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BOOK REVIEW: Appreciating music of contrasts
By William F. Gavin - The Washington Times
One of my prized possessions is a dog-eared Pelican paperback, "Jazz," published in 1952 and written by British music critic Rex Harris. Mr. Harris was a jazz paleo-conservative of the strict-constructionist, originalist school. Published 6:18 p.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
BOOK REVIEW: Twin journeys at Civil War's end
By Doug Bandow - The Washington Times
The Civil War filled four years with death and destruction. Politicians on both sides vastly underestimated the human carnage from the conflict they were about to ignite. The Union was preserved, but at a cost of 620,000 dead. Published 8:36 a.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
FEULNER: Restoring economic freedom
By Ed Feulner - The Washington Times
Suppose a quiz-show host were to ask: "What country enjoys the most economic freedom?" Most Americans probably wouldn't even hesitate before answering, "The United States." They'd be wrong. Published 6:18 p.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
KNIGHT: King's X in Arizona
By Robert Knight - The Washington Times
The first major campaign event of the 2012 presidential election was held on Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Barack Obama, speaking at a memorial service held at the University of Arizona for the six people killed in the Jan. 8 massacre, gave a splendid, heartwarming address. It probably was the most presidential speech he has given. Published 6:18 p.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
COLE: Daley's Third Way path to Third World economy
By Rebel A. Cole - The Washington Times
Earlier this month, President Obama announced William Daley (brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and former executive at JP Morgan Chase) as his new chief of staff, replacing Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel. Less well known is the fact that Mr. Daley was a member of the board of trustees for Third Way, which bills itself as an "influential think-tank that creates and advances moderate policy and political ideas." Published 6:18 p.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
GRAHAM: Prayer service turns to rally
By Franklin Graham - The Washington Times
I tuned in last Wednesday night as part of a national audience joining those gathered in the University of Arizona's McKale Center to mourn the senseless loss of life in a Tucson, Ariz., shopping center just four days earlier. I'm no stranger to such memorial services. Published 6:18 p.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
RAHN: Corporate taxes are self-defeating
By Richard W. Rahn - The Washington Times
If you were establishing a new business whose products would be produced and sold worldwide, would you set it up in the United States, which now has the world's highest corporate-tax rate? Published 6:18 p.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
LAMBRO: Misreading Reagan
By Donald Lambro and - The Washington Times
President Reagan's son Ron has written a book that unfairly, and without any evidence, questions his father's mental capacity in the early to middle years of his presidency. Published 6:18 p.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
GRATZER: Think of Medicare as a model
By Dr. David Gratzer - The Washington Times
Back in the spring of 2010, White House officials liked to talk up the idea that their health-reform package was the Medicare of our time - a major piece of legislation that, while initially controversial, would become mainstream, as did the Great Society program. With today's House vote, the analogy needs a tweak: Think of the Medicare reform of the 1980s, not the 1960s, when Congress enacted and then, facing great criticism, reconsidered the catastrophic coverage. Published 6:18 p.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
MICHAELS: China-style dictatorship of climatologists
By Patrick J. Michaels - The Washington Times
November's election made it quite clear that the people of the United States do not want to radically change our society in the name of global warming. Pretty much every close House race went to the Republicans, while the Democrats won all the Senate squeakers. The difference? The House on June 26, 2009, passed a bill limiting carbon-dioxide emissions and getting into just about every aspect of our lives. The Senate did nothing of the sort. Published 6:01 p.m. January 17, 2011 - Comments
KINE: Hu's missing
By Phelim Kine - The Washington Times
If President Obama can raise just one human rights issue at the summit this week with Chinese President Hu Jintao, he should speak for China's disappeared. Published 6:01 p.m. January 17, 2011 - Comments
BLANKLEY: Avoid GOP timidity in 2011
By Tony Blankley - The Washington Times
What should congressional Republicans' policy objectives be for the next two years regarding federal deficits and prosperity? Two very different strategies are being considered by authentic conservatives: 1) Attempt to govern from their majority in the House and try to start the process of reducing the costs of entitlements - most conspicuously, Social Security and Medicare - as a path back to prosperity and good jobs or 2) recognize that the GOP cannot govern without holding the White House and that therefore they should not touch entitlements but merely tinker with discretionary spending and frame the issues for 2012, when they may win the presidency and Senate as well as hold the majority in the House. Published 6:01 p.m. January 17, 2011 - Comments
GAFFNEY: Hu's becoming first
By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times
In one of the great comedic routines of all time, Abbott and Costello went round and round about a baseball player by the name of Who and which base he was on. As Chinese President Hu Jintao shows up to be feted in Washington this week, the question is not whether Who's on first but whether Mr. Hu's becoming first - the leader of a nation on a trajectory not merely to rival the United States as a "peer competitor" but to supplant it as the world's only superpower. Unfortunately, the answer may be no laughing matter. Published 6:01 p.m. January 17, 2011 - Comments
BLACKBURN: Learning to defend technological freedom
By Rep. Marsha Blackburn - The Washington Times
Just before Christmas, after Congress had extended tax rates and the halls of the congressional office buildings had emptied, after Air Force One was wheels-up for Hawaii, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) did a remarkable thing. Four days before Christmas, it regulated the Internet. Published 6:01 p.m. January 17, 2011 - Comments
PIPES: Turmoil in Tunisia
By Daniel Pipes - The Washington Times
The sudden and yet unexplained exit of Tunisia's strongman, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 74, after 23 years in power has potential implications for the Middle East and for Muslims worldwide. As an Egyptian commentator noted, "Every Arab leader is watching Tunisia in fear. Every Arab citizen is watching Tunisia in hope and solidarity." I watch with both sets of emotions. Published 6:01 p.m. January 17, 2011 - Comments
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