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1:55 PM, Jul 15, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARREN

At his press conference Friday, President Barack Obama repeatedly claimed that the American people support a “balanced approach” and “shared sacrifice” when it comes to a debt and deficit solution.

Rep. Paul Ryan addresses Wisconsin Army National Guard soldiers.

"Decline is not a certainty for America."

3:03 PM, Jun 2, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARREN

House Budget chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) will lay out his vision for America's foreign policy in an address to the Alexander Hamilton Society tonight in Washington. Crediting Charles Krauthammer's 2009 essay in THE WEEKLY STANDARD, "Decline Is a Choice," Ryan will insist the United States maintain its leading role in the world by addressing the growing debt and entitlement spending crises.

6:00 AM, Apr 15, 2011 • By JAY COST

Lately, I’ve been staying up late at night because I’m just too stressed over the state of the union. Unable to sleep, I often find myself toggling between scores of Excel spreadsheets, crunching all sorts of numbers to get my mind around the gaping budget deficit that is threatening the country. It isn’t pretty, as we all know, and unfortunately my computations have only made me feel worse.

11:44 AM, Apr 13, 2011 • By STEPHEN F. HAYES

The White House communications operation has expended considerable effort over the past week to portray President Obama as serious about dealing with debt and deficits.

The status quo is far more ‘extreme’ than the Republican budget

Apr 18, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 30 • By YUVAL LEVIN

12:11 PM, Apr 5, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

Connecticut senator and former Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, on Paul Ryan's budget:

The GOP gambles on entitlement reform.

Apr 11, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 29 • By STEPHEN F. HAYES

If there is one thing that political strategists, pollsters, and elected officials of both parties have agreed on for decades, it’s that entitlement reform is a sure political loser. Social Security is the “third rail”—touch it and you die. Suggest changes to Medicaid and you don’t care about the poor. Propose modest reforms to Medicare and you’re the target of a well-funded “Mediscare” campaign that ensures your defeat.

Ryan Rips Krugman: 'Intellectually Lazy' and 'Bizarre' Attack

Congressman Paul Ryan disputes NY Times columnist's claims on taxes, spending, and Medicare.

7:30 PM, Aug 9, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

Talking late this afternoon with THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Republican congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin blasted New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for his "intellectualy lazy" attack on Ryan's fiscal "Roadmap." In his Friday column, Krugman called Ryan a "charlatan" and his plan to reform the welfare state and eliminate the debt a "fraud" that is "drenched in flimflam sauce." Ryan responded to Krugman in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel over the weekend, and elaborated on his criticisms of Krugman this afternooon.