Future EU at Stake: Merkel
Greece must cut its deficit to qualify for a European bailout.
Gates Stuns Navy Establishment
The defense secretary urges the navy the wonder whether it really needs all its aircraft carriers.
Drawing a Better Europe
The European map is outdated and illogical. Rejigging it would make life friendlier.
Don’t Count Out Free Markets Just Yet
Except for China, there hasn’t been an economic success story in history that wasn’t built on free markets.
How to Solve Youth Unemployment
The New York Times predicts desperate times ahead for America’s youngsters. The recession has diminished most of the remaining part-time job opportunities previously available to young people during the summer, “despite a summer jobs program that was paid for through the stimulus package.” The problem is severest in poor, minority communities. “Those are the places […]
Berlusconi Government on Brink of Collapse
The flamboyant Italian prime minister has survived numerous scandals but his time appears to be running out.
What’s a Big Society?
In opposition to “big government” and the British welfare state, the Conservative Party under David Cameron has come up with an alternative approach — “big society.” What does it mean? According to the Conservatives’ website, they favor a society based on “social responsibility and community action.” They promise that under a Conservative government, “charities, voluntary […]
Still Government Motors
General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre boasted in The Wall Street Journel last week that his company paid back its government bailout “in full, with interest, years ahead of schedule.” GM has subsequently began running advertisements promoting its financial responsibility while proponents of the bailouts are yelling, “I told you so!” But, writing for Forbes, Shikha […]
Witch Hunt
A series of Goldman Sachs executives, chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein included, were called to Washington this Tuesday to testify before the United States Senate. The firm is front and center in the Democrats’ quest for Wall Street reform, such as preventing banks from becoming “too big to fail” lest taxpayers once again be called […]
Meltdown in Greece
The crises in Greece sends shockwaves around the world and inspires recriminations everywhere.
Obama’s Bad Cop
Hillary Clinton sounds tough, but her approach to foreign policy isn’t so different from Barack Obama’s.
The Second of November
With Tea Parties and Republican opposition continuing to mount and President Barack Obama’s approval rating hovering near 50 percent, the United States are preparing for a “summer of discontent” that in all likelihood will culminate in a series of crushing defeats for the ruling party in November. The fight for the midterm elections is not […]
The Democrats’ “Secular Socialist Machine”
Former Republican House speaker chastises the Democrats’ left-wing policies.
Clegg: Brown Can’t Stay If Labour Loses
If his party loses the election, Gordon Brown can’t stay on as prime minister.
Dodd Reform
After two years, Senator Christopher Dodd’s financial regulatory reform bill is finally moving out of committee to be brought to a vote on the floor of the Senate. Both the Connecticut senator and the banking committee’s ranking Republican, Richard Shelby of Alabama, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press this Sunday to state their intentions. Dodd […]