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Why Would Anyone Invest In Chrysler Now?
6 comments on Why Would Anyone Invest In Chrysler Now?President Obama’s ham-handed ultimatum to Chrysler’s “secured” creditors promises to have adverse consequences beyond just rewarding the UAW for helping to drive the company into the ground. At Real Clear Markets, Bill Frezza asks some…
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Douthat’s Prescription For Republican Recovery
From his new op-ed perch as a New York Times token two-fer (conservative and bearded), Ross Douthat bids good riddance to Arlen Specter, and reminds us that ideas are more powerful than partisanship: The Reagan-era…
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Does Jon Stewart Really Think Truman Was A War Criminal?
Update: Nevermind. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 2 thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis First 100 Days Unlike many conservatives, I love…
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Chrysler’s New Majority Owner Will Be The UAW. Yeah, That’ll Work.
I’ve been arguing for months that the government should not throw more bailout money at GM and Chrysler, but rather let them work out their problems in bankruptcy court. Filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection…
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Raising Anchor: Seaman Recruit Harry Petersen Reports For Duty
Seaman Recruit Harry Petersen with his proud father, minutes after being sworn in. (That’s Harry on the left.) After two tentative reporting dates came and went, Harry shipped out today following a brief swearing-in ceremony…
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OK, Let’s Have A Fact-Finding Commission On Torture
The Washington Post offers the best argument I’ve seen for a bipartisan commission into the use of torture, or “torture” if you prefer, by Americans during the Bush Administration. The editorial ends with this (emphasis…
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VDH Describes Our Topsy-Turvy Times
Victor Davis Hanson is one of my favorite political writers. He brilliantly weaves together seemingly unrelated news events to describe patterns that others cannot yet see. I wish I had been aware of him on…
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Conservative Paper Debunks Claim That Obama Delayed Piracy Mission
Bill Gertz’s conservative credentials are pretty convincing. He is a star reporter for the conservative Washington Times, an analyst with Fox News, and the author of the 2008 book The Failure Factory: How Unelected Bureaucrats,…
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The Maplewood BlogolopolisTM Holds Its First Summit
Welcome, Maplewood Patch readers! Feel free to check out the further adventures of the Maplewood BlogolopolisTM, or otherwise explore the musings of a red state voter in a deep-blue town and state. (See caption information…