Those who remain convinced that more government spending will produce a robust economic recovery ought to read the Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes’s “Lessons from Canada” in the most recent issue of National Affairs. In the 1990s Canada’s Liberal party government reduced its national debt and revived its economy by, among other things, reducing federal employment by 45,000 jobs, 14% of the total.
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Is Paul Ryan thinking of running for president? I caught up with the House Budget Committee Chairman last night when he spoke at the Washington chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Society at the St. Regis Hotel, three blocks north of the White House. Interestingly, Ryan spoke largely about foreign affairs.
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So Democrat Kathy Hochul has beaten Republican Jane Corwin 47%-43% in the New York 26th congressional district special election.
Many writers—both conservatives like my Examiner colleague Phil Klein, John McCormack of the Weekly Standar
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Back in June, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, whom many think would be an attractive 2012 presidential candidate, was quoted by Andrew Ferguson in the Weekly Standard for saying the next president "would have to call a truce on the so-called social issues." That quickly attracted some harsh criticism from opponents of abortion and same-sex marriage.
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Clarity Media Group, the parent company of The San Francisco Examiner, announced today that veteran digital media executive Bob Benz is joining the company as chief digital officer.Benz will oversee interactive strategy and operations at The San Francisco Examiner, Washington Examiner and Weekly Standard.
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After reports of an Obama administration official, Austan Goolesbee, describing an in-depth knowledge of the tax structure of Koch Industries, Inc., Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and six other members of the Senate Finance Committee asked for an inspector general review of whether the administration violated any laws.
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Although the “United States these days is under unusually timid, intimidated, hypocritical, and sanctimonious leadership,” as Bill Kristol writes in the latest issue of The Weekly Standard, “Congress can stand with Israel, expressing support for Israel’s right to defend itself. And Congress can act.”
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The AP reports that a new report by economic experts at the Department of Health and Human Services found that Obamacare “will increase national health care spending by $311 billion from 2010-2019, or nine-tenths of 1 percent.” So much for bending the cost curve downward.
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