Browsing Month December, 2012
ROBERT SAMUELSON:: Globalization in Retreat | RCP
By MB Snow at December 31, 2012 | 11:46 am
By Robert Samuelson - December 31, 2012 -- WASHINGTON -- One fateful question for 2013 is this: What happens to globalization? For decades, growing volumes of cross-border trade and money flows have fueled strong economic growth. But something remarkable is happening; trade and international money flows are slowing and, in some cases, declining. David Smick, the ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , Politics
ENVIRONMENT:: California’s climate-change experiment – WaPo
By MB Snow at December 31, 2012 | 11:36 am
By Editorial Board, Published: December 30 -- STARTING ON JAN. 1, California will begin the nation’s most ambitious experiment yet in fighting climate change, and it will do it more or less alone. For environmentalists depressed by years of the United States’ unproductive “debate” on global warming, this moment is heady — and perilous. Beginning in 2013, ... Go To Article
California , Commentary , Environment , Featured , General , Politics
STEPHEN MOORE:: Political Diary: Still Time for a Deal – WSJ
By MB Snow at December 31, 2012 | 11:27 am
By STEPHEN MOORE -- Don't strap on those crash helmets just yet. Even late Sunday night as the 24 hour countdown was approaching on the fiscal cliff, Republican congressional leaders were saying there's hope for a last minute budget/tax deal. I'm told that late last night Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Vice President Joe Biden were trying to patch ... Go To Article
Commentary , Economy , Featured , General , Politics
EXCLUSIVE:: – Source: Chances of Fiscal Cliff Deal ‘Pretty Strong’
By MB Snow at December 31, 2012 | 10:40 am
by BEN SHAPIRO 31 Dec 2012, 8:45 AM PDT -- Today, a high ranking source in the Senate informed Breitbart News that the chances of a Congressional deal being cut to avoid the fiscal cliff were “pretty strong,” despite President Obama’s deep desire to push America off the fiscal cliff. “The strong sense among Republicans here,” the source told Breitbart ... Go To Article
BENGHAZI:: Senate committee report on Benghazi terrorist attack faults State Department | Fox News
By MB Snow at December 31, 2012 | 10:27 am
Published December 31, 2012FoxNews.com -- A scathing Senate committee report on the Benghazi terrorist attack faults the State Department for failing to adequately respond to mounting security threats in the lead-up to the assault. The report says the facility was woefully under-protected at a time when the region, according to a top department official, was "flashing ... Go To Article
General , Middle East , News , Politics
FISCAL CLIFF:: No deal yet as ‘fiscal cliff’ nears – Washington Times
By MB Snow at December 31, 2012 | 10:20 am
By Stephen Dinan-The Washington Times Monday, December 31, 2012 -- Staring over the precipice of the “fiscal cliff” on Monday morning, Washington politicians said they were making some progress on a deal but still hadn’t reached a final agreement to head off tax increases. “There’s still issues that need to be resolved,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ... Go To Article
GALLUP:: Disapproval of Obama Has Climbed 5 Points Since Christmas | CNS News
By MB Snow at December 31, 2012 | 10:12 am
By Terence P. Jeffrey -- (CNSNews.com) - With the federal government approaching the so-called "fiscal cliff," when federal income tax rates will increase across-the-board back to the level they were under President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama's disapproval has climbed 5 points in the Gallup poll since Christmas. In Gallup's three-day tracking period that ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , General , News , Politics , Polls
IRWIN STELZER: The State of Our Political Economy | WeeklyStandard
By MB Snow at December 31, 2012 | 12:50 am
BY IRWIN M. STELZER, Dec. 29, 2012 This is the time that tries economists’ models. It has become the fashion at this time of year for forecasters to opine on the growth of GDP, the level of unemployment, the inflation rate next year—to at least one decimal place. I respect those who consult their models and intuition to come up with forecasts, but have neither the ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Commentary , Congress , Featured , General , John Boehner , Politics
OBAMA’S AMERICA: America Doesn’t Have a Gun Problem, It Has a Gang Problem
By MB Snow at December 31, 2012 | 12:40 am
December 31, 2012 By Daniel Greenfield -- Chicago’s murder rate has hit that magic 500 number. Baltimore’s murder rate has passed 200. In Philly, it’s up to 324, the highest since 2007. In Detroit, it’s approaching 400, another record. In New Orleans, it’s almost at 200. New York City is down to 414 from 508. In Los Angeles, it’s over 500. In St. Louis ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Commentary , Featured , General , Politics
JAMES BOVARD : How the ‘Dairy Cliff’ Will Cream Consumers – WSJ
By MB Snow at December 31, 2012 | 12:35 am
By JAMES BOVARD - OPINION, December 30, 2012 -- Got milk? Enjoy the price you paid, because federal policy, reaching its sell-by date, will have dire results. If the price of milk zooms up shortly after Jan. 1, the increase will come courtesy of a venal and feckless U.S. Congress. No grocery store would hire a clerk who insisted on adding up a customer's ... Go To Article
