U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), left, and U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) during a debt-ceiling news conference at the U.S. Capitol. Win McNamee / Getty ImagesThe U.S. Is Not Drowning In Debt -- Zachary Karabell, Time
In case you haven’t noticed, Washington is currently consumed in an acrimonious debate over whether to raise the debt ceiling. There is no agreement about whether to do so or how, but both parties appear to accept the logic that the United States is suffering from an unacceptably high level of government debt and that further debt will doom the U.S. to generations of decline. Judging by polling data, large swaths of the country agree. Nonetheless, that consensus is wrong.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Failure in AfPak: How the U.S. Got It Wrong -- Stephen Cohen, National Interest
Ahmed Wali Karzai Killing Leaves Afghan Power Vacuum -- Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review
Afghanistan on Steroids -- Kathryn Jean Lopez & Catherine Herridge, NRO
'This Week We See The Taliban Succeed' -- Rachel Maher, New Matilda
Hanging with the Muslim Brotherhood -- Michael Totten, Pajamas Media
In Karachi, jihadists plot war against Mumbai -- Praveen Swami, The Hindu
Germany's Giant Green Reversal -- Steve McCann, American Thinker
Egypt's Protesters Struggle On, Having Dislodged Mubarak, but Not His Regime -- Abigail Hauslohner, Time
Rupert Murdoch: His empire under attack, a media potentate stumbles -- Robert Marquand, Christian Science Monitor
Obama's Strategy to Kill the Space Program -- J.R. Dunn, American Thinker
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