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Biden Doesn’t Seem to Remember 9/11
Noah Rothman of National Review Online ponders the latest display of President Biden’s failing memory — or inability to tell the truth about his past exploits. Joe Biden’s unsettling lapses…
Charlie Rose
American TV interviewer and journalist (born 1942)
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Latest Michael Moore project unlikely to damage Trump
Kyle Smith explains at National Review Online why President Trump is unlikely to feel any impact from left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore’s latest project. A few weeks after President Trump was…
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21st Century Headlines
“Cops used dead man’s finger in attempt to unlock his phone.” It appeared above this story in the Tampa Bay Times: Most people agree what the Largo detectives did at…
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The attack on due process
Stella Morabito uses a Federalist column to place the Roy Moore controversy in a larger context. Let’s not kid ourselves. The Roy Moore case is not really about Roy Moore.…
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Sexual harassment and the media
It’s not just politicians and entertainers who are feeling the heat of the current focus on sexual harassment. Eddie Scarry reports for the Washington Examiner. The last few weeks have…
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Hagan’s media partners playing prevent defense
Charlotte Observer apparently deep sixes the story first reported by Carolina Journal that the “handling of a $250,644 stimulus grant received by a company co-owned by Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay…
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He didn’t mention public choice economics, but he could have
The latest Bloomberg Businessweek features an excerpt of Charlie Rose’s recent interview with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder about Detroit’s bankruptcy. Snyder is kind in avoiding naming names for the Motor…
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The most open and transparent administration in history
Yes, you heard correctly when President Obama made that promise about his administration. The latest Bloomberg Businessweek reminds us how Obama has fallen short of that mark. One check against…
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Stockman making some sense
Once an apostle of supply-side economics, former Reagan budget director David Stockman became a pariah among Reaganites when he wrote a 1986 book, The Triumph Of Politics, detailing his complaints…
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Meanwhile, in Ohio…..
Recent polls by Wake Forest grad Scott Rasmussen say President Obama and Mitt Romney are deadlocked 48-all in Ohio. Check out the CBS News focus group in Ohio watching Monday…
Elections & Public Integrity
NR editor likes the prospect of a Paul Ryan vice presidential bid
Rich Lowry‘s latest National Review Online column explains how Mott Romney’s Republican presidential campaign could benefit from adding House budget chairman Paul Ryan to the ticket. Romney has to carry…
Elections & Public Integrity
An important point about private equity
As the presidential campaign leads to ongoing questions about the role of private equity in the American economy, the following exchange might prove useful: Charlie Rose chats with private equity…