Vendettas of the Week

 Policy CornerVendettas of the Week

Helping with the Mess: The Federal Reserve’s Efforts

Paul Minassian November 25, 2015

The Federal Reserve chose once again not to… References and FootnotesYlan Mui, "Donald Trump Just Had Some Pretty Interesting Things to Say about the Economy," Washington Post, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩"Sanders Statement on Fed Leaving Interest Rates Unchanged," Bernie Sanders Press Release, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩ Bernie Becker, "Americans Prefer Small Business to Big," TheHill, July 6, 2015, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩"Small Business/Large Business Relationships," Inc.com, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩

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Preventing the New Cold War

Michael Zucker November 11, 2015

During the third 2012 Presidential debate, President Obama mocked… References and FootnotesJaime Fuller, "Was Mitt Romney Right about Russia (and Everything Else)? A Look Back at His Campaign Predictions," Washington Post, Mar. 20, 2014. ↩ Matthew Continetti, "How to Confront Vladimir Putin," National Review Online, Oct. 10, 2015. ↩ Graham Allison, "U.S.-Russia Relations: What Would Henry Kissinger Do?" The National Interest, Sept. 28, 2015. ↩Ibid. ↩Henry Kissinger, "A Path Out of the Middle East Collapse,” WSJ, Oct. 16, 2015. ↩Matthew Continetti, "How to Confront Vladimir Putin," National Review Online, Oct. 10, 2015. ↩Thomas Graham, "Russia's Syria Surprise (And What America Should Do about It)," The National Interest, Sept. 15, 2015. ↩

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A Limited Engagement

Michael Zucker November 4, 2015

  Last month, President Obama addressed the United… References and FootnotesObama Barack, "Remarks by President Obama to the United Nations General Assembly," The White House, Sept. 28, 2015, accessed Oct. 21, 2015. ↩Fareed Zakaria, "In Syria, Whose Side Is the United States On?" Oct. 1, 2015, accessed  Oct. 21, 2015. ↩ Fareed Zakaria, "Fareed Zakaria: Stay Out Of Syria," YouTube: The Dish, June 7, 2013, accessed on Oct. 21, 2015 ↩David French, "Rand Paul Is Right: Say No to a Syrian No-Fly Zone," National Review Online, Oct. 14, 2015, accessed Oct. 21, 2015. ↩ Fareed Zakaria, "In Syria, Whose Side Is the United States On?" Fareed Zakaria. Oct. 1, 2015, accessed on Oct. 21, 2015. ↩ Henry Kissinger, "A Path Out of the Middle East Collapse," WSJ, Oct. 16, 2015, accessed Oct. 21, 2015. ↩

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The Corporate Welfare State

Michael Zucker October 28, 2015

As the United States government looks to ways to cut back on… References and Footnotes Sam Becker, "The 8 Biggest Corporate Welfare Recipients in America," The Cheat Sheet, May 7, 2015, accessed Oct. 17, 2015. ↩Thomas DiLorenzo, "The Founding Father of Crony Capitalism," Mises Institute, Oct. 21, 2008, accessed Oct. 17, 2015. ↩Brian Riedl, "How Farm Subsidies Became America's Largest Corporate Welfare Program," The Heritage Foundation, Feb. 25, 2002, accessed Oct. 17, 2015. ↩"Bernie Sanders on Corporate Regulation," FeelTheBernorg, accessed Oct. 17, 2015. ↩Robert Reich, "Robertreich," Robert Reich (#6. END CORPORATE WELFARE Corporations Aren't...). 26 May 2015, accessed Oct. 17, 2015. ↩Maev Reston, "Koch Calls for Unity against 'corporate Welfare,'” CNN. Aug. 2, 2015, accessed Oct. 17, 2015. ↩Andrew Sullivan, "Corporations Are Welfare Queens Too," The Dish, Oct. 5, 2012, accessed Oct. 17, 2015. ↩

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Partisanship at its Worst

Michael Zucker October 21, 2015

In December 2015, President Obama and Congress will… References and Footnotes"Planned Parenthood at a Glance," Planned Parenthood at a Glance, Oct. 9, 2015. ↩Charles Cooke, "Dear GOP Leaders, Stop Being Cowards on the Abortion Fight," National Review, Jan. 22, 2015. ↩"Pregnancy: The Three Trimesters," Oct.10, 2015. ↩ Jeffery Toobin, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court,”Anchor, 2008. ↩ “Americans Agree With Banning ‘Partial-Birth Abortion,’" Gallup.com, Oct. 10, 2015. ↩Michelle Ye He Lee, "Does Obamacare Provide Federal Subsidies for Elective Abortions?" Washington Post, Jan. 26, 2015. ↩Steve Almacy, "Planned Parenthood Exec, Fetal Body Parts in Video,” CNN, July 15, 2015. ↩

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Ideology over Governance

Michael Zucker October 14, 2015

The threat of a government shutdown receded this week after the Republican-controlled Congress… References and Footnotes Mark Henson, "Cuomo: Shut down the Government over Guns," The Hill, Oct. 2, 2015. ↩Peter Weber, "Why Other Countries Don't Shut down Their Governments," Oct. 2013. ↩Hans Spakovsky, "What Happens During a Government Shutdown?" The Heritage Foundation, July 30, 2013. ↩Dylan Matthews, "Here Is Every Previous Government Shutdown, Why They Happened and How They Ended," Washington Post, Sept. 25, 2013. ↩Luke Johnson, "Newt Gingrich vs. Bill Clinton: Political Rivals Had Stormy Partnership," The Huffington Post, Dec. 22, 2011. ↩Robert Longley, "Government Shutdown? - U.S. Government Info/Resources - Date: 10/24/99," About.com US Government, Oct. 2, 2015. ↩ Stephen Dinan, "House Passes Spending Bill to Defund Obamacare," Washington Times, Sept. 20, 2013. ↩ Peter Schroeder, "Obama's Ultimatum: No More Short-term Spending Bills," TheHill, Oct. 2, 2015. ↩