Why Conservatives Should Care About Foreign Assistance Reform
By Mark Green, Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network
5.27.10
“Last week I wrote that I would post a series of pieces designed to lay out the Conservative case for foreign assistance reform.  I had a lot positive feedback – and also some negative. Some Conservative writers indicated they thought that we [...]

The 10 Black Swans of Summer
by David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
5.28.10
“In yesterday’s post, I noted some of the most relevant developments in the political world that’ve occurred recently. But we’re hardly out of the neck of the woods. The summer of 2010 promises to be an … interesting time.”
http://rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/05/28/the_10_black_swans_of_summer

Why Deficit Hawks Are Killing the Recovery
by Robert Reich, RobertReich.org
5.28.10
“Without consumers opening their wallets, and without government making up the difference, we’re careening toward a double-dip recession. The long-term deficit (i.e. Medicare as boomers become seniors) needs attention, but right now it’s critical for government to spend. Otherwise we have no hope of getting free of the [...]

Blast From Rasumussen’s Past
by Nate Silver, Five Thirty Eight
5.26.10
“While 2000 was generally a fairly rough year for pollsters, who had to deal with an unenthusiastic electorate, some third-party challengers, and some late-breaking developments like Bush’s DUI charge, Rasmussen was the worst of the lot, missing by an average of 5.7 points. They also called 7 [...]

This post is coming a bit late as I have had no internet access over the past few days. Luckily, I’ve had the good sense to take copious notes to help remember all of the amazing things that I have been up to. With some more luck, I will catch up on my trip so [...]

I arrived safely last night, India time of course, after travelling for twenty-two hours straight plus a ten and a half hour time difference. There are many occasions where I’ve travelled before and found it hard to reconcile where I actually am based on sight alone. There is no question I’m in India right now. [...]

I had posted a version of this on March 20th, promising to journal my first-hand experience with the issues I love to write about. Well, after a long delay, each day for the next two weeks I will post a journal entry that represents one day of my trip.

Let’s tell big oil: You break it, you buy it
By Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), The Hill
5.28.10
“That’s why, last week, I introduced HR 5355. The “no cap” bill would completely eliminate the arbitrary $75 million liability cap, because the best way to ensure responsible behavior is to make corporations responsible for their actions. They benefit when [...]

Obama’s National Security Strategy: A little George Bush, lots of Bill Clinton
By Samuel R. Berger, The Washington Post
5.30.10
“In that same spirit, the administration’s framework deserves bipartisan support. We can and should argue our differences over the detention of prisoners, methods to disarm dangerous states, how hard to push for democratic rights and the costs of [...]

Climate Change: Markets are the Problem and the Solution
By Stephen Peterson and Andrew Lemon, The Hill
5.28.10
“Our energy choices are the result of the markets we use to organize economic activity. Markets do a wonderful job of producing and allocating goods. They are the reason that supermarket shelves are stocked with thousands of products and the [...]