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Subsidize heating costs for zero dollars this winter President Bush had better initiate a program to subsidize home heating-oil costs before sticker shock turns the red states blue with cold this winter. With heating-oil prices expected to increase by at least 50 percent because of the high global demand for petroleum and Hurricane Katrina-induced damage to American refineries. Prices for natural gas and electricity will also inflate, lagging not far behind. And there’s a way Bush can subsidize... Sign in to see full entry.

Why the Right Was Wrong Sign In to E-Mail This Printer-Friendly Save Article By HUGH HEWITT Published: October 28, 2005 Anaheim, Calif. OVER the last two elections, the Republican Party regained control of the United States Senate by electing new senators in Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas. These victories were attributable in large measure to the central demand made by Republican candidates, and heard and embraced by voters, that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Miers: Sending in a lawyer to do a judge’s work My mother used to say: “It’s not enough to be Hungarian. You still need a little talent, too.” To paraphrase her, its not enough to be conservative, you still need to have the brainpower to be a Supreme Court justice. And, if Harriet Miers is confirmed, she likely won’t be in the same league with her colleagues in terms of gray matter. Fifty years ago, it was OK to name a Supreme Court justice who was a layman. Hugo Black was a senator from... Sign in to see full entry.

One Simple Rate A flat tax would unleash a stupendous economic boom. BY STEVE FORBES Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT A major domestic battle looms this fall, when tax reform--a centerpiece of the president's bold domestic agenda--will finally be on the table. The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform is expected to release its findings by the end of September. After the political shellacking the White House took on Social Security, the administration will be strongly tempted to... Sign in to see full entry.

Settling In for a Long Wait By Charles Krauthammer Friday, August 19, 2005; Page A21 The Israeli abandonment of Gaza is a withdrawal of despair. Unlike the Oslo concessions of 1993, there is not even the pretense of getting anything in return from the Palestinians. Nonetheless, unilateralism is both correct and necessary. Israel has no peace partner -- Mahmoud Abbas has nothing to offer and has offered nothing -- and in the absence of a partner, there is only one logical policy: Rationalize your... Sign in to see full entry.

August 19, 2005 The Biteback Effect Do we even have a word to describe the new criticism? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online S ometimes even the English language is without the right word to describe a commonplace occurrence. We don't, for example, have a term quite like the German schadenfreude: "Taking malicious delight in someone else's misfortune." The Arab world has no real word to denote constitutional democracy, and so uses our Anglicized form of the Greek dêmokratia. Take the... Sign in to see full entry.

Al Franken Interview By Stephen Thompson September 2005 Issue A l Franken dabbled in political subject matter as a writer—and performer during two lengthy stints on Saturday Night Live, as well as on his short-lived NBC sitcom, LateLine. He has also worked in film—most notably as co-writer and star of 1995’s Stuart Saves His Family, a spin-off of the Stuart Smalley character he’d created for SNL. But today, Franken’s politics overshadow his comedy at virtually every turn. Born in New York City,... Sign in to see full entry.

David S. Broder / Syndicated columnist When educational concepts confront classroom realities WASHINGTON — It took me a while to catch up with her, but I got to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings just before she left town for vacation last week. I was pursuing her because of an extraordinary outpouring of e-mails and other messages from teachers and principals — triggered, I'm afraid, by a column in June in which I'd questioned the educators' commitment to the goal of improving school... Sign in to see full entry.

BY JAMES TARANTO Friday, August 12, 2005 3:05 p.m. EDT The Sad Story of Cindy Sheehan Cindy Sheehan suffered a grievous loss for a noble cause: Her 24-year-old son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, died in combat in Iraq. Because of this, it seems churlish to criticize her. But enough is enough. Sheehan has been camping out a few miles from President Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch, staging a protest that has received extensive media attention. Her demand: a meeting with President Bush. "I want to ask... Sign in to see full entry.