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Thursday, May 23, 2013

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Time to reevaluate Bushonomics

James Pethokoukis | April 24, 2013, 9:38 pm

The librarians at the new George W. Bush presidential center should buy this book on Amazon: The Great Recession: Market Failure or Policy Failure by Robert Hetzel. The author, a Richmond Fed economist, persuasively argues the nasty downturn and ensuing … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion, The Presidency

Of presidents and duty

Charles Murray | April 22, 2013, 11:00 am

I have been examining the inaugural addresses of all the presidents to see how their description of the American project has changed over the years. In the course of this, I ran across an intriguing finding: Presidents don’t talk about … read more >

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What should conservatives do with the Bush years?

James Pethokoukis | April 17, 2013, 3:54 pm

There’s a bit of a dust up going on between Walter Russell Mead and Pete Wehner about the Bush years. Mead thinks the public’s judgement on W’s presidency is more or less set, and Republicans should ‘talk about ‘lessons learned’ and … read more >

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Does R = W? Would a Romney presidency really mean a return to the Bush years?

James Pethokoukis | October 18, 2012, 10:38 am

President Obama’s charge that Mitt Romney’s economic plans are just a warmed-over version of George W. Bush’s is, perhaps, his most effective attack line — though he usually fails to deliver it as well as Bill Clinton did at the … read more >

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Politics and Public Opinion, Elections

How Romney should counter Obama’s claims about ‘the mess we’re in’

Peter J. Wallison | October 4, 2012, 4:17 pm

Mitt Romney did a great job last night, but the president is going to be much tougher in the next debate. As I predicted in The Weekly Standard last week, the president attacked Romney for advocating the same “policies that … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion, The Presidency

Former CIA director on the importance of in-person intelligence briefings

Marc Thiessen | September 18, 2012, 3:08 pm

Slate magazine claims to have shot down what it calls the “GOP myth” that “Obama makes the country more dangerous by ‘skipping’ more than half of his in-person daily intelligence briefings and reading them instead.” Their evidence? A brief comment from former … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

George Bush and Barack Obama, professors of Islam

Danielle Pletka | September 14, 2012, 12:45 pm

America is a free, democratic nation that makes no distinction on the basis of religion. It’s time for the president of the United States to stop preaching and start defending our values. read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Obama blasts Bush at Air Force Academy commencement

Marc Thiessen | May 25, 2012, 9:39 am

Speaking to the graduating cadets at the United States Air Force Academy this week, President Obama took several not-so-veiled swipes at his predecessor, George W. Bush: Four years ago, you arrived here at a time of great challenge for our … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

Bush-Obama Continuity Is the Key to Terror War Victories

John Yoo | May 2, 2011, 11:41 am

President Obama’s administration is to be congratulated for the flawless execution of the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. Also, buried in the stories may be yet another sign of the vindication of the Bush administration’s war on terror policies. … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

Cheney: Bin Laden Is Dead, but the War Goes On

Bridget Johnson | May 2, 2011, 9:24 am

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a trustee of AEI, today congratulated President Obama and American forces for the slaying of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, but cautioned that the fight is not over. Here is his full … read more >