Wednesday, May 13, 2009

On the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and Discount Rates

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Discounting the Future . By Indur M Goklany Is it equitable to favor tomorrow’s wealthier generations over today’s poorer generations? Cato ...

'A Blatant Extortion': the DBPC case in Nicaragua and Dole Food

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'A Blatant Extortion.' WSJ Editorial A judge slams plaintiffs lawyers' torts-for-import game. WSJ, May 13, 2009 Court cases get...

A bipartisan commission says we still need a strong deterrent

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The Nuclear Realists . WSJ Editorial A bipartisan commission says we still need a strong deterrent. ArticleWSJ, May 13, 2009 A bipartisan Co...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

NATO Intelligence: A Contradiction in Terms - Report dated in 1985

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NATO Intelligence: A Contradiction in Terms . By Edward B. Atkeson CIA, Center for the Study of Intelligence > Studies in Intelligence &g...

US Derivatives Sector Riled By Treasury Tax Plan

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US Derivatives Sector Riled By Treasury Tax Plan. By Jacob Bunge Dow Jones Newswires, May 12, 2009 14:41 CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- A U.S. Treasu...

'Thought Crimes' Bill Advances

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'Thought Crimes' Bill Advances . By Nat Hentoff This article appeared in the Metro West Daily News on May 11, 2009. Cato Why is the ...

AEI fellow on how federal president's care proposals will affect physicians

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How ObamaCare Will Affect Your Doctor . By Scott Gottlieb Expect longer waits for appointments as physicians get pinched on reimbursements. ...

Schumer's Shareholder Bill Misses the Mark

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Schumer's Shareholder Bill Misses the Mark . By Martin Lipton, Jay W Lorsch and Theodore N Mirvis Corporate managers need to be able to ...

WSJ Editorial Page on Geithner: He concedes that monetary policy was 'too loose too long'

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Geithner's Revelation . WSJ Editorial He concedes that monetary policy was 'too loose too long.' WSJ, May 12, 2009

Iraq: Hold And Build, Or Lose

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Iraq: Hold And Build, Or Lose . By Anthony H. Cordesman WaPo, Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Despite the violence of the past few weeks, it is Iraq t...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Aung San Suu Kyi's Health

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Aung San Suu Kyi's Health. By Ian Kelly Department Spokesman, Office of the Spokesman Bureau of Public Affairs, Washington, DC, May 11, ...

What Is Macroeconomics? Why Study It?

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Paraphrasing Macroeconomics: Understanding the Wealth of Nations . By David Miles, Imperial College, and Andrew Scott, London Business Schoo...

WaPo: The White House should join lawmakers in reforming the state secrets doctrine

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Securing Lawsuits . WaPo Editorial The White House should join lawmakers in reforming the state secrets doctrine. WaPo, Monday, May 11, 2009...
Saturday, May 9, 2009

WaPo: The administration's inflexible policy on lobbyists and lobbying is having some perverse effects

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Cutting Off Competence . WaPo Editorial The administration's inflexible policy on lobbyists and lobbying is having some perverse effects...
Friday, May 8, 2009

Australia prepares for U.S. decline

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A Pacific Warning . WSJ Editorial Australia prepares for U.S. decline. WSJ, May 08, 2009 Since World War II, U.S. military dominance has und...
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Review of Mansoor's Baghdad at Sunrise: Rediscovering counterinsurgency in Iraq

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The Learning Curve , by Mackubin Thomas Owens Rediscovering counterinsurgency in Iraq. The Weekly Standard, May 11, 2009, Volume 014, Issue ...

The Justice Department, torture and the Demjanjuk deportation case

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The Justice Department’s Torture Hypocrisy . By Andrew C. McCarthy Investigate Bush lawyers’ torture analysis one day, cite it favorably the...

Federal President's attitude on free trade with Latin America

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A Welcome Shift . By Jaime Daremblum Obama appears to be moving in the right direction on free trade with Latin America. The Weekly Standard...

Federal President's attitude toward the rule of law, Chrysler & UAW

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White House puts UAW ahead of property rights . By Michael Barone Washington Examiner, May 05, 2009 Last Friday, the day after Chrysler file...

WSJ Editorial Page on difficulties with Guantanamo and detainees

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Obama's Gitmo Mess . WSJ Editorial So where is the Pentagon going to send the Yemenis? WSJ, May 07, 2009 On his second day in office, Pr...

Regulation Didn't Save Canada's Banks

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Regulation Didn't Save Canada's Banks . By Marie-Josee Kravis Our neighbors to the north keep government out of lending decisions. W...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Against the empathy standard for choosing judges

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Ruth Marcus’s Misguided Defense of the Obama Standard . By Ed Whelan Bench Memos/NRO, May 07, 2009 In today’s Washington Post, columnist Rut...
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In favor of the empathy standard for choosing judges

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Behind Justice's Blindfold , By Ruth Marcus WaPo, Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Should the judge be an umpire or an empathizer? Chief Justice J...
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