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The Iran Appeasement
Editorial of The New York Sun
May 23, 2012
The announcement by the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency that he had reached what the New York Times characterized as “something of a breakthrough” with the Iranian regime is igniting all sorts of speculation in respect of the talks…
Falling Traffic Congrestion a Sympton of Weak Economy
By ANDREW WOLF, Special to the Sun
May 23, 2012
Urban traffic congestion is on the way down in most cities, according to a study recently released by a Washington State firm, INRIX. The data is based on monitoring GPS devices, maybe even yours, and reveals one interesting trend. If the economy of…
Why Cory Booker Spoke Out on Negative Campaigning
By SHMULEY BOTEACH, Special to the Sun
May 23, 2012
For a moment, let me remove my hat as a Republican candidate for public office and speak only wearing my yarmulke, as a Rabbi who has known Cory for twenty years and has had the blessing throughout that time of an intimate, brotherly friendship. Many…
The Ron Paul Warning
Editorial of The New York Sun
May 22, 2012
Beware of Ron Paul was the word for Governor Romney from Newt Gingrich when the former speaker went on the Sean Hannity radio broadcast Monday. We caught up with it via ABC’s “The Note,” which quoted Mr. Gingrich as warning that the Republican…
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The Church Goes To Court
Editorial of The New York Sun
May 21, 2012
Congratulations are in order for the Catholic Church, whose archdioceses in America went to federal court today to challenge the Obama administration on the contraception mandates. Something like a dozen federal lawsuits were filed against the…
Al-Megrahi in Hell
Editorial of The New York Sun
May 21, 2012
As Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is being rowed across the River Styx, let us reflect on the scandal of his final years. It will always be a mark on the administration of President Obama that the Libyan died a free man. He had been convicted in the downing of…
As Centenary of Federal Reserve Approaches, Promises on Gold Echo From an Earlier Congress
Editorial of The New York Sun
May 20, 2012
A crescendo is going to start building soon in respect of the centenary of the Federal Reserve. The central bank was created by a law passed just before Christmas of 1913. The official anniversary festivities, if that is the word, will climax in 2014…
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Lifelong Republican Calls for Hike in Capital Gains Taxes, But Errs on Reagan Record
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
February 27, 2012
The founder of the Vanguard group of mutual funds, John C. Bogle, who says he is a lifelong Republican, is calling on Congress to raise capital gains taxes to the rates that apply to ordinary income. “As a general policy, equalize the taxes, raise the…
Why People Prefer To Talk About Limbaugh’s Choice of Words on Sandra Fluke
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
March 5, 2012
President Obama and the press have been all over Rush Limbaugh for the words he used to criticize a Georgetown Law student, Sandra Fluke, who spoke on February 23 at a meeting of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. There’s been less…
Obama Ignites a ‘Catholic Moment’ in the Culture Wars
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
February 15, 2012
The last two weeks have produced an astounding convergence of profound philosophical public controversies in the United States that finally does justify the phrase, much bandied about for some years, “culture wars.” That expression was coined…
