Archive: February 2010

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Not All The Time But Sometimes Europe Needs Defending

European defence ministers, meeting on the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca, may have wished they had postponed their get-together.
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UK Conservatives Attend Last Conference Before Elections

The Conservative Party has held the first day of its Spring Forum – the party’s last conference before the General
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British Politics, The Mob And The Internet

As a professional technophile, I have always dismissed outbursts of anti-technology feeling as agreeably retro but harmless, like the effusions
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American Creativity: U.S. Can’t Manufacture the Kindle

Apple’s iPad is dominating the gadget buzz this winter, but a few years ago, we and others made a big
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Will The Euro Survive It’s First Major European Economic Recession

At the time of the euro’s launch in 1999, Milton Friedman famously observed that the euro would not survive the
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China, Treasury Debt And The U.S. Economic Recovery

The deep recession and current fiscal policy have produced a large deficit and no sign the flow of red ink
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White House: Senator Bunning’s Political Tactics Harm Unemployed Americans

On Thursday, Democrats and Republicans came together in the House to pass an emergency bill that will temporarily extend benefits
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Making Sense Of The Health Care Reform Summit

President Obama called for the summit and my strong impression is that it served his purposes very well. He
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Federal Surface Transportation Program Set To Expire

It doesn’t seem possible that Congress will allow the federal surface transportation program to expire on Sunday night. But that’s
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White House To Invest $850 Million For Black Colleges And Universities

As I stood watching the Virginia State University drum-line perform in the White House this week (likely the first time

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