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Who Are We in This 'Sputnik Moment'?

By David Harsanyi
One of the difficulties progressives face is trying to make centralized planning sound like a good idea. Even the president, with all his rhetorical genius and majestic vagueness, can struggle with the task. So from time to time, it's important to mold history a bit to, you know, make a point. Early on in his State of the Union, for instance, President Barack Obama reminisced of an age when "good... (Read Full Article)
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