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Where Water and Politics Reign
By PATRICK McILHERAN
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Barack Obama wasn't entirely accurate on what we're clinging to here in the embittered heartland.
Guns, God, and xenophobia? Nah. Around the Great Lakes, it's our water and a bad attitude.
Now that Atlanta's suffering a drought...
America's Education Industrial Complex
By PAUL PETERSON
The latest international test results in math and science show America trailing the average international score. Embarrassingly, America now trails Poland, which lifted its scores more than any other nation. Meanwhile, Finland, Taiwan, Hong Kong,...
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Boris for President?
By R. EMMETT TYRRELL Jr.
The most momentous political story of the hour is not what you might think. It has to do with an American politician now living in London and his aspiration to become president of America.
His name is Boris Johnson. He, an exemplary conservative, has...
What Happened in Basra?
By NIBRAS KAZIMI
Ever since the prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, launched Operation Cavalry Charge in Basra on March 25, which has been going on there and elsewhere across Iraq, three important conclusions can be drawn: the Iraqi state and the Iraqi army can...
Hillary's Long Goodbye
By AMITY SHLAES
Last week, Harold M. Ickes seemed like Hillary Clinton's only angel. This week, it is becoming clear that he is her undoing.
Exactly how Senator Clinton's strategist has played such an important role in her presidential campaign becomes more obvious...
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