Joseph Lawler
National Review this month featured a cover story by the economist Scott Winship on income mobility, a topic of much debate recently. Winship is an expert on income and social mobility trends, and he’s careful to distinguish between relative and absolute…
At the Washington Post‘s liberal Wonkblog, Brad Plumer evinces regret over some of the 2009 stimulus measures: The bleak news is that home and auto sales are still weak. New home construction is still at its lowest level since 1963. Sales of…
Iran is at the threshold of nuclear capability, according to authorities (Washington Post) The U.S. has extended the drug war to other Latin American countries (New York Times) Silvio Belusconi rejects calls to resign as prime minister (USA Today) Greek…
Mitt Romney’s outline for lowering deficits includes an assumption that the U.S. economy will grow at 4 percent annually. Tim Pawlenty was questioned for making a similar promise in his economic plan, and rightly so. Although 4 percent GDP growth,…
President Obama will hold a joint q & a with French president Nicolas Sarkozy at 3 p.m. (Politico) Jon Corzine has stepped down from MG Global, rejected severance pay, and hired a criminal attorney (New York Times) The monthly job…
The New York Times‘ poll watcher Nate Silver, whom I consider the best political handicapper out there (our own Jim Antle excluded), has a big magazine piece on how the GOP field matches up against Obama. I recommend the whole…
President Obama is in France for G-20 meetings (Politico) Latest in Herman Cain’s travails: he officially blames Rick Perry’s campaign for report of inappropriate behavior (Politico) Meanwhile, Rick Santorum has visited every county in Iowa. Surge coming? (New York Times)…
The twists and turns in Herman Cain’s latest misadventure are too many too follow, at this point, unless it’s your full-time job. Erick Erickson’s summary, however, more or less captures the state of affairs. It boils down to this: either…
Fred Barnes thinks that the pro-life movement has made significant gains over the past few years. In a Weekly Standard essay that makes a nice coda to the discussion we had at the Spectator last week, Barnes also previews what’s next: …
In an op-ed for USA Today, Mitt Romney explains how he would cut federal spending. He lists a number of cuts that would bring spending down by $500 billion by the end of his first term, and acknowledges that long-term…
