From the WSJ Political Diary. 4/21/08 Boxer Versus the PopeYou wouldn’t think there would be much to criticize about Pope Benedict XVI’s splendid and uplifting visit to Washington. But leave it to Senator Barbara Boxer of California to spoil the
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From American Thinker, ” Imagine a Free Tibet.” See complete article. To all those out there with the “Free Tibet!” stickers, here are a few facts that will help the world make sense: 1. There will always be bad people.2.
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Obama implodes in PA debate because he finally gets asked some questions with depth, paticularly about his tax plan. He only wants to raise taxes on the rich which he defines as those making over $200,000 per year. Yet he
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Steel prices are up 50% since January. Why? Old US mills have been shuttered and replaced by more efficient EAC (Electric arc furnaces) which consume scrap. Twenty new EACs have driven up the price of scrap (about 60% of the
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When Bill Clinton was elected he was soon called by Jimmy Carter, reaching out as the last elected Democratic President, offering his services to take on assignments for his successor. Clinton wanted to distance himself from Carter as much as
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Considerations for McCain’s VP. 1. Joe Lieberman. What a great way to reach across the isle but to select a Democrat as a VP. This is worth it just to imagine how much it would piss off the Democrats. 2.
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If Obama wins the nomination and McCain uses Hillary’s attacks against Obama for his campaign, will Hillary’s work have to be listed as an ‘in kind’ contribution to McCain’s campaign?
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Mark Steyn hits a bullseye in National Review article, God and Guns. Article in full here. excerpts Europeans did “vote for their own best interests” — i.e., cradle-to-grave welfare, 35 hour work-weeks, six weeks of paid vacation, etc — and
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As vicious as the two Democrats are going at each other it is nothing compared to the political combat that they will face with McCain. If Hillary wins, the Obama heads will feel cheated. They will stay home or support
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Perhaps it is a good thing that this campaign goes on for as long as it does. It takes a while to get to know someone, to study their associates and people who influence them, and to see patterns in
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Marcus Luttrell of Seal Team 10 was with 3 other Seals on Operation Redwing in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan searching for Ben Sharmak, a high level Al Qaeda operative in a Taliban stronghold . Navy Seals are the toughest
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The Senate has proposed a plan that includes giving a $7,000 tax credit to anyone who buys a forclosed home. I understand that their intention is to keep the oversupply of homes from continuously depressing the real estate market and
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Over 3,000 years ago a group of people came up with the idea of not working for an entire day every week. This day was reserved as the Sabbath, a day of spiritual reflection. This was a radical idea at
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Yesterday we received a notice that our steel prices were up $145 per ton, an increase fo 12%, effective immediately. This scares me. Prices that can go up this fast can go down this fast, making the job of managing
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Hillary Clinton plays fast and loose with the truth again, telling a story of a pregnant woman in Ohio denied medical care because she did not have insurance or the money for treatment. The hospital denied the story and the
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I have a degree in economics and I have read dozens of modern economics and marketing books including just about everything written by Reis and Trout. Can anyone explain to me why a pack of Hebrew National hot dogs come
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For my local fellow yids, the Kroger on Zebulon has Yehuda Matzos in a five pack for about $7.00 with the Kroger card. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda was the key figure in the revival of the Hebrew language. He moved to Israel
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“In our desire to make sure that our children learn to “adjust” to their environment, we have given them insufficient opportunity to acquire the knowledge that will enable them to master their environment.” “In our attempt to make education “fun”,
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Positioning is the key to effective marketing of cars, beers, and politicians. The best marketing strategy has a clear differentiating position that distiguishes the product from the rest in a simple way that is deemed valuable by the consumers. When
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The annual report of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. offers some of the best business reading available. It is as plain and unadorned as any other report of such a large company. The content is everything. Berkshire has averaged 21.1% annual gains
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