The 9/11 Decade
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 11th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Doubling Down on Failed Policies
Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard
Hot Topics: Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you.Stop us if you've heard this one before. The economy is suffering from low growth and high unemployment. Families are struggling with debt. Many are living in homes whose mortgages cost more than the property is worth. All over the world, governments are reeling from the economic and political consequences of excessive sovereign debt.The president of the United States, Barack Obama, appears before Congress to offer his solution. America, he says, is experiencing a collapse in what economists call aggregate demand….
The Wounded Warriors of the 9/11 Generation
Anthony Dolan, WSJ
I heard the thump as I was saying over the phone to John Gibson at the National Security Council that it couldn't be an accident, since now a second plane had hit the World Trade Center. Putting down the phone, I walked over to the window and looked out on Route 110, which runs in front of the Pentagon. Construction workers, their faces reflecting fear, even terror, were running across the major highway like it was a country road. They had seen the smoke pouring out from around the corner where Flight 77 had hit the building.
To Pass Jobs Act, Obama Should Channel LBJ
Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg