Press Briefing

May 26, 2010

How We Created the First Synthetic Cell - The assembled genome is the largest chemically defined structure ever synthesized in the laboratory.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704026204575266460432676840.html

Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11525

A Crisis of Competence in the Gulf
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/05/26/morning-bell-a-crisis-of-competence-in-the-gulf/

The Greatest Myth of the George W. Bush Presidency
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2010/05/25/the-greatest-myth-of-the-george-w-bush-presidency/

The Case Against the Land-Mine Treaty - Without the DMZ minefield, nuclear weapons would be the main deterrent protecting South Korea
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704852004575258433073503318.html

Corporations Against Corporate Welfare. Note: At least when the political costs outweigh the political favors.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704026204575266601413204676.html

Of Politics and Oil - The Washington panic, and the realities of the Gulf Coast spill
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704026204575266903446455896.html

The Panic, Round Two: What Would Reagan Do?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704113504575264940533857802.html
Giant pools of capital are sitting idle in unproductive deposits or inflation hedges. They could easily fund job growth if real, after-tax prospects improved.

The Subjects of the Constitution. By Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Georgetown University Law Center
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1611210
Stanford Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 5, 2010

Reclaiming the Northern Border: The Future of Plan Ecuador
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entries/ecuador_future

John Paul Stevens, leader of the Resistance
http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/05/john-paul-stevens-leader-of-the-resistance

President Obama Needs More Legal Tactics Against Terrorists, by Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0514_miranda_wittes.aspx

Remarks at Colby College Commencement, by Judith A. McHale, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Waterville, ME, May 23, 2010
http://www.state.gov/r/remarks/142197.htm

Stimulus by Spending Cuts: Lessons from 1946
http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/v32n3/cp32n3-1.html

International Energy Outlook 2010-Highlights
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/index.html

Seniors Will Lose Big Under Obamacare
http://fixhealthcarepolicy.com/in-the-news/side-effects-seniors-will-lose-big-under-obamacare