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Imagine His Delight After It 'leaked' That He Will Propose Raising Taxes On The Wealthy By $320 Billion Over The Next 10 Years, Including Increases To The Capital Gains And Inheritance Taxes.

The Sad Truth Is That You Can Have Peace Processes All You Like, But If One Side Is Committed To War, Then It's War.

Nixon Was An Awful President In Many Ways, Including In Some Of His Foreign-policy Choices. But He Left No Doubt That Foreign Policy And America's Leadership In The World Outside Its Borders Was Of Paramount Importance To Him.

Obama Is Talking To Voters As Though He Is Their Boss, Or Their Principal, Or Their Father. He Is Not Any Of Those Things. He Is Their Employee. And Employers Don't Like It When Their Employees Yell At Them - Even If Their Employees Have It Right.

I Don't Feel Alienated From American Culture, But I Understand People Who Do.