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The Superb Mitt Romney

By: Jay Nordlinger    NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE About 20 years ago, I often said, “You can say anything about Clarence Thomas. No matter how vile, false, or even racist, you can say it about Thomas, and get away with it. The culture permits it. It’s open season on Clarence Thomas.” Many years later, I said something [...]

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The GOP Has Momentum

EXCERPT ONLY: Ames, Iowa — This has been quite a week or ten days for Republicans. Pundits will parse the Iowa results and the Perry polling to determine which candidate is up and which down or out. The Iowa straw poll may prove to be the last stop for some Republican candidates, as it was [...]

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More Obama Spending Won’t Do It. And stocks know it

  Larry Kudlow, NRO’s economics editor, is host of CNBC’s The Kudlow Report and author of the daily web log, Kudlow’s Money Politic$. EXTRACT ONLY:  ”What the economy needs, Mr. President, is a strong dose of new incentives, with pro-growth tax reform that flattens marginal rates and broadens the base for individuals and businesses. This [...]

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The Norway Massacre: Born of Ideology or Belief?

  The 1500+ page manifesto tells of a young man with fantasies of knights and crusades to defend what he considers the true European culture. Mr. Breivik also belongs to the Free Masons (first grade) and describes himself as a Justiciar Knight in his new movement, which he claims is international – and which borrows [...]

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“President Obama Doesn’t Know the First Thing About Economics”

Margaret Thatcher   As the Oscar buzz surrounding actress Meryl Streep keeps growing — thanks to her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher, it’s worth remembering one of the real Iron Lady’s most famous observations: that any housewife could manage the British economy. President Obama should heed that advice, and realize that economy begins at home. Unfortunately, [...]

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Rep. Sensenbrenner on EPA E15 Ethanol Waiver

National Review article ‘The EPA’s Ethanol Boondoggle’ by Rep. James Sensenbrenner is a Solid Principles Recommended Read (click image to open article in new tab/window) Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend

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Happy Dependence Day

“The whole socialist scheme envisioned by Mr. Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Charles E. Schumer is immoral. It is not only un-American, but it violates America’s Judeo-Christian heritage. This is not just a polite disagreement. And let’s dispense with the notion that the president is above criticism. [...]

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A Conservative Woman’s Problem with Palin

  By: Lisa Fritsch Sarah Palin, the woman who put enough sizzle in McCain’s 2008 presidential bid to make Republicans think they were finally cooking, now finds herself a few matches short of stoking her own political fire. Palin has managed to maintain the conservative and national spotlight for three years since that failed White [...]

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Is History on House Members’ Side in 2012?

This story first appeared in RollCall.com, Roll Call on June 9, 2011. By STUART ROTHENBERG The last major party candidates nominated while they were in the House or just after they had left the House were William Jennings Bryan (D) in 1896, Garfield in 1880 and Horace Greeley (Whig) in 1872. As a general rule, [...]

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How Catholic is Notre Dame?

More Cracks in the Golden Dome by GEORGE WEIGEL Late in the spring term, Notre Dame announced that one of its alumnae, Roxanne Martino, a prominent Chicago investment manager, had been elected a member of the university’s board of trustees. Such a seemingly routine appointment — wealthy alum joins university board — would have drawn little [...]

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