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MICHAEL GOODWIN: Why Ryan's Star Is Shining

New House Speaker John Boehner gets tons of attention for turning on the waterworks, but the real House Republican to watch is Paul Ryan from Wisconsin. He is an economic-policy wonk who brings knowledge and conviction to his job as chairman of the all-important budget committee. In a televised interview, …

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Lawmakers Need to Stop Manufacturing a Crisis and Hash Out a Debt Plan

Does the circus surrounding the debt ceiling debate in Washington suggest that America’s greatness is at stake? Hardly! Ours is a short but rich history of scoundrels and heroes, of great failure and great success. It would take a lot more than a debt crisis to fundamentally change who we …

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December 1941 — 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World

In 1941 a B-25 Mitchell bomber contained 107,156 rivets, each one inserted by hand. Often a woman’s hand. That year, there were as many people on the left such as Lowell Thomas and Al Smith, who were part of the isolationist America First Committee as there were people on the …

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