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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.”...

Analysis and Commentary

Health care debate about liberty versus equality

by David Davenportvia San Francisco Examiner
Thursday, September 24, 2009

As the war over health care comes into sharper relief, it is apparent that the real debate is about something very fundamental in American politics...

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Why Democrats Fail at Arms Control

with William J. Perryvia Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

In his address to the U.N. General Assembly yesterday, President Barack Obama once again stated his goal of "a world without nuclear weapons."...

Analysis and Commentary

Early Childhood Misstep

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Forbes
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

While the Senate is consumed by health care, other problem topics are piling up...

Analysis and Commentary

The Congressional Seizure Of Private Health Care Plans

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The current incoherent struggle over health care reform is fast coming to a head...

In the News

Democrats on path to repeat housing disaster

with Russ Robertsvia Washington Examiner
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

With all the attention paid to the health care battle, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, and the president's "Full Ginsburg" appearances on five Sunday talk shows, few people noticed a hearing with an exceedingly boring title -- "Proposals to Enhance the Community Reinvestment Act" -- held last week in the House Financial Services Committee...

Analysis and Commentary

The Crisis: A Failure or a Vindication of Economics?

by John B. Taylorvia Economics One (blog)
Monday, September 21, 2009

Today was the first lecture of thirty-five or so lectures I will give this fall in Stanford’s Economics 1, the namesake of this Blog...

Analysis and Commentary

The fallacy of respecting the presidency

by Tibor R. Machanvia Freedom Communications
Monday, September 21, 2009

After Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted out “You lie!” during President Obama's speech to Congress last week, one of Obama's cheerleaders at The New York Times intoned gravely that even if one disapproves of a given officeholder, one ought to show respect for the office...

Analysis and Commentary

Is The Stimulus Working?

by Charles Calomiris with John F. Cogan, John B. Taylorvia National Journal
Monday, September 21, 2009

As time goes by and data piles up, the debate is heating up over whether President Obama's $787 billion stimulus bill is responsible for the apparent improvement in the economy...

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