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Lech Walesa on the world's need for American leadership

If you were paying attention to world news in 1980 and 1981, you know of Lech Wałęsa, the man who turned an illegal independent trade union into a force for freedom in communist Poland. Although his efforts directly resulted in his imprisonment and the imposition of martial law, in 1988...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 31, 2010 9:23 PM

How Sarah Palin busted Alaska crony capitalism

Kimberly Strassel of the Wall Street Journal describes in depth how Sarah Palin, first as an oil and gas commissioner and then as Governor, busted up an insider sweetheart deal involving a natural gas pipeline from Alaska to the lower 48. Here's the heart of the story: And so it...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 6, 2008 12:55 PM