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“Great Change Never Starts With Government”

August 31, 2013

iF: In his book, The End is Near and its Going to be Awesome, Kevin Williamson postulates that the difference between industry and government is that industry continually adapts. Government cannot adapt and isn’t allowed to fail, and people can’t opt out. Are Americans doomed to a government Leviathan that just layers new programs atop […]

Syria Then and Now

February 28, 2009

iF: What was your experience with Syria when you were House Speaker? Were you supportive of Clinton administration policy? Could it have gone further in isolating Damascus? NG: The Syrian dictatorship has always maneuvered in a very narrowly defined self-interest and has increasingly allied itself to Iran, partly out of fear. My impression in watching […]