“In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.”
 
– Alexander Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
 
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April 30, 2009
By Daniel Henninger
If opinion polls were real life, Barack Obama would be walking with the immortals. In polls taken as he headed to his 100th day, his numbers are high and heavenly, cruising on issue after issue at 70-plus percent.

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One number in last weekend’s Washington Post/ABC poll, however, stands out. On whether [...]

The mauling of GM’s bondholders reveals Treasury’s political hand.
April 30, 2009
President Obama insisted at his press conference last night that he doesn’t want to nationalize the auto industry (or the banks, or the mortgage market, or . . .). But if that’s true, why has he proposed a restructuring plan for General Motors that leaves [...]

The auto workers get control of Chrysler and GM. Can they make a profit?
April 30, 2009
By PAUL INGRASSIA
The latest developments in Washington’s restructuring of the auto industry amount to this irony: Having burdened the Detroit companies for decades with restrictive work rules, enormous health-care obligations and generous retiree benefits, the United Auto Workers union will [...]

Signs that the worst of the recession is over.
April 30, 2009
If news of a 6.1% decline in GDP can be considered encouraging, then yesterday’s first quarter economic report qualifies. The economy shrank more than most expected, but the data also showed signs that the worst of the recession is over.
Portents of recovery have been building [...]

A pandemic yields diplomatic progress.
April 30, 2009
The fear of swine flu circling the globe highlights how important it is for governments to cooperate in fighting disease. On this front, there’s no more welcome news than the cross-Strait thaw that prompted the World Health Organization Tuesday to invite Taiwan to participate in its annual meeting next [...]

Tea parties, ‘ethical populism,’ and the moral case against redistribution.
April 30, 2009
By ARTHUR C. BROOKS
There is a major cultural schism developing in America. But it’s not over abortion, same-sex marriage or home schooling, as important as these issues are. The new divide centers on free enterprise — the principle at the core of American culture.
Despite [...]

He may come to regret letting Congress write his major legislation.
April 30, 2009
By KARL ROVE
While officials in the Obama White House dismissed yesterday’s “100 Days” anniversary as a “Hallmark Holiday,” they understood it was what sociologist Daniel J. Boorstin called a “pseudo-event.” By that, Boorstin meant an occasion that is not spontaneous but planned for [...]

April 30, 2009

 
by Steve Chapman

Anyone who has ever dealt with attorneys has come to the realization that the law does not always make perfect sense. Even so, it comes as at least a mild surprise to find the Supreme Court cheerfully authorizing the government to engage in censorship, as it did this week.
The First Amendment [...]