ANALYSIS/OPINION: A few columns ago, we were in the thick of the Back to School shopping season, and as we exit that window of buying, eyes are increasingly looking through to the year-end holiday shopping season. It seems that this bonanza of buying creeps further ahead each year, and the …
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VERSACE: Dour forecasts begin for yule shopping season
Reuters – The U.S. financial bailout will cost less than $50 billion, the Obama administration said on Thursday, slashing a prior estimate by more than half on the back of a new plan to sell the government’s stake in insurer American International Group.
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Bill Clinton predicted a year ago that Obamacare’s passage would yield electoral gold for congressional Democrats. “The minute the president signs the health care reform bill,” the former president told the Netroots Nation convention in August 2009, “approval will go up, because Americans are inherently optimistic.” Last weekend, he admitted …
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EDITORIAL: Obamacare's health hazard
Our former NR colleague, Joe Sobran, passed away today after a long battle with a variety of ailments. He was relatively young, just 64, and while physically beaten at the end, he also departed spiritually triumphant. Surely, in short order, there will be ample reflection — much of it critical — on the hyper-talented, hyper-controversial writer. There will be a recounting of his history at NR, the break, the following years, and Joe’s soured relationship with WFB (happily, they rekindled their friendship before Bill passed away). Good, let’s discuss all that, and more. But later. Right now, let us, if only for a minute, pray for the repose of his soul, to hope: That he abides now with his old boss, and they together with our Creator. For the peace that proved so elusive in this lifetime, Joe, may you now have it. Jack Fowler
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Joe Sobran, R.I.P.
Congress must fundamentally rethink the way it spends taxpayer money, including getting rid of massive multi-agency spending bills and forcing lawmakers who want to add new government programs to first cut an existing one, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner said Thursday. Mr. Boehner, who could become House speaker if …
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BEIJING | Beijing warned Washington Thursday that economic ties might be damaged after American lawmakers escalated the conflict over China’s currency controls, inching the two economic giants closer to a trade war. The Commerce Ministry said a measure approved Wednesday by Congress to allow Washington to penalize governments that manipulate …
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China warns U.S. currency bill might hurt ties
JIM BENNETT: America And The Great U-Turn.
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SMART GIRL POLITICS: Dana Loesch Interviews Liz Cheney for PJTV.
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SMART GIRL POLITICS: Dana Loesch Interviews Liz Cheney for PJTV.
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Despite a campaign pledge, the administration has not produced a website to increase government transparency. Read more…
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Watchdog group waiting for Obama to fulfill ethics pledge for online hub
BUT THIS IS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION, OF COURSE: Women In Tech Make More Money And Land Better Jobs Than Men.
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