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New Debt Limit Brings New Opportunity for Cut, Cap, Balance

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When Republicans agreed to raise the debt ceiling last year, not only did they credit Obama’s credit card by $2.1 trillion, they also gave him a lifeline until after the election. At the time, it was projected that $2.1 trillion in new debt allowance... Full Article at RedState

White House chef Kass dishes up plates and policy

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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2010, file photo Assistant White House Chef Sam Kass weighs sweet potatoes as he works with first lady Michelle Obama and students on the White House Kitchen Garden Fall Harvest on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Kass's job as personal chef to the Obama family is probably the least important part of his portfolio. He also is the White House senior policy adviser for healthy food initiatives. That's put him out front as the first lady presses her campaign against childhood obesity.

WASHINGTON—Sam Kass has a to-die-for job as personal chef to the Obama family but whipping up their meals is probably the least important part of his portfolio. Kass, 31, also has a fancy title as White House senior policy adviser for healthy food... Full Article at Boston.com

Death of a Long-Gun Registry

4 hours ago

Nice logic, but reality never worked that way. Crime guns are very rarely left at the crime scene, and when they are left at the scene, they have not been registered — criminals are not stupid enough to leave behind a gun that’s registered to them. Even... Full Article at National Review Online

The Ghosts of Voters Past

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The U.S. boasts atomic weapons and an election apparatus worthy of Laos. More charitably, Pew states that America’s electoral systems “are plagued with errors and inefficiencies that waste taxpayer dollars, undermine voter confidence, and fuel partisan... Full Article at National Review Online

Canada’s Terrorist

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The issue will soon reach a new boiling point. In October 2010, Khadr finally admitted his guilt in Speer’s brutal death. As part of the plea agreement, he would spend one more year at Guantanamo Bay and then be sent back to his native country, Canada. ... Full Article at National Review Online

UN nuke inspectors arrive for key talks in Tehran

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TEHRAN, Iran—U.N. nuclear inspectors arrived in Iran on Monday in the latest push to hold key talks with Iranian officials about how far the country's controversial nuclear program has come. The trip is the second in less than a month by the... Full Article at Boston.com

Iran as continual regional menace

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Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United States Adel al-Jubeir speaks to the media at the Mideast Peace Conference in Annapolis, November 27, 2007. | Reuters Photo

As the crisis generated by Iran’s nuclear programs intensifies, we are learning more about Iran’s regional foreign policy. It demonstrates that Tehran menaces all its neighbors and rivals — not just Israel. We learned late last year about an Iranian... Full Article at The Politico

The Women of Notre Dame

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A group of young women there invited me, among others, to speak about the “vulnerability” of all things, at their seventh annual Edith Stein Project conference. Stein — a canonized saint who was killed at Auschwitz — was both a Carmelite sister and a... Full Article at National Review Online

Reversing Obama’s ‘Soft Despotism’

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Such impatience is unbecoming in those who call themselves “constitutional conservatives.” It is James Madison’s Constitution that prevents the winners of one election from directing the course of public policy as unilaterally as, to take one example,... Full Article at National Review Online

Fever, &c.

8 hours ago

I have said it for decades, ever since being exposed to the Arab world while in high school: The region will never, ever progress until the fever breaks — until the culture of the lie, the culture of nutty paranoia, dies or weakens. More than poverty or... Full Article at National Review Online

Ideological Hypocrites (Guest Voice)

9 hours ago

The multiply-married politician who proclaims “family values” while also having affairs is now a rather dreary stock figure in our campaign narratives. But the hypocrisy that matters far more is the gap between ideology and practice that has reached a... Full Article at The Moderate Voice

Plouffe, Obama Aide, Lends Firm Hand to Campaign

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Since then, he has asserted himself as the main orchestrator of the White House message, political strategy and day-to-day presentation of the candidate. If the campaign of four years ago sold Mr. Obama as a force for what Mr. Plouffe called “a... Full Article at The New York Times

Iran heats up foreign policy talk on trail

10 hours ago

WASHINGTON - Foreign policy, mostly an afterthought in the presidential contest so far, is emerging as a focal point between President Obama and his Republican challengers - and no issue has more potential to be a game-changer than Iran’s development... Full Article at Boston.com

Santorum Defends Remarks on Obama and Public Schools

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CUMMING, Ga. Erik S. Lesser/European Pressphoto Agency Signs of support for Rick Santorum on Sunday before his appearance at the First Redeemer Church in Cumming, Ga. But a number of his statements over the weekend drew criticism, illustrating one of... Full Article at The New York Times

Occupiers Occupy 702 Vermont St, Brooklyn.

11 hours ago

I have a shocking thing to tell you! It turns out that when you allow your house to be taken over by a group of dirty, smelly hippie wannabes with no real understanding for, or appreciation of, the concept of public property… you end up with a house... Full Article at RedState

‘None of the Above’ is not an Energy Strategy

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We Americans are voracious energy consumers. In 2010, we consumed 98 quadrillion BTUs of energy. In addition to quantity, we have an expectation of quality (read: reliability). When we flip the switch, the light comes on — every time. Gasoline is always... Full Article at RedState

After Auto Bailout, Detroit Fallout Trails Romney

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“Autos are such an important part of Michigan’s heritage, but many people saw this as a government intervention that wasn’t going to cure the problem,” Mr. Bolger added. The politics of the bailout and the industry’s comeback remain complex and not... Full Article at The New York Times

For presidents, beer is great leveler

13 hours ago

Days later, beer was again legal. FDR’s effort, which eventually led to the repeal of Prohibition, was, according to Jonathan Alter, “one of the least appreciated elements of how FDR changed the country’s psyche” during his first 100 days. In... Full Article at The Politico

Stolen Valor Act under review

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Doug and Pam Sterner discuss the Stolen Valor Act earlier this month at their home in Alexandria, Va. She is the author of a college paper that led to the drafting of the federal law in 2006, the Stolen Valor Act, aimed at curbing false claims of... Full Article at Washington Times

GOP presidents are top nuke reducers

14 hours ago

The Obama administration’s consideration of severe cuts in nuclear weapons generated a flurry of GOP criticism — “reckless lunacy” in the words of Arizona Rep. Trent Franks. But the historical record shows that in the two decades since the Cold War... Full Article at Washington Times

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