William Galston writes Populism Rises on a Wave of Frustration in The Wall Street Journal excerpts: Populism offers many satisfactions. Its narrative is clear and easy to understand. It identifies villains—corrupt officials, unresponsive bureaucracies, arrogant elites, large corporations, giant banks,
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The OWS movement fizzled. What a surprise. They did not understand what they were protesting, they did not understand the institutions they demonized; and most of all they did not understand how much that they were part of the problem.
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Walter Williams writes in Investor’s Business Daily Many Who Portray Themselves As Part Of The 99% Live Like The 1%, 5/2/12 Excerpt: Last week, MSN Money posted a report titled “The richest counties in America.” According to the report, residents
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The recent exposure of how Congressmen benefit from inside trading information that is illegal for anyone else should be a common theme for everyone who is upset with the current state of affairs. It should be a common thread that
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My biggest criticism of the OWS protests is the lack of any clear reasonable objective other than to claim that greed is bad; and then ask for a bunch of free stuff, like tuition loan forgiveness. ( I wonder how
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Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit was finally released in exchange for 1027 Palestinian terrorists and captured cold blooded murderers. One should be reminded that Schalit was kidnapped on Israeli soil. Many have weighed in on whether the exchange was worth the
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How much is being broadcast about the various anti-Semitic episodes at various OWS and its offshoots in other cities? The ADL made a timid response here. The Wiesenthal Center published a better analysis: Excerpts from an essay from Rabbi
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