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The Obama Agenda is the GOP Agenda

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

If you recall, I took some heat from readers when I said some while back that the Obama administration was adopting the same policies as the Bush administration and that Arne Duncan sounds amazingly like Margaret Spellings on issues like accountability and choice...

In the News

A fine madness in the D.C. air

with Niall Fergusonvia Washington Times
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

To borrow Niall Ferguson's metaphor -- if finance is an evolutionary process, then regulation is its intelligent design -- a cognate of faith, not science...

Analysis and Commentary

Why empathy is the enemy of justice

by Diana Schaubvia Baltimore Sun
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Why do judges wear robes?...

Analysis and Commentary

Alternatives to government health takeover

by Scott W. Atlasvia Washington Times
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Sixteen years ago, a relatively young, ambitious new Democratic president arrived in Washington determined to transform America's health care system...

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Clues argue against Obama as revolutionary politician

with Shelby Steelevia Oklahoman
Friday, June 12, 2009

ONE thing that drew people to Barack Obama’s candidacy last year was the promise his presidency would transcend race and partisan politics...

Analysis and Commentary

Will Americans (Literally) Be Dying For ObamaCare?

by Henry I. Millervia Forbes
Friday, June 12, 2009

Remember Harry and Louise, the made-for-television couple whose advertisements helped scuttle the Clinton health care plan 16 years ago?...

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The Einstein of compensation

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Congress is thinking of "reining in" executive pay (HT: Drudge Report)...

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The Liberal Housing Crash

with Thomas Sowellvia American Thinker
Thursday, June 11, 2009

The American people are pretty well convinced that the mortgage meltdown was the fault of greedy bankers, stupid borrowers, and the odd Friend of Angelo Mozilo like Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT)...

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GOP seeks to trim stimulus, cut deficit

with John F. Coganvia Washington Times
Monday, June 8, 2009

With the economy showing signs of recovery, fiscally conservative economists and Republican lawmakers are suggesting that the large unspent portion of the nearly $800 billion stimulus fund should be redirected to slash this year's nearly $2 trillion annual deficit...

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The long arm of the long census form

with Richard A. Epsteinvia San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, June 4, 2009

If you see the federal government as a benign force that seeks only to make your life better, then the questions in the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey may not bother you...

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