President Barack Obama, about to release his much-heralded jobs agenda, is a man seeking to make bricks without straw. Like the Jews in Egypt were with bricks, the president is under unrelenting ...

One of the most lasting biblical analogies has been the story of Pharaoh, who ordered the children of Israel to make bricks but denied them the straw needed to do the job properly. Hence, anytime a ...

War can be like Alice in Wonderland. Last week U.S. railroads learned that factfrom the War Production Board. Since 1942’s carloadings are making history, the railroads expect to need up wards of ...

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