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Rebellion in the Land of the Pharaohs

January 28 | Posted by mrossol | Radical Islam

By FOUAD AJAMI ‘When Ramses II was over eighty he celebrated his rejuvenation at the feast of Set, repeating it yearly until he was ninety and more, and displaying his power of rejuvenation to the Gods above in the Obelisks he regularly erected as a memorial, which the aged Pharaoh decorated with electrum at the top so that their brightness should pour over lands of Egypt when the sun was mirrored in them.” This is from a classic account of this... Read more

Target: ObamaCare

January 26 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCare

Target: ObamaCare – WSJ.com. By PETE DU PONT For two years Washington has been moving left—bigger spending, expanding regulation and a continual increase in government debt. In fiscal 2007, when George W. Bush was president, the debt increased $161 billion; in 2008, another $458 billion; and in 2009 (which began under Mr. Bush and ended under Barack Obama), it reached $1.4 trillion. In Mr. Obama’s first two full years in office, 2010 and 2011, it will... Read more

The Swedish Model – WSJ.com

January 26 | Posted by mrossol | Uncategorized

The Swedish Model – WSJ.com. By JOHNNY MUNKHAMMAR In a Europe plagued by debt crises, one country has no budget deficit at all and is currently returning to surplus. This same country is consistently among Europe’s fastest growing economies, with GDP growth set to hit 4% this year. That country is Sweden. For many years, foreign policy-makers have pointed to Sweden as a positive model to follow, making Swedes like me proud. Too often, though, foreigners have drawn... Read more

Public Unions take Hostages

January 24 | Posted by mrossol | Uncategorized

No problems here, right? By FRED SIEGEL The turbulent years of the 1960s and ’70s are best known by the headline-grabbing civil rights and women’s rights movements. But there was another “rights” movement, largely overlooked, that has also had a profound effect on American life. The looming public-pension crisis that threatens to bankrupt city, county and state governments had its origins in those same years when public employees, already protected by civil-service rules, gained the right... Read more

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