Before I get to analysis and criticism, let me give the Obama administration credit for proposing a draft AUMF yesterday. The administration’s many promises about working with Congress to craft an AUMF for the Islamic State (ISIL), combined with the lack of a concrete proposal that has long been the President’s responsibility, had led me to doubt that it really wanted one.
In his State of the Union address last month, President Obama reiterated his determination to shut down the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Some in Congress are resolved to stop him. Even Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has supported closing the prison in the past, joined a recent congressional effort to slow releases from Guantanamo on the grounds that the president has never presented Congress with a “concrete or coherent plan.”
I recently sent off my review of Russ Roberts' book How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life. The publication I sent the review to is a quarterly and so it should run in the Spring. I highly recommend Russ's book, by the way. (Russ, as most readers of this post probably already know, is the host of Econtalk.)
"NBC Nightly News" anchorman Brian Williams frequently fabricated a dramatic story that he was under enemy attack while reporting from Iraq. NBC is now investigating whether Williams also embellished events in New Orleans during his reporting on Hurricane Katrina.
Proposition 30, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), not reforming education post-Vergara v. California, and AB 32 - are all easily identifiable policies contributing to California's struggling business climate. But let me add another one: California's housing affordability crisis.
The Hoover Archives recently acquired the papers of Ernest M. “Allie” Allison (1894–1976), an American aviator who helped advance China’s burgeoning aviation industry when that country faced a Japanese invasion and struggled with internal turmoil. Much of the collection documents Allison's years in China (intermittently between 1929 and 1949) when he served as chief pilot, operations manager, and vice-president-elect of the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and an adviser to the Aeronautical Commission.
In seeking authorization for his six-month-old military campaign against the Islamic State terrorist group, President Obama on Wednesday did something that few if any of his predecessors have done: He asked Congress to restrict the ability of the commander in chief to wage war against an overseas enemy.
Among the faculty members participating in the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection are President John Hennessy, George Triantis, John Mitchell and Jennifer Granick.
The surprising decision by the new government of Sri Lanka to reverse course and support a billion-dollar Chinese port project underscores the long shadow of Beijing’s influence in the region, even in countries seemingly determined to push back.
U.S. education policy has rarely enjoyed the level of attention it has received since Americans discovered the intricacies of the Common Core standards. An even larger issue than this education reform initiative is looming, however, one that could cement federal control of education in the states — whether in the form of Common Core or some other program.
