As the U.S. economy's other vital systems continue to shut down,
the college diploma system still seems to be going strong. But a
closer look indicates that higher ed may be heading into its final
series of convulsions.

Since he first presented his vision of health care reform,
President Obama has addressed the issue of how his plan would
affect people's current coverage with varying degrees of accuracy
and honesty. He frequently has made flat-out guarantees that cannot
be squared with the details of his plan, such as this one, from a
June 2009
speech to the American Medical Association:

Sarah Palin haters and health-care refrom advocates have been
having a field day with this quote made by Sarah Palin at a speech
in Canada:

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By Christopher PreblePaul Starobin at the National Journal’s Security Experts Blog has kicked off a spirited debate surrounding Europe’s military capabilities (or lack thereof). The jumping off point in the discussion is Robert Gates’s speech to NATO officers last month, in which Gates lamented that:

By Neal McCluskeyAfter months of delay, the Common Core State Standards Initiative will soon release draft, grade-by-grade, national curricular standards. According to the CCSSI website, the draft standards will be out this month.
Why the wait? The drafting process has been pretty opaque so outside observers can’t know for certain, but the scuttlebutt is that drafters just haven’t been able to agree on what the standards should contain.

Fox News Freedom
Watch host Judge Andrew Napolitano and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas)
are doing a road show tonight in the Buckeye State:

Live Taping of Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano, followed by
a speech by Ron Paul.
(Feat. Special Musical Guest Jordan Page)
When: Monday, March 8th.
Time: 7pm
Where: Newport Music Hall, Columbus OH
Cost: FREE and open to the public

More details here.

As the ominous example of Japan shows us, soaring debt levels (resulting from fiscal stimulus and low growth) and financial forbearance (socializing private losses) is not a recipe for economic success. FULL ARTICLE by Marius GustavsonJoin the discussion and post a comment