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UNIONS:: Federal court upholds Wisconsin’s Act 10 ‘in its entirety’ « Watchdog
By MB Snow at January 20, 2013 | 12:30 am
By M.D. Kittle / January 18, 2013, By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter -- MADISON – A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Act 10, Wisconsin’s controversial reform law that guts collective bargaining for most public employees in the state. The decision strikes a blow to public-sector unions that gained a temporary victory in September, when a Dane ... Go To Article
ANDREW C. MCCARTHY: McCain’s Mideast Blunders – NRO
By MB Snow at January 19, 2013 | 8:04 am
By Andrew C. McCarthy, JANUARY 19, 2013 He fails to see the situation clearly. I wonder if the jihadists of eastern Libya are still “heroes” to John McCain. That’s what he called them — “my heroes” — after he changed on a dime from chummy Qaddafi tent guest to rabid Qaddafi scourge. See, the senator and his allies in the Obama-Clinton State ... Go To Article
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MARK STEYN:: Trillion-Dollar-Coin Fever – NRO
By MB Snow at January 19, 2013 | 12:55 am
By Mark Steyn -- I was out of the country for a few days and news from this great republic reached me only fitfully. I have learned to be wary of foreign reporting of U.S. events, since America can come off sounding faintly deranged. Much of what reached me didn’t sound entirely plausible: Did the entire U.S. media really fall for the imaginary dead girlfriend of a ... Go To Article
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ERICK ERICKSON:: A Nostalgic Age | RedState
By MB Snow at January 19, 2013 | 12:50 am
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | January 18th, 2013 at 10:55 AM -- Whether you read the Republican agenda, or Byron York’s latest about the GOP’s cluelessness on the way forward, or even Robert Costa and Andrew Stiles’ reporting from the Republican retreat, there is a sense that the Republican way forward is unclear. They are unsure. They do not know where to ... Go To Article
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WALTER RUSSELL MEAD:: Life After Blue | Via Meadia
By MB Snow at January 19, 2013 | 12:48 am
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD -- In the last couple of years I’ve been writing about the death of the blue social model. By that I mean that the characteristic form of 20th century industrial democracy has come unglued, and that the advanced industrial democracies around the world must adjust to basic changes in the way the world works. For those who missed those earlier ... Go To Article
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GUN VIOLENCE is Not a Republican Problem, It’s a Democratic Problem
By MB Snow at January 19, 2013 | 12:45 am
January 18, 2013 By Daniel Greenfield -- Forget Wal-Mart and skip your local gun show. The murderers of tomorrow will not be found wearing orange vests at your local sporting goods store. They won’t have NRA memberships or trophies on their walls. You won’t find them in America. Look for them in Obamerica. 67% of firearm murders took place in the country’s ... Go To Article
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CINDY ADAMS:: Etiquette’s Dead – NYPOST
By MB Snow at January 19, 2013 | 12:40 am
By CINDY ADAMS -- Where did kindness, tenderness, politeness go? Golden Globes. Gents in tuxes without ties. Ladies in expensive belts — hems slit up to the crotch, necklines down to the crotch. Parts hanging out that only a newborn should see. Niceness today is just a word in Webster. At banks. You deposit your own money, they’ll still demand ... Go To Article
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STEVEN GREENHUT:: California, Unsaved, Speeds Toward a Wall of Debt – Bloomberg
By MB Snow at January 19, 2013 | 12:38 am
By Steven Greenhut Jan 16, 2013 3:30 PM PT -- A cursory glance at Governor Jerry Brown’s new budget could make you believe that California’s days of fiscal gloom are over as he champions a balanced budget and newfound “fiscal restraint.” California had been floating in debt. Then Brown persuaded voters in November to increase sales and income taxes. Now he ... Go To Article
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COSTA & STILES:: Ten Takeaways from the GOP Retreat – NRO
By MB Snow at January 18, 2013 | 4:36 pm
By Robert Costa & Andrew Stiles -- Williamsburg, Va. — Due to the rainy weather, House Republicans aren’t having a grand time at their retreat this week, which is being held at the sprawling Kingsmill Resort. Few members have played golf, or ventured to nearby Colonial Williamsburg. But inside the hotel, which is surrounded by armed guards, Republicans are ... Go To Article
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STRASSEL: Harry Reid’s Great Disappearing Act – WSJ
By MB Snow at January 18, 2013 | 12:58 am
By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL, Jan. 17, 2013 He hides divisions among Democrats by turning the Senate into the world's least deliberative body. The simplest statements sometimes are the most insightful. For an example, consider this one on Wednesday from Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, in reaction to President Obama's gun-control proposals: "I would welcome the opportunity to ... Go To Article
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