Featured Articles — September 30, 2008

September 30, 2008 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad:

Putin Wants to Follow Peter the Great By Carlos Alberto Montaner
Russian ships no longer carry the names of heroic comrades but rather of figures from imperial history. As I write this column, the nuclear cruiser Peter the Great is sailing toward Latin America heading a flotilla of four imposing vessels. Some ships from the Venezuelan Navy will meet up with them to conduct joint maneuvers. Moscow wants to send a bill to Washington for the latter’s support of Georgia, as well as for the independence of Kosovo.

Deregulation Not to Blame for Financial Woes by Peter J. Wallison
In the debate on Sept. 26, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama argued that the current crisis in the financial markets is the result of Republican deregulation.

A job for the right woman By Wesley Pruden
If there’s still room under the bus where Barack Obama throws his discards – his white granny, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezko, William Ayres, Bernadine Dohrn and even Hillary Clinton – that’s the right place for Nancy Pelosi.

No one’s clean in this mess By Jonah Goldberg
Democrats and Republicans must share the blame for the failure to pass a $700-billoin bailout plan.

The Bailout Defeat: A Political Credibility Crisis By Michael Scherer
Nearly every major political leader in America supported the $700 billion financial bailout bill. The President of the United States. The Vice President. The Treasury Secretary. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Democratic and Republican nominees for president. The Democratic and Republican leadership of the House and the Senate. All of them said the same thing. Vote yes.

Too Much Money Is Beyond Legal Reach By Robert M. Morgenthau
New York-based funds are abusing ’secrecy jurisdictions.’

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