Charles Krauthammer
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Stumbling along on the deficitJul 09, 2011 12:01 am - Here we go again. An approaching crisis. A looming deadline. Nervous markets. And then, from the miasma of gridlock, rises our president, calling upon those unruly congr...
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Who takes us to war?Jun 26, 2011 8:41 am - Is the Libya war legal? Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, it is not. President Obama has exceeded the 90-day period to receive retroactive authorization from Congres...
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A government union owned and operatedJun 19, 2011 2:05 pm - “Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected,” observed President Obama this week, enjoying a nice chuckle about the unhappy fate of his near-$1 trillion stimulu...
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Is it incompetence? Or ideology?Jun 11, 2011 6:49 pm - The Republicans swept November’s midterm election by making it highly ideological, a referendum on two years of hyperliberalism — of arrogant, overreaching, intrusive go...
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Our salutary debt-ceiling scareJun 03, 2011 6:12 pm - As the sun rises in the east, the debt ceiling will be raised. Getting there, however, will be harrowing. Which is a good thing. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner warns t...
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What Obama is doing to IsraelMay 30, 2011 1:44 pm - Every Arab-Israeli negotiation contains a fundamental asymmetry: Israel gives up land, which is tangible; the Arabs make promises, which are ephemeral. The long-standing...
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The news in Obama’s speechMay 19, 2011 7:15 pm - Herewith President Obama’s May 19 Middle East speech, annotated: “It will be the policy of the United States to promote reform across the region, and to support tra...
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Immigration demagogueryMay 16, 2011 6:09 pm - “I’m going to do my part to lead a constructive and civil debate on these issues.” #8212; Barack Obama, speech on immigration, El Paso, Texas, May 10 Construct...
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Evil doesn’t die of natural causesMay 11, 2011 5:40 pm - Two months and a day before 9/11, terrorism expert Larry C. Johnson published “The Declining Terrorist Threat,” a New York Times op-ed decrying the fact that “Americans ...
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A foreign policy of leading from behindMay 03, 2011 8:37 am - Obama may be moving toward something resembling a doctrine. One of his advisers described the president's actions in Libya as “leading from behind.” #8212; Ryan...