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The Boston Bombing's Grim New World Order
Tweet Share on Facebook April 29, 2013 CommentMissed in all the talk about the Boston attacks is that key details suggest that something new is going on.
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U.S. Budget Needs More Sequester Cuts, Not Less
Tweet Share on Facebook April 8, 2013 CommentI'm guessing you missed the latest troubling economic news.
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Obama's Quiet Declaration of War on Oil and Gas Production
Tweet Share on Facebook March 18, 2013 CommentLast week, the president traveled to the Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago to deliver what the White House billed as a major speech on energy. To see what is wrong with the administration as it enters its second term, you could do worse than carefully reading that address.
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The Next Big Wars Will Be Fought Over Water
Tweet Share on Facebook February 19, 2013 CommentRecently here at the Thomas Jefferson Street blog, I looked at surprises that the next four years could spring on the nation. I focused on separatist movements around the world, in Asia and Africa, of course, but also in Europe. The gist was that the world map could change quickly, dramatically, and soon if even a few of these movements succeed.
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Obama's Second Term Surprises
Tweet Share on Facebook January 28, 2013 CommentWhenever a new presidential term begins, everyone asks what surprises might the next four years bring.
Think of the Bush 41 presidency. On inauguration day 1989, how many American experts expected the Soviet Union to collapse before the next election? How many anticipated Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and our troops going to war in the Middle East? On inauguration day for President Bush 43, did anyone anticipate the 9/11 attacks at the start or the real estate bust at the end?
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Federal Reserve Moves in Opposite Directions on Fixing the Economy
Tweet Share on Facebook December 14, 2012 CommentHere's a flash. Things aren't always as they seem in Washington.
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Barack Obama Was Beatable But Mitt Romney Couldn’t Close the Sale
Tweet Share on Facebook November 12, 2012 CommentA day or two before the election, U.S. News opinion editor Robert Schlesinger and I exchanged predictions to the percentage point for both tickets.
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The Obama Campaign's Lena Dunham Ad Is Juvenile
Tweet Share on Facebook October 29, 2012 CommentLast week, we may have seen the bottom beginning to drop out of the Obama presidency.
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Joe Biden Looked Like a Deranged Bully in the Debate
Tweet Share on Facebook October 12, 2012 CommentWhat was that all about?
The inappropriate smiles, the aggressive laughs, the all but unhinged finger-pumping raging at moderator Martha Raddatz--I suppose Vice President Joe Biden could have come in with a less appropriate performance last night. I just don't know how.
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Reality Check: Mitt Romney's Campaign Is Not Over
Tweet Share on Facebook September 29, 2012 CommentTo read Politico, The Washington Post, and just about every publication in the MSMosphere, the Romney campaign is over. Done. Running 4.1 percentage points behind the president, as of Friday morning in the RCP average he is deader than a doornail.
I don't believe it.
