‘Will the economy slow or fall off a cliff?’
Liz Peek at The Hill
This week’s surging unemployment claims suggest the economy is “weakening,” says Liz Peek at The Hill. The White House insists “things are going great,” but in reality the economy is “supported by three shaky pillars: over-the-top government spending, an overly concentrated stock market and unprecedented illegal immigration” that pressures unskilled wages. The Federal Reserve will slash interest rates “if the economy suddenly falters.” But the central bank might not be “nimble enough to stave off” a recession.
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‘The bastardization of the Boy Scouts’
National Review editorial board
The Boy Scouts of America insists renaming itself Scouting America doesn’t change its mission, says the National Review editorial board. But the organization, “founded 114 years ago by men who were concerned about the disappearance of traditional boyhood,” already started admitting girls and gay adult leaders. The latest change fuels the impression that the “Boy Scouts have abandoned their…
