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Quick Takes on Gaza & Hamas
No comments on Quick Takes on Gaza & HamasWired magazine’s Danger Room defense blog is covering the Gaza conflict — today comes the grim news that Hamas has obtained Chinese rockets with a range of 22 miles, doubling the terrorists’ reach into Israel.…
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The Unholy Union of Automakers and Financing
Time to smack the auto industry and the UAW again. From a column in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: The collective bargaining agreement with the UAW is a heavily negotiated document the size of a small…
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I Stand With Israel
Spare me from listening to officials of the thugocracy-infested United Nations complaining that Israel’s assault against Hamas is “disproportionate.” Of course it is. It should be. When a sovereign nation gets goaded into war by…
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A Golden Opportunity for a Higher Gas Tax
Charles Krauthammer burnishes his credentials as a member of the Pigou Club with a cover story in the January 5, 2009 edition of Weekly Standard, titled “The Net-Zero Gas Tax: A Once-in-a-Generation Chance.” (Hat tip:…
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Grateful to Live in the Shining City on the Hill
Conservative Peggy Noonan takes a step back from the gloomy economy and focuses on the big picture: People are angry but don’t have a plan, and they’ll give the incoming president unprecedented latitude and sympathy,…
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Bush Punts Auto Bailout to Obama’s Team
Color me unsurprised. The Bush administration said it would lend $17.4 billion to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, buying them a few weeks of financial relief but leaving the biggest decisions about the industry’s…
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Minnesota: Not Heads or Tails, but Standing on Edge
Move over, Florida — Minnesota is making a strong bid for supremacy in the category of freakishly close electoral results. CNN reports today that Sen. Norm Coleman’s unofficial lead over unfunnyman Al Franken has shrunk…
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Sorry, No Tears Here for Madoff’s Clients
(After learning more about Madoff’s victims, I recanted in a later post — KP) Apparently regulators ignored warning signs for more than a decade while Bernie Madoff stole and/or lost as much as $50 billion…