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Paul Ryan’s way forward

By R. Emmett Tyrrell
Published September 11, 2014 9:07pm ET
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Paul Ryan’s way forward
In Rep. Paul Ryan's new book, The Way Forward: Renewing the American Dream, Ryan looks at the state of the Republican Party and the federal government in the midst of the 2013 government shutdown. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) | Eric Gay

There is a mystery about Congressman Paul Ryan‘s new and very good book, The Way Forward: Renewing the American Dream. Perhaps there are several mysteries.

Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee and Mitt Romney‘s vice presidential running mate, begins by writing at length about the place he has lived all his life, Janesville, a town of 60,000 in southern Wisconsin. It is rural, but it also has industry.

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