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  • May 9, 2011
    Huffington Post
    Domestic Military Detention Isn’t Necessary
    President Obama’s executive order continuing the custody of detainees at Guantanamo Bay signals that the Bush foreign policy doctrine, long assaulted by civil libertarians, is alive and well in this supposedly reformist administration. On the other hand, congressional Republicans …
    By David Rittgers
  • May 8, 2011
    Huffington Post
    America and Pakistan: Partners with Diverging Interests
    … Afghan Taliban, Lashkar‐​e‐​Taiba, the Haqqani Network, and other specific proxy groups as enemies, but as assets to Pakistani policy. Consider comments made by Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, the head of Pakistan’s Inter‐​Services Intelligence (ISI). Only …
    By Malou Innocent
  • May 6, 2011
    Blog
    New Job Numbers
    … s a legitimate argument. But is it an accurate argument? Since there’s no parallel universe where we can conduct policy experiments, there’s no way of proving which side is wrong. Nonetheless, this chart from the Minneapolis Federal Reserve …
    By Daniel J. Mitchell
  • May 6, 2011
    Blog
    This Week in Government Failure
    … Hill. Tad compares budgeting in 1995 and 2011. Dan Griswold describes the idiocy of federal sugar policies. I discuss fiscal policy and royal weddings. Obama is talking corporate tax cuts and Republicans are talking spending cuts. I’ve got a …
    By Chris Edwards
  • May 6, 2011
    Blog
    On Prisoner Treatment and Interrogation
    Matthew Alexander, former senior military interrogator in Iraq, says the abuse and torture of prisoners hurt the U.S. by giving up the moral high ground. He says the policy also helped al‐​Qaeda recruit and very likely slowed the …
    By Tim Lynch
  • May 6, 2011
    Forbes.com
    China Talks a Green Line While the U.S. Walks One
    … and that the top one is based upon market exchange rates. If the renminbi is artificially undervalued by Chinese monetary policy, then the two lines are somewhat closer together). So if the Chinese are to reduce their intensity by a …
    By Patrick J. Michaels
  • May 6, 2011
    The Wall Street Journal
    Barney Frank’s Latest Bad Idea
    … bank presidents. But not just dissent. They can also provide a Fed chairman with the votes needed to conduct good policy. Paul Volcker’s anti‐​inflation policy in the late 1970s and 1980s was importantly backed by the presidents on …
    By Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr.
  • May 5, 2011
    Blog
    Back-Door Tax Increases Are a Recipe for Bigger Government
    … tax expenditures, their tax savings would not increase if they took out a larger mortgage or a more expensive insurance policy. … a 2 percent cap on tax expenditures in 2011 would raise tax revenue by $278 billion — nearly 30 percent …
    By Daniel J. Mitchell
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