Bailout Generation By Debra J. Saunders
For eight years, Democrats have hurled all manner of criticism at President Bush. Some of the heat was well deserved, some was not.
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December 11, 2008
December 11, 2008
Where to Draw the Bailout Line? By Lawrence Kudlow
The bailout-nation saga continued this week, as the little-three carmakers from Detroit drove to Washington to plead for a $34 billion federal package to save themselves from bankruptcy and insolvency.
December 11, 2008
A Senate Seat Is Not a Kennedy Heirloom By Froma Harrop
Have New York Democrats lost all self-respect? Their excited talk of whether Caroline Kennedy is "interested" in Hillary Clinton's Senate seat makes you wonder.
December 10, 2008
The Old Media By Susan Estrich
In Los Angeles, where I live, there was plenty of snickering this week about Tribune Company's decision to file for bankruptcy protection. Tribune owns the Los Angeles Times, which in recent years has seen its staff cut even more than its circulation and advertising.
December 10, 2008
Liberals Leave the Watchtowers of Freedom By Tony Blankley
Last week, The Washington Post reported on President-elect Barack Obama's plan to convert his campaign's massive digital database of millions of supporters' contact and background data into a location that will permit him to use that data legally as a tool of persuasion for his governing effort.
December 9, 2008
Democrats Must Break With Rangel By Froma Harrop
Company gives $100,000 to congressman's pet cause. Congressman protects company tax loophole worth tens of millions. Bam! Company gives pet cause another $100,000 check.
December 7, 2008
Prohibition's Second Act By Debra J. Saunders
Last week saw the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. In Washington, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) -- a group of former cops and drug-war veterans who have soured on America's war on drugs -- gathered to celebrate the anniversary, and to argue for an end to America's current prohibition on marijuana and more serious drugs.
December 6, 2008
Message From Georgia: This Too Shall Pass By Michael Barone
The world doesn't stand still. Case in point: the Georgia runoff election last week made necessary because Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss failed, barely, to win an absolute majority on Nov. 4. In that contest, Chambliss led Democratic challenger Jim Martin by 3 percent. In the runoff, he won by 14.8 percent. Same candidates, very different result.
December 5, 2008
Where is John Edwards? By Susan Estrich
Doris Kearns Goodwin could not have asked for more. The author of "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," published in 2006, is making headlines once again for her foresight, as well as her knowledge of history, in light of President-elect Barack Obama's decision to surround himself with his former rivals, including Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton, and now Secretary of Commerce-designate Bill Richardson.
December 4, 2008
Booze or Drugs, Prohibition Makes No Sense By Froma Harrop
America ended Prohibition 75 years ago this week. The ban on the sale of alcohol unleashed a crime wave, as gangsters fought over the illicit booze trade. It sure didn't stop drinking. People turned to speakeasies and bathtub gin for their daily cocktail.
December 4, 2008
Not a Team of Rivals At All By Joe Conason
When the journalistic pack bites into a tasty cliché they often refuse to let go, lazily chewing and regurgitating a phrase like "team of rivals" long after the flavor is gone. Derived from the Doris Kearns Goodwin book on Lincoln's cabinet, that morsel had scant relevance to the cabinet being assembled by Barack Obama, as the president-elect bravely tried to explain when he introduced his national security team.
December 4, 2008
Obama and His New Crew By Debra J. Saunders
If you're not a "Star Trek" fan, you might not get this, but as I've watched President-elect Barack Obama these past few weeks, I feel as if the country is passing the torch from the brash, rule-breaking Capt. James T. Kirk, whose Starship Enterprise boldly went where no man had gone before in the original sci-fi series, to the more cerebral governance of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, who ran the Enterprise not so much as his merry ship but as a cutting-edge corporate venture, which culled databases and held meetings to brainstorm possible responses to new challenges.
December 3, 2008
The "A Team" By Susan Estrich
You can tell a lot about a person by the people who surround them. In theory, the "bigger" you are, the bigger and better the people around you should be. What makes a great leader is a great team. All that.
December 3, 2008
Brace for the Change You Do Not Believe In By Tony Blankley
From The Huffington Post and Daily Kos to National Review and The Washington Times -- and all the mainstream media in between -- commentators are puzzling over who the dickens President-elect Barack Obama really is.
December 2, 2008
Big Three Auto Firms Will Need Music, Too By Froma Harrop
The American "love affair" with cars is close to dead, then-Ford Motor chief Bill Ford lamented six years ago. "In California, people used to write songs about T-Birds and Corvettes," said Henry Ford's great-grandson. "Today, they write regulations." Ford had earlier shocked Detroit by admitting that sport utility vehicles caused environmental problems.
November 30, 2008
When the Warmest in History Isn't By Debra J. Saunders
Here's another reason why people don't trust newspapers. When science reporters write about, say, hormone therapy or drinking red wine, they report on studies that find that hormones or red wine can be good for you, as well as studies that suggest otherwise.
November 29, 2008
Managing Risk in an Unstable World By Michael Barone
How can we reduce risk for individuals? That's a natural question when a financial crisis has vaporized trillions of dollars of personal wealth in residential real estate and financial instruments.
November 28, 2008
Robert Mundell’s New Wisdom By Lawrence Kudlow
New economic stats on consumer spending and business durable-goods investment show an economy that’s sinking fast across-the-board. Wall Street economist John Ryding expects a 4 percent drop in fourth-quarter real GDP.
November 28, 2008
Health Care Reform Must Start Now By Froma Harrop
This would seem a heckuva time to unfurl a national health plan. Washington has big fires to put out in the financial markets.
November 27, 2008
Obama's Shrewd Choices By Joe Conason
While Barack Obama introduced the first members of his economic team, a wailing noise could be heard somewhere in the background.
