The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter performed 'I'll Hold Your Head' from her latest album 'Revelation Road' at the Wall Street Journal.
Michael D. Tanner
Despite the supposed inevitability of Mitt Romney, many conservatives are clearly still looking for an alternative for the Republican nomination. Newt Gingrich has become the latest to hold that title, but, as Gingrich's liberal positions on everything from health care to TARP become better known, conservatives are likely to go shopping again.
,One wonders, therefore, if a conservative case could be made for former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, as has... Читать дальше...
Jim Powell
It can take years or decades for a bad economy to recover if government throws enough obstacles in the way, like high taxes, costly regulations and class warfare against "millionaires and billionaires." But a turnaround can begin within hours when government gets out of the way.
,That's what happened in West Germany. The Nazis had established a regime with totalitarian control of the economy, and for four years after World War II the Allied occupation authorities... Читать дальше...
Doug Bandow
Religious repression typically occurs in Islamic or authoritarian regimes. Saudi Arabia, China, Iran, Cuba, Pakistan and Burma come to mind. But it appears that European democracies are not immune from the virus. Unfortunately, Hungary has adopted legislation which undermines this most basic liberty.
,Hungary has a well-earned reputation for fighting for freedom. It was the locus of revolutionary ferment in 1848, which was suppressed by the Austrian empire only with the help of Tsarist Russia. Читать дальше...
Daniel Griswold
Although global trade talks are going nowhere, the ministerial meeting of World Trade Organization members in Geneva next week will accomplish at least one item of major importance: admitting Russia to the club. Whether U.S. companies can reap the benefits of a more open Russian market will depend on the repeal of a U.S. law that has become an awkward relic of the Cold War.
,The law is the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment, which was aimed at forcing the... Читать дальше...
Some of the Americans had seen combat in the Persian Gulf War. Others later fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. Those men almost unanimously agree: Their fight in Panama on Dec. 8, 1994, was the equal in terror and ferocity of anything else they ever faced.