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Google ready to pursue its agenda in Washington

with Bill Whalenvia Los Angeles Times
Saturday, January 24, 2009

Reporting from Washington -- Another inauguration took place in Washington this week -- Google Inc. officially became a political power player...

Analysis and Commentary

A Liberal Translation

by Timothy Garton Ashvia New York Times
Saturday, January 24, 2009

GOVERNMENT and markets both have their place in a decent society, President Obama suggested in his Inaugural Address, but can become a force for ill if they are without restraint...

In the News

Cass Sunstein, President Barack Obama's pick for regulatory czar, has liberals nervous

with Richard A. Epsteinvia Chicago Tribune
Friday, January 23, 2009

They were friends and colleagues for years at the University of Chicago, and if you ask Cass Sunstein, he will tell you that conservatives have nothing to fear from President Barack Obama...

Analysis and Commentary

A Radical Re-Imagining Of The Tax System

by Russ Robertsvia Forbes
Friday, January 23, 2009

President Obama is eager to attack the economic crisis...

Analysis and Commentary

Investors Want Clarity Before They Take Risks

by Michael J. Boskinvia Wall Street Journal
Friday, January 23, 2009

Obama could calm markets with some swift policy moves and reassuring words.

In the News

The Risks of Releasing Detainees

with Kenneth Anderson, Benjamin Wittesvia New York Times
Friday, January 23, 2009

The Times reports today on the case of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who has emerged as the deputy leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen...

Analysis and Commentary

Government Spending Is No Free Lunch

by Robert J. Barrovia Wall Street Journal
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Back in the 1980s, many commentators ridiculed as voodoo economics the extreme supply-side view that across-the-board cuts in income-tax rates might raise overall tax revenues...

In the News

Heard In Iran: Bulldozer Destroys Graves of Political Prisoners

with Abbas Milanivia Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Noted Iran expert Abbas Milani of Stanford University tells Radio Farda that it would be a huge mistake for Iran's rulers to use Obama's call for engagement as an excuse to buy time for its nuclear program...

In the News

Tough GOPers Stand Up To Geithner; All GOPers Should Counter Keynesian Stimulus

with Robert J. Barro, Gary S. Becker, John B. Taylorvia CNBC
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Team Obama has gotten its way on the Tim Geithner nomination for Treasury secretary, as all the Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee voted for Geithner despite his embarrassing non-payment of payroll taxes while at the IMF...

In the News

Oaths, Bibles and Presidents

with Richard A. Epsteinvia Washington Post
Thursday, January 22, 2009

President Obama may be a historic figure, but his awkward swearing-in ceremony and subsequent do-over of the oath of office don't make him unique in the American historical record...

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