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Good Night and Good Luck

…young William Buckley offered to carry the water for Senator McCarthy back in 1954. After all, the National Review is willing to defend all sorts of garbage from President George…

On Real GDP Growth

Kash provided a few details as to the news about real GDP growth during the third quarter. William Polley compares this news to the news for last quarter noting what…

PlameGate: Blaming the Wilsons

…agent by reading Robert Novak’s article on July 14, 2003. Maybe we will have some real news tomorrow. Update: Class Clown Byron York Visits Wilson’s Neighbors William Buckley has a…

Republicans: Above the Law

…regardless of the facts. Update: Jeffrey Bell and William Kristol are worried about the criminalization of leading Republicans: What do these four men have in common, other than their status…

German Unemployment and Tax Rates

The latest in free lunch supply-side spin from William Kucewicz actually provides some useful information. For example, his chart of Germany’s unemployment rate distinguishing between the high unemployment rate for…

Exporting Gold Bugs to China

…the benefits of free trade. The NRO has even featured very good defenses of free trade from William Buckley and Bruce Bartlett. I was hoping to say the same thing…