“The reason I’m known as ‘Dr. No’ is because I actually believe in the Constitution.” — Senator & Dr. Tom Coburn.
Deep in the cover of night in the town of Abbottabad, Pakistan, a team of Navy SEALs descended from helicopters, breached the compound of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and brought him to justice. The story is the stuff that blockbuster movies are made of, but many of the details are largely a closely guarded secret. That was until the Obama White House granted extraordinary access and information to Hollywood filmmakers for their film about the raid, originally slated to be released just before the November presidential elections. As disturbing as that may be, it is not the first time this White House has disclosed confidential information under questionable circumstances.
…American Restoration is about taking things that still have value and would have more value if repaired and restored, performing the work, and creating the value. What American Restoration does with stuff, private equity firms do with struggling or underperforming companies—turn them into profitable, growing, job-creating companies.
Lachlan Markay: Occupy Wall Street — A Post Mortem?
Whether it will continue as a grassroots movement really speaks to the question here today. Will it be a political force going forward? Can we legitimately call it Occupy Wall Street? Or has it become something completely different – something more mainstream, and more willing to engage in the political process? …
…Setting aside moral considerations for the sake of convenience is a dangerous path. There’s no denying that in recent years, spending money we don’t have and deferring the repayment to the future has eclipsed the right of our children to be born free of these obligations. And as our children will remind us in the coming years, that is an issue that morality cannot escape.
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