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Presidential Deafness

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Recently, a liberal friend suggested that I read President Obama’s “nuanced and thoughtful defense of government” at the University of…

Winter Takedown

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CHARLES J. SYKES Even for a normally frigid region like ours, this was still the season of our discontent. Abetted…

Autumnal Follies

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Consider the plump budget, the slow high-speed train and class-conscious Legos. As John Keats would have appreciated, autumn in Wisconsin…

GenNextGOP

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Dubbed a future leader, Paul Ryan already shapes the Washington debate. By Stephen F. Hayes Shortly after 12:30 p.m. on…

Culture/Politics

Spring 2007

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Clarifying Republican Identity Read More… Refilling the Conservative Tank Read More… Conservatism’s Most Important Battles Read More… Refocus. Reenergize. Reconquer…

Budget Analysis

Financial Delusion

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In state capitols across the country governors and legislatures have been forced to put all of their energy into solving enormous fiscal shortfalls. Given their dependence on income tax and sales tax revenues, the 2001 recession hit state governments particularly hard. In 2003, no fewer than 39 states, including Wisconsin, experienced budget gaps. During the