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Fernandez: The Life of Julia

Employees at the New York Times describe their horror, in their video after the Read More, at discovering that the pensions they had been counting on might not — will probably not — be there on retirement.  Glenn Reynolds, in a … Continue reading

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Lifson/Moran: Europe’s Morning After

The smoke has nearly cleared after elections in 6 European countries on Sunday and Monday revealed an angry, fearful electorate who have tired of the pain brought by austerity measures. In France, Greece, Germany, Serbia, Italy, and Armenia, voters sent … Continue reading

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Spengler: Labor Force Disappears in Obama’s Depression

The big news in Friday’s employment report was not the miserable 115,000 jobs the economy added in April, but the disappearance of 340,000 workers from the labor force. We haven’t seen unemployment on this scale since the Great Depression. Indeed, … Continue reading

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Paulus: The End of Obama Liberalism as an Intellectual Movement

Over the past six months the public has watched the current liberal intellectual movement crumble as its leaders have failed to provide a tenable solution to the serious problems facing our nation. President Obama is desperately searching for a way … Continue reading

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McCann: Dismal jobs numbers

One of the most confusing and distorted statistics coming out of Washington today is the monthly unemployment situation.   More and more Americans are waking up to the reality of the job market when the curtain is drawn back and the actual situation … Continue reading

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Spengler: Philistinism and Failure

Tens of millions of young Chinese now study classical music, including an estimated 36 million pianists. Nothing builds attention span and analytic fortitude like classical music, and a nation that combines a vast amateur music culture with academic ambition will overwhelm the world … Continue reading

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Fernandez: Reagan Vs Obama

One can only wonder what the student activists of Quebec would make of Ronald Reagan’s thought experiment. Margaret Wente of the Globe and Mail says that students in the Canadian province are demanding that the greedy capitalist class pay for however much … Continue reading

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Olshaker: The Campaign Ads That Will Defeat Obama

Despite the life-and-death issues at stake, the Obama campaign has begun a re-election effort based largely on Rule 5 of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack ridicule…” The reason is simple: … Continue reading

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Hanson: The New Reactionaries

Our New Regressivism About fifteen years ago, many liberals began to self-identify as progressives—partly because of the implosion of the Great Society and the Reagan reaction that had tarnished the liberal brand and left it as something akin to “permissive” … Continue reading

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Spengler: The Muslim Brotherhood Wants the Bakery, Not the Pita

On April 28, Saudi Arabia closed its embassy and most consulates in Egypt following demonstrations and “attempts to storm and threaten the security and safety of Saudi and Egyptian employees, raising hostile slogans and violating the inviolability and sovereignty,” as … Continue reading

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Voshell: The Death of Nation-States and the Rise of Empire

Some readers may recall the rant of a couple years ago by Nigel Farage, head of the United Kingdom’s Independence Party, against Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Union.  Mr. Farage described the gentleman from Belgium as possessing “all the charisma … Continue reading

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