadian Medicare lines has polarized opinion...

In the News

White House Mum on Gadhafi Grants

with Daniel Pipesvia NewsMax
Monday, September 28, 2009

The White House declined to comment on a letter that an Illinois Republican send to President Obama demanding that he cancel funding for two $200,000 State Department grants to groups belonging to Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's children...

Analysis and Commentary

Union Power in the Obama Administration

by Gary S. Beckervia Becker-Posner Blog
Sunday, September 27, 2009

The major American trade unions, including the United Automobile Workers, the United Steelworkers, and the Service Employees International Union, went all out in their support of Barack Obama during the past presidential election...

In the News

Obama-led UN council backs broad nuclear agenda

with William J. Perry, George P. Shultzvia Associated Press
Friday, September 25, 2009

With President Barack Obama presiding, the U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously endorsed a sweeping strategy aimed at halting the spread of nuclear weapons and ultimately eliminating them, to usher in a world with "undiminished security for all."...

Analysis and Commentary

Doubling Down on a Flawed Insurance Model

by John F. Cogan, Daniel P. Kesslervia Wall Street Journal
Friday, September 25, 2009

“What this plan will do is make the insurance you have work better for you....And here’s what you need to know, I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits—either now or in the future. Period.”...

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