Monday, August 20, 2012

With The Paul Ryan Pick, Big Government Becomes The Big Issue

The Muslim Brothers Take Over Egypt

Eureka: With Retirement Costs Consuming One-Fifth of Discretionary Spending, California Must Reduce Un-Accrued Pension Benefits

Eureka: California and Pension Reform: The Problem…The Solution

Joe Biden's Gaffes Call For A Thorough Neurological Examination

Paul Ryan and the Education Lobby’s Suicide March to Fiscal Oblivion

Storm Clouds Ahead As Putin Takes On McCartney, Madonna And The LGBT Community

Obama’s Gotta Go

Even with Limited Leverage, Uncle Sam Can Promote School Choice

Ohanian on the Great Recession and the Labor Market

Niall Ferguson on Face the Nation

With China Trial Over, Focus Turns to Fate of Official

BEIJING—Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted Communist Party official Bo Xilai, was found guilty and given a suspended death sentence on Monday for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood in the southwestern city of Chongqing last year, according to observers in the courtroom.

Conservative Elite in Capital Pay Heed to Ryan as Thinker

Automatons Get Creative

Creative types tend to think of themselves as doing work that is beyond the reach of automation. Computers can't parse nuance, the thinking goes, or summon the imaginative powers that are required of writers, artists, technological innovators and policy-makers.

Sentencing of Punk Rockers in Russia Reignites Opposition