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Defense cuts and political assumptions
Be prepared. Arguments over defense-spending requirements are ultimately disputes over the political conditions that will obtain in future military conflicts. Secretary Gates’s new proposal to cut the...
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Glenn Beck to Michele Bachmann: Are you seriously voting against raising the...
High stakes. He insists (as he’s done before) that he’s on the fence about whether they should vote no, but if even a guy who’s famous for apocalyptic rhetoric is uncomfortable with the possibilities...
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Disgrace: Beer scam uncovered at Qwest Field?
Heart-ache. Via Wire Update, I can’t guarantee that the clip is accurate but I can guarantee that I wept big salty tears at the thought of people being gypped out of beer. And not just any people,...
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Harry Reid: The tea party will disappear as soon as the economy recovers
Hmmm. He’s kidding himself, but it’s hard to fault him for being cynical given the track record of populist movements. After all, the Perotistas were a force for a few years in the early 90s, but they...
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Outrageous outrage: State Department removes “mother/father” designations...
Aw. The downfall of America, part 8,173? “The words in the old form were ‘mother’ and ‘father,’” said Brenda Sprague, deputy assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services. “They are now ‘parent...
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Great news: Some military experts freaking out about new Chinese stealth fighter
“We used be No. 1 at having the leading technology. ... Now, we’re kind of in catch-up mode, where we’ve never really been before.” We had a good run, my friends. Alternate headline: “All Pentagon...
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Quotes of the day
Cuts. “[C]‘mon, John Boehner: The only reason you’re wielding that comically oversized gavel as Speaker of the House at all is because of public revulsion at outta-control federal spending. And you...
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NARN, the Really, Really Big Gavel edition!
1-3 CT, with live video and chat! The Northern Alliance Radio Network will be on the air today, with your hosts Mitch Berg and Ed Morrissey, on from 1-3 CT with live streaming video and chat. If you’re...
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NFL Saturday wild-card round open thread
Different directions. Thankfully, I don’t have to make a Pittsburgh Steelers prediction this week, because the Steelers crushed the Cleveland Browns 41-9 to clinch their division and a first-round bye...
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The guy who first thought of “cash for clunkers” tells you it’s wasteful
Vive le difference! Victor Dial writes in today’s WSJ, Ou Est Le ‘Cash for Clunkers’? Not surprisingly, the idea of subsidizing new cars came from France. You probably wonder who’s Victor, and what...
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Politifact: Score one promise kept by GOP House
Austerity begins in the House. If charity begins at home, then perhaps austerity begins in the House. When Republicans campaigned in the midterms, they promised to set an example for the rest of the...
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US court orders Twitter to release data on Wikileaks activists
Finally getting serious, or overreaching? The federal probe into the leaks of military and diplomatic communications by Wikileaks has gained enough momentum to get a federal judge to start approving...
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Breaking: Congresswoman, five others shot in Tucson, AZ; Update: NPR reports...
Insanity. This is just awful: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot outside a grocery store in Tucson while holding a public event, an eyewitness reported Saturday. Giffords, who was...
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Is Bill Daley the ultimate heartbreaker for the Left?
Disillusionment. For most observers, the selection of William Daley makes a lot of sense for Barack Obama, both on the surface as well as in the curious Chicago-influence exchange vibe from Rahm...
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The “Empathy Clause” of the U.S. Constitution
Canards. The New York Times is having an utter hissy fit over the decision by leaders of the House of Representatives to recite aloud the Constitution to formally convene the 112th Congress. The...
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Quotes of the day
Horror. “‘When something bad happened to you, she is the first person that would show up and talk to you about it,’ said Jonathan Paton, a former Arizona state senator whom Ms. Giffords defeated in...
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Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
Buckle down and button up! Fasten your seatbelts, folks, or at least button up, because it’s time to pick the Obamateurism of the Week, the first one of 2011. Don’t think of dogging it and missing...
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NFL Sunday wild-card round open thread
Catch-up. So far, I’m off to a smashing start in post-season predictions — I managed to get the first two wrong. The New York Jets won a stunning last-second comeback victory over the Indianapolis...
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The shame — and hypocrisy — of CNN
Consistency. Yesterday’s horrific and senseless shooting of more than a dozen people in Tucson, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords, provided a look into the biases of much of the American...
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NYC: A dangerous place for the unborn
Nightmare. Grim news from the City of Death: 41% of all NYC pregnancies end in abortion. Read Ed Morrissey for some qualifications on the numbers and watch the brief embedded video, in which we learn...
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