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Bernanke Emerges as an Issue on the Campaign Trail By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Out on the campaign trail, Fed head Ben Bernanke is an unpopular guy. Governor Romney and Speaker Gingrich have both said they would replace Mr. Bernanke, not reappoint him. Congressman Ron Paul would swap the whole Federal Reserve monetary system for… Bernanke Gets One Thing Right — Taxes By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, For one time in a row the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, got the story right. No, it wasn’t King Dollar. It was taxes. Testifying before members of the Senate Budget Committee today, Mr. Bernanke referred to the scheduled repeal of the Bush… Manning’s Law Confounds the Experts, Inviting Humility in Business, Sports, and Life Message to Mitt: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats. By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, That great phrase was coined by the late Jack Kemp, who believed that growth and opportunity for all is the answer to poverty. Kemp believed it was the answer to all things economic. And he was right. The best anti-poverty program is the one that… Lehrman To Romney, Santorum: Join the Alliance for a Sound Dollar 2012 Is the Year for a Gold Plank in GOP Platform By LEWIS LEHRMAN, At a recent Presidential debate, the Republican candidates discussed a new Gold Commission much like the one to which President Reagan appointed Ron Paul and me in 1981. When asked, Jim Grant and I agreed to serve as co-chairmen of a new gold… Romney Readies Tax Reform Plan To Deal With Sub-Par Recovery Aims To Broaden Base by Getting Rid of Deductions, Exemptions, Loopholes, Then Lower Rates By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Obama’s Tax Proposal Is ‘Designed To Come at Me,’ Romney Charges By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, President Obama's proposal to increase taxes on the rich is “designed to come at me,” GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney told me this morning. In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Obama proposed a minimum 30% tax rate on Americans… Palin Factor Starts To Emerge in GOP Race By BENYAMIN KORN Who is the leader of the “Not-Romney” movement within today’s GOP? Is it Newt Gingrich, whose surge in the South Carolina opinion polls puts him within striking distance of front-runner Mitt in tomorrow’s vote? Is it Ron Paul, whose dedicated core of… All Eyes on Gingrich in Wake of His Call for a Commission on the Gold Standard Candidate’s Call Puts Monetary Reform at Center of Campaign By ANDRESEN BLOM, All eyes at the debate tonight will be on the former speaker of the House, and current president aspirant, who this week dramatically moved the political discourse by calling for a new Gold Commission. Mr. Gingrich is no stranger to gold. He was one… Secret Romney-Ryan Entente Bodes Well for GOP Campaign By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, While so much attention has been turned to Newt Gingrich’s catastrophically mistaken attack on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital, free-market capitalism, investment, and profits, a potentially much more significant development occurred in the New Hampshire… GOP Beware: Economy Is Moving To Give Obama a Leg Up on the Election By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Message to my fellow conservatives: Please don’t blame the mainstream press for the improvement in jobs, unemployment, and economic growth. Reporters are not making this up. The economy is better. It’s going to give President Obama a leg up on the…
By GARY SHAPIRO, Who knew Russian classics by Chekhov could be the source of grand strategic thinking? Careful study of this playwright and short story writer was but one of the many facets of Cold War polymath George Kennan, whose life and achievements were discussed… Hard Hat Democrats Could Abandon Obama as Jobs Are Sacrificed to Environmentalism By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The payroll-tax-cut debate is not really about the payroll tax, which is a weak-kneed economic stimulant and a lackluster job creator because of its temporary nature. Without permanent incentives at lower tax rates, these rebates don’t do anything for… By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, is warning that a Democratic plan to concede on a "millionaires’ tax," in order to get Republicans to pass an extension of the payroll tax, likely won't be enough to get an agreement. “The tax they wanted… Automatic Spending Cut Looms as Likely Best Option for Super-Committee By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Instead of a super tax hike from the super-committee, a much better option for the economy and budget-cutting credibility would be to implement plan B, which is the automatic spending-cut trigger known as sequestration. The Wall Street Journal… Data Show a Stronger Economy Than the Stock Market Signals By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, You wouldn’t know it from today’s stock market, which as of this writing is off nearly 200 points. But the daily numbers continue to show an economy that is stronger than most folks think. Today initial jobless claims fell to 388,000 — the lowest… GOP in Danger of Losing Narrative on Taxes as Deadline Looms for Super-Committee By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, It would be a great tragedy if a super tax hike came out of a supercommittee compromise deal. It would do great harm to the economy — just as much harm as President Obama’s various tax-hike threats. On the Republican side, a super tax hike would… Big Question Now Is Whether Bernanke Will Follow Europe's Central Bank By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Will the Federal Reserve’s Ben Bernanke soon follow the European Central Bank’s Mario Draghi? In his first action as Jean-Claude Trichet’s replacement, Mr. Draghi cut the ECB target rate by a quarter% to 1.25% from 1.5%. It was a surprise. Given the… America Will Have To Take Stock Of Its Positon as a Great Power, But All Is Not Lost — Yet By CONRAD BLACK, At some point, unfashionable though it is to do so, the United States will have to take stock of its position as a great power. Despite the globalization of a great range of issues, from the environment to terrorism, the world is still substantially… Fed Set To Meet on Monetary Policy As Case for Easing Wanes and Business Loans Pick Up By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The Fed is meeting Tuesday and Wednesday on monetary policy. The FOMC statement will be released at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, and then Chairman Bernanke will have a news conference at 2:15 p.m. With both real gross domestic product and inflation at 2… Dollar Emerges as an Issue in 2012 Campaign, Editor of the Sun Says in Wide-Ranging Interview By Special to the Sun Economic Armageddon Is Dodged as Europe Forges a Deal on Greece, Sending Stocks Soaring By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The world economy has once again dodged Armageddon. The European Union finally forged a Greek bond deal, and a rescue fund big enough to ring-fence banks and sovereign debt, in order to avoid a catastrophic, Lehman-like contagion event. At the same… President Is Warned by Fellow Democrats John Kerry, Deval Patrick, Barney Frank, Charles Schumer By IRA STOLL, The next battle over President Obama’s job-killing regulations may take place on the Atlantic Coast, where fishermen, and the senators and congressmen who represent them, are voicing mounting frustration at the Obama administration’s “catch-share”… By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The latest Gallup poll pegs President Obama’s approval at a new low of 41%. That adds to the thought that the winner of the GOP presidential-primary sweepstakes is going to be the next president. And inside that Republican contest, the policy pendulum… By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, While investors wait to see if the Europeans will agree to a major boost in their rescue fund to backstop sovereign debt and the banks who own it, here at home the economic news has turned slightly more positive. A month ago, significant coincident… Art Laffer Calls Cain’s Tax Plan ‘Far, Far Better Than the Current System’ By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Herman Cain is the only Republican presidential candidate who wants to kill the tax code. That’s right. Put a knife in it. Junk the entire system. And people are cheering as he rises in the polls in his quest for the nomination. Cain’s 9-9-9 plan is… New Model To Save European Banks Emerges, Explaining the 330-point Rally in the Market Monday New Nobel Laureate Warned Against Obama Stimulus Package, Calling It ‘Surprisingly Naďve’ By IRA STOLL, No matter how skeptical one is of the authority of “experts,” it’s hard to avoid paying at least some attention to the people who award the Nobel prize — especially when they give one to someone who tends to support some things one tended to believe… Recession Is the Outlook, Despite Manufacturing Report By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The stronger-than-expected ISM manufacturing-index reading for September might normally suggest that the economy, at least for now, has dodged a recession bullet. After zero jobs and zero real consumer spending in August, which put the stalled… Christie’s ‘Earned American Exceptionalism’ Makes the Link Between Growth at Home and Power Abroad By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, So just when everyone had concluded the Chris Christie matter — saying “Great speech at the Reagan Library, but he’s not gonna run for president” — the New York Post comes along with a story that says the New Jersey governor is seriously considering a… Decline of Europe Throws Vision of DeGaulle Into Sharp Relief He Warned of Inflation and Understood Dangers of European Integration By CONRAD BLACK, The admirable Seth Lipsky of The New York Sun, formerly of the Wall Street Journal and the (English-language) Jewish Forward, seems to be the first American commentator since Walter Lippmann to recognize the prescience, in post–World War II matters… Plan To Return America To the Gold Standard Set To Be Offered at Washington Lehrman, One-Time Member of Reagan-Era Gold Commission, Foresees Five-Year Transition By SETH LIPSKY, NEW YORK — The next big step in the gold standard debate is going to be taken next month at Washington, when one of the original members of the Reagan-era United States Gold Commission offers a five-step plan to return America to sound money. The… Warning by Bernanke of Downside Risk Turns Out To Be Killer Statement for Markets By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Stocks collapsed roughly 700 points over two days after the Federal Reserve launched its “Operation Twist.” The market correctly perceives that the central bank’s plan to swap $400 billion of short-term notes for long-term bonds adds no new reserves… Force Is With the GOP as Stagflation Overcomes Economy By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Is the economy standing on the front end of a new recession? As IMF executive director Christine Lagarde and World Bank president Robert Zoellick warn that the global economy is entering a new economic danger zone, there’s plenty to be worried about… How Israel Can Have a Big Impact Via a Congressional Race Turner's Victory Echoes the Short Triumph of Leo Isacson By ANDREW WOLF, The victory of Robert “Bob” Turner in the race to replace Rep. Anthony Weiner in New York’s 9th Congressional District hands the Republicans a seat that the Democrats would, according to most polls, have held had Mr. Weiner stood for reelection. The… Perry, Romney, Swinging Against Bernanke, Emerge as Tribunes of a Strong Dollar By LAWRENCE KUDLOW Watching the two GOP frontrunners in last night’s debate -- Mitt Romney and Rick Perry -- a couple of policy points jumped out at me. First, regarding the Fed, both candidates strongly supported King Dollar. This is interesting because monetary policy… 300-Point Plunge in Stock Market Signals Absence of Confidence in Obama’s Jobs Plan By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Who would have really expected a 300-point stock market plunge on the day after President Obama’s so-called jobs speech? Yes, worries over new fears of a Greek default ripped through the markets on Friday. As did fears of an al-Qaeda bombing plot on… How Bastiat Offers a Clue for Obama, GOP in Wake of Irene By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Get ready for a bunch of demand-side economists to tell you that the post-Hurricane Irene rebuilding phase is actually a good thing for future economic growth. But don’t believe it. Who has it right? Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR, Inc… Jerusalem Case at Supreme Court May Pit White House Web Site Against the President By RICK RICHMAN, In a major constitutional case over whether Congress can require the State Department to put “Israel” as the country of birth on the passport of an American citizen born in Jerusalem, it is possible that pivotal evidence may lie in some pictures on… Pro-Growth Strategy Emerges in Plan of the Gang of Six By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, There are a lot of known unknowns about the new “Gang of Six” budget proposal. But conservatives should hold back from trashing it. Why? There’s a large, pro-growth tax-reform piece in the plan that would lower tax rates across-the-board. This is a… House, Senate Converging on Deficit Plans Reid Proposals Starting To Look Like a GOP Package By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, What’s so bad about the Reid plan? The big sticking points between the House GOP leadership and Senator Reid’s latest plan are 1) the House wants two debt increases, one this year and one next year (Mr. Reid has just one increase) and 2) the House… Rubio: The Next American Century Wll Be Greater Than the Last By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Rising Senate star Marco Rubio of Florida put out a strong growth message in our interview last night. Shrink size of government, broad-based flat tax reform, roll back regulations. Balanced budget amendment, with tough spending caps. Best solution… By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The Wal-Mart victory handed down by the Supremes today is a great win for all business, and a huge defeat for frivolous class-action lawsuits. This business victory by Wal-Mart is so bullish, I believe it drove up stocks today, with the Dow finishing… New Data Suggest a Second Recession Will Be Kept at Bay By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, New economic stats today on retail sales from both China and America show there’s no double-dip recession out there — no matter what the bears-gone-viral may be telling you. No Armageddon. And no stock market crash either. Actually, today’s 123-point… Pawlenty Emerges From GOP Pack With a Plan in the Reagan Mold By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The former governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, turned out a blockbuster economic-growth plan this past week, including deep cuts in taxes, spending, and regulations. It’s really the first Reaganesque supply-side growth plan from any of the GOP… Obama Moves From Re-Elect to Big Trouble as Economy Slows By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Political advantage can be fleeting. A couple of months ago, during the winter quarter, job gains looked to be picking up, unemployment was easing lower, and President Obama’s reelection hopes looked more secure. But things sure have changed. In… Stock Market Emits a Cry for Help, But Is Anybody Listening? By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, With a flamboyant downgrade of the outlook for economic growth, jobs, and profits, Wednesday’s 280 point Dow plunge to launch the so-called June stock swoon is a warning shot across the bow. The Dow tanked alongside a batch of dismal economic data…
Anthology of Editorials on the Dollar Now Available in Paperback, Kindle Editions By Special to the Sun NEW YORK — “This brilliant book is The Federalist Papers for a gold standard,” says Steve Forbes of the first anthology of editorials of The New York Sun. “It succinctly, dazzlingly — and convincingly — makes the irrefutable case for re-linking the… Selling Gold at Fort Knox Emerges as Next Big Question in Debate on Federal Debt Limit Congressman Paul Endorses the Idea, Amid Budget Showdown Between Congress, Administration By DAVID PIETRUSZA, NEW YORK — The next big question on the federal debt limit could be whether to start selling the government’s holdings of gold at Fort Knox — and at least one presidential contender, Ron Paul, has told The New York Sun he thinks it would be a good… GOP Falling Mute on Tax Reform, Pro-Growth Program By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Are we headed for more political business as usual, where Republicans give up too much and get too little back in the debt-ceiling fight? Today’s papers are loaded with stories on the GOP giving up Paul Ryan’s Medicare-reform package. It’s being… With the Dollar in Turmoil, Two Debates on Gold Captivate Manhattan A Billionaire Likens America's Fiat Money To Double-Ply Toilet Paper By DAVID PIETRUSZA, NEW YORK — The double-header may be an endangered species in baseball, but a double-header of a different sort last night swept Manhattan, where nearly 1,000 people swarmed into an auditorium on the Upper West Side to hear luminaries debate the… By RICK RICHMAN, The White House, in an escalation of a closely-watched case the Supreme Court is preparing to hear on whether Congress or the President gets to decide American policy in respect of passports of American citizens born in Jerusalem, has quietly altered… Three Dissenters at Fed Signal Some Are Less Than Thrilled By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Damn the torpedoes. Up periscope. Full speed ahead. Ben Bernanke and the Fed to the rescue. In a startling move Tuesday, the FOMC announced that its zero-interest-rate target would be extended for two more years through the middle of 2013, marking the… Bernanke Is Pressed on Inflation at His First Ever Press Conference Third Round of Asset Purchases Seen as Less Likely By EVAN LORENZ, Chairman Bernanke, peppered at his first press conference with questions focusing on inflation, attempted to explain how the Fed’s extremely accommodative policy squares with its twin mandates of maximum employment and stable prices, and ended up… An Announcement Is Expected Today at Iowa By DAVID PIETRUSZA, NEW YORK — Congressman Ron Paul, en route to Iowa to announce the creation of the presidential campaign exploratory committee, told an editorial breakfast of The New York Sun that “it’s tempting to just walk away” from the presidential race “but if… As Washington Prepares To Shut Down, No One Wants the Dollar By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Washington shutdown fears are sinking the United States dollar, according to some news reports. Surely there’s something to this, as investor confusion rises and confidence falls, and as Washington seems to be gridlocked over a few billion dollars… Ryan’s Budget Emerges as GOP’s Growth Plan President Obama’s Bacon Is Stolen by Wisconson Republican By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Of all the discussion about Paul Ryan’s big-bang budget plan, the element I like best was caught in this Wall Street Journal op-ed title “The GOP Path to Prosperity.” In other words, it’s a growth budget. It has plenty of spending cuts, but it also… Obama Running on McGovern Rules as Race Begins for 2012 By R. EMMETT TYRRELL, Jr., WASHINGTON — I see that President Barack Obama has filed as a candidate for reelection in 2012. I had suggested that he get to work early on his presidential library and forgo the race, but he is insistent. Well, I tried. Though some in the press are… ‘A Crisis of Money’ Emerges as the Economy’s Central Problem The Question Has Become the Nature of Money Itself, Says James Grant By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The following is adapted from the transcript of a recent broadcast: LARRY KUDLOW, host: Welcome back to THE KUDLOW REPORT. I’m Larry Kudlow. At the top of this half-hour, legendary financial writer and editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer James… Burst of Jobs Puts Obama on Road To Re-Election, Courtesy of the Republican Tax Cuts Next Big Test Will Be Battle of Inflation By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Did the big March jobs report put President Obama back on the road to reelection? If so, he can thank the GOP, whose tax cuts saved him from himself. You could hear cheering all the way from the West Wing when the Labor Department showed a 216,000… Real Income Falls in February as Inflation Rate Edges Up By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, The Commerce Department last week revised real GDP up to 3.1% for the fourth quarter of last year. That was some cause for joy in the stock market. But today we saw a poor consumer-spending report for the month of February, which is picking up the… Caveat Emptor Is the Warning As Slowing U.S. Economy Sees Rising Inflation, Wariness By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Caveat emptor. The first-quarter economy is slowing and inflation is rising. A month ago, economists were optimistic about the potential for 4% growth. Now they are marking down their estimates toward 2.5%. Behind this, consumer expectations are… Says Tax Cuts Account for Companies Quitting Illinois for Garden State By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Governor Christie expressed disappointment in President Obama’s failure to commit to aggressive budget cuts and entitlement reform in last night’s State of the Union speech. In a CNBC interview that will run tonight on my show, the governor contrasted… Economy Is Strong, Data Suggest, Regardless of What the Fed Says Business Profits, Mother's Milk of Economy, Are Soaring By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Stocks are getting ripped by North Korea and Ireland, with all the fears that go along with those two stories. People should not panic. A lot of good news out there is suggesting a strong economy, regardless of what the Fed says. Third-quarter real… Bush Brushes Aside the Stock Market as a Scorecard of His Presidency Discussion of Economic Theory Is Not for Him By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, President George W. Bush told me in a CNBC interview today in Salt Lake City that the stock market was not a fair scorecard of his presidency. When he took office, the Dow was 10,600. At the height of the Bush boom, in October 2007, it reached 14,165… King Dollar Politics Coming Into Focus for 2012 Fed Is Easing Into an Improving Economy By LAWRENCE KUDLOW The headline story in this morning’s Wall Street Journal is a beauty. Republican economists, hedge fund managers, and even some presidential candidates are blasting the Fed for its $600 billion QE2 pump-priming operation. Quite sensibly, the group… For the Market, the Election Is Everything Is the Rise in the Dow a Coincidence? By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Over the last few days, the Intrade pay-to-play investment exchange shows the contract for Democratic control of the Senate dropping below 50% for the first time. As of this writing, the contract is at 46%. In early 2010, the contract was 95%. Last… As Polls Start To Signal a GOP-Led Congress, Stocks Take Off By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Could it have been the new Gallup poll that drove stocks up almost 200 points on Tuesday? That blockbuster survey, regarded by many as the blue-chip gold standard for election forecasting, pointed to an unprecedented Republican landslide, even a… ‘Radical Solutions’ Beckon as Another Recession Yawns By CONRAD BLACK, As one whose recollections of the American presidency go back to the august, relatively tranquil, unchallenged majesty of the terms of General Dwight D. Eisenhower — and of the respected ex-presidents living in that era, Herbert C. Hoover and Harry S… Summers's Speech at Memorial Church By Special to the Sun Following is the text of a speech by Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard University, at Memorial Church at Harvard Yard. The text was originally printed in The New York Sun on September 22, 2002: * * * I speak with you today not as president of the… A Reagan Republican Woos the New York State GOP Text of Speech to State Convention By Special to the Sun Following are excerpts of the remarks of David Malpass, a candidate for United States Senate, to the New York State Republican Party convention, June 3, 2010, at the Hotel Sheraton, Manhattan. * * * Thank you for the support and confidence you've… Kagan’s First Case Could Involve a Question of Her Own — And Her Colleagues’ — Pay Federal Judges Set To Appeal to Supreme Court Over Compensation By Staff Reporter of the Sun NEW YORK — If Solicitor General Kagan is confirmed before the start of the Supreme Court’s coming term, one of her first big cases on the high bench could touch on one of the most sensitive questions the court has ever handled — the pay of federal… New York Emerges as Cautionary Tale on Charter Schools By ANDREW WOLF, Charter schools were first touted in the Empire State as a way of improving all schools by introducing competition and choice to the system – and saving the taxpayers money. By creating competition for the conventional public schools, all schools, we… Obama’s Pressure on Israel Spurs a Jewish Group for Sarah Palin By Special to the Sun NEW YORK — President Obama’s recent demarche designed to increase pressure on Israel is having one immediate impact in the Jewish community — it is hastening the formation of an organization called Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin. Plans for the new… ACLU May Reverse Course On Campaign Finance Limits After Supreme Court Ruling By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN, The first big impact of the Supreme Court’s decision lifting restrictions on corporation campaign spending may be at the American Civil Liberties Union, which, after years of opposing restrictions on free speech grounds, is considering whether to reverse course and endorse government limits on money in politics. Netanyahu’s Man In Washington Offers a Preview in New York By IRA STOLL, Reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu will appoint Michael Oren as ambassador to the United States had guests at last night’s dinner in New York of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America listening especially carefully to Mr. Oren’s keynote address.
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