Are Neoconservatives Really Hawks?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 3rd, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Are Neoconservatives Really Hawks?
Philip Klein, Washington Examiner
Obama’s “Worse” Economy
Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
After repeatedly saying President Obama had taken over during a recession and made it worse, Mitt Romney now denies making that statement, which makes him look silly. He'd have been better off sticking to his original claim — which by one important measure is actually true.Under Obama, the economy has stopped contracting and resumed growing. So the recession is officially over. But most people judge the economy by how many people are working. And that number is pitifully low — far lower than when Obama took office. As data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show, the jobs picture is…
WH Staff Salaries; 141 Earn $100,000 or More
Alexis Simendinger, RCP
President Obama pays his most valued senior aides $172,200 a year, while almost a third of White House staff members earned six figures or more during the last year, according to a report describing 454 White House employees and their compensation.Obama sent a fiscal 2011 salary report to Congress July 1, and released it publicly on the White House website late Friday.The president could stock a law firm with the 28 attorneys listed in the White House counsel's office and in the office of White House personnel, which helps select and vet Obama's appointees for government service…
Smells Like School Spirit
David Brooks, New York Times
Aspen, Colo. David Brooks The intellectual, cultural and scientific findings that land on the columnist's desk nearly every day.David Brooks and Gail Collins talk between columns. Diane Ravitch is the nation’s most vocal educational historian. She once was one of the leading intellects behind the education reform movement — emphasizing charter schools, testing and accountability. Over the past few years, she has become that movement’s most vehement critic. She pours out books, op-ed essays and speeches, including two…
