Faith-Based Economics
At The Corner, Brian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation adds some excellent thoughts on the administration’s claim that its “stimulus” bill saved us all from catastrophe:
On the stimulus’s first anniversary, keep in mind one number: 6.3 million.
That is the Obama jobs gap — the difference between the 3.3 million net jobs President Obama said would [...]
A Year Taking on Unprecedented Challenges Abroad
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President Obama inherited unprecedented challenges at home and abroad. Facing a global economic crisis, two wars, and diminished American standing in the world, the [...]
Obama’s year of living dangerously . . . and ours
“It is no accident that until the Christmas near-catastrophe, and for an uncomfortable period thereafter, the Obama administration was reluctant to speak of being at war either with terrorism or with the militant Islamists who engage in it. Throughout 2009, whether the issue was interrogating and sidelining terrorists, fighting them on the battlefield, or dealing [...]
The limits of "calibration"
For the most part, the first year of the Obama administration has proceeded about as I expected it to. The president has been a bit less aggressive in pushing a liberal domestic agenda and a bit more aggressive in promoting an America-effacing foreign policy than I thought he would be. However, the deviation [...]
Krauthammer On Obamacare: "It Will Take A Decade To Undo The Damage"
Krauthammer: “It will take a decade to undo the damage caused by Obamacare”:
“I think if it passes it will be a catastrophe for Democrats politically. Democrats are going to have to answer for a lot of additional taxation, if the Medicare cuts happen they’re gonna have to answer for a lot of cuts in services, [...]
Taliban Leader Wants to Islamise Pakistan then attack India
Barack Obama wants to consider negotiating with “moderate elements” of the Taliban? If this is story is any indication of the Taliban’s overall intentions, and it indeed is, perhaps he might rethink the idea:
Islamabad, 14 October (AKI) - The Pakistani Taliban’s new leader Hakimullah Mehsud warned India of future attacks and sent a message to [...]
