A Tale of Two Deficits
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Last week’s summit in Brussels highlighted the fiscal deficits of Europe
and the damage political activism will inflict on that continent’s economy.
Voi...
Happy Memorial Day
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(Kenneth Anderson) Jewel Kilcher and Garth Brooks singing the old Ian &
Sylvia standard, Someday Soon – you remember, “Just out of the service, and
he’s lo...
Auto-da-Fé
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Writing for the *Daily Telegraph*, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard takes a quick
canter through Spain’s recent history:
…Spain is prostrate because EMU [monetary...
Worth Buttressing
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It was Winston Churchill (an agnostic, essentially) who famously said that
he was not a pillar of the Church of England, but a buttress, ”supporting
it fro...
Playbook: Romney on Syria
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He says Obama "can no longer ignore calls from congressional leaders" to
take more assertive steps.
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Liberals put the squeeze to Justice Roberts
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In one of his characteristic conniptions about people who frustrated him,
Theodore Roosevelt, progressivism’s first president, said of Justice Oliver
Wen...
Where did the Part D donut hole come from?
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(cross posted at freeforall) Avik Roy’s recollection of how the structure
(donut hole) of Part D of the prescription drug benefit was devised doesn’t
match...
The Sadness of Stay-at-Home Moms
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Gallup: Stay-at-home moms fare worse than employed moms at every income
level in terms of sadness, anger, and depression. On the other items Gallup
measure...
The Case for Regressive Taxation
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Please bear with me as this is more of a thought experiment than a
manifesto… We’re talking equality again. Here’s Bain Capital executive Edward
Conrad, ...
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Matt Yglesias Has Moved
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Matt Yglesias has left ThinkProgress to join Slate, where he writes the
“Moneybox” blog. You can check it out here. We wish Matt continued success
and than...
The Caucus Click: The Week in Pictures
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Moments from the campaign trail this week, including President Obama's
commencement address at the United States Air Force Academy and Mitt
Romney's visit ...
U.N. Observers View Bodies in Syrian Village
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After what Syrian activists called a massacre in a village near Homs, video
posted online showed United Nations military observers viewing dozens of
bodies...
Chris Christie Plays Coy On Re-election Question
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The political world has gotten used to hearing New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie dodge questions about whether he's running for a job in
Washington. He was ju...
Which way America?
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THIS week, we review two books with differing takes on the status of the
American economy. Dan Gross' new book "Better, Stronger, Faster" makes the
case ...
The Big Easy's Hometown Paper
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(Flickr/Earthhopper)
As of this fall, I'll be living in the largest American city without a
daily paper. The Newhouse-owned New Orleans *Times-Picayune*'s...
Why we're talking about Bain
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A MASSACHUSETTS governor once ran for president on the evergreen campaign
theme "good jobs at good wages". (Didn't work out so well.) It's tempting
to ma...
The Fork in the Road for Health Care
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Without major changes in health care costs, the day of rationing of care
draws near, even if elected officials dare not mention it, an economist
writes.
Cantor 'stunned' by Virginia Tech shootings
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Thursday that he was
“saddened and stunned” at the news that two people, including a poli
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Pad tie
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The price of Apple's tablet computer, before sales tax, varies
significantly between countries
IF YOU fly from Hong Kong to Frankfurt or Paris and look s...
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