Today’s Wall street Journal excerpts a nugget from a recent piece by Camille Paglia in which she excoriates the education establishment for “trendy, word-centered educations” and calls for a “sweeping revalorization of the trades.” She continues, “The pressuring of middle … read more
The success of President Obama’s Oval Office address tonight comes down to a fundamental question: Is this a speech about ending wars or winning them? If it’s the former, the speech could be disastrous. If it is the latter, this … read more
Pete Wehner points out that today is opposite day at Robert Gibbs’ office. “What is certainly not up for question is that President Obama, then-candidate Obama, said that adding those 20,000 troops into Iraq would, indeed, improve the security situation, … read more
Financial Times (free subscription required) — “India’s economy grew a brisk 8.8 per cent from April to June, its fastest pace in two-and-a-half years, highlighting the strength of India’s economic recovery despite high inflation now acting as a drag on … read more
As usual, I’m late to following Reihan Salam’s excellent thoughts on all things, but in this case Japan. Reihan writes about a recent Adam Posen talk on the strength of Japan’s recovery under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi from 2002 to … read more
At the beginning of the year I predicted: President Obama will push for comprehensive tax reform and reach out to Republicans to do it. Now Joe Wiesenthal reports on Wall Street chatter that Obama might push for an October surprise … read more
