24 | June | 2011

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Why Do More Egyptians Like Osama than Obama?

Lazar Berman | June 24, 2011, 6:08 pm

President Obama assumed office expecting that the force of his oratory and his compelling personal story would transform perceptions of the United States in the Arab and broader Muslim world. But a stunning International Peace Institute poll on public opinion … read more >

Economics, Entitlements

A Koch-and-Bull Story on Social Security

Andrew Biggs | June 24, 2011, 5:35 pm

A group called the Brave New Foundation has a video circulating the Internet touting a conspiracy by the Koch brothers (or Koch Brothers, I guess) to create an “echo chamber” calling for the destruction of Social Security. The video itself … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Racial Quotas at the EPA?

Kenneth P. Green | June 24, 2011, 4:42 pm

An EPA word problem: Let’s say that Lisa has $3 million dollars to spend on research to help small, public drinking water systems keep up with ever-tightening standards. Does she A) pick the best research proposals submitted to her agency, or … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

Osama bin Laden, Head of Marketing, Urges Name Change

Alex Della Rocchetta | June 24, 2011, 4:40 pm

Osama bin Laden—a terrorist CEO, selling holy war on behalf of a corporation suffering a drop in market share? For the intelligence analysts mining the data seized from the terror chief’s compound in Abbottabad, likening bin Laden to a public … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

House Vote Shows Lack of Support, Conviction on Libya

Gary Schmitt | June 24, 2011, 3:32 pm

Often forgotten is the fact that the Constitution was crafted and ratified after a decade of what the founding generation considered to be flawed and ineffective rule under America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation. And a key complaint was that … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Obama Should’ve Sought Congressional Cooperation on Libya

John Yoo | June 24, 2011, 3:21 pm

Today’s House votes on the Libya resolution turned out exactly as they should have. President Obama is relying on his commander-in-chief and chief executive authority to use force in Libya. Despite what he said as an antiwar candidate, Obama doesn’t need Congress’s … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Reserve Released, Larger Oil Sources Untapped

Jonah Goldberg | June 24, 2011, 12:54 pm

The White House is joining a multination effort to ease world oil prices. For its part, the United States will release 1 million barrels of oil every day for the next 30 days. Another 27 other nations will, collectively, release … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Asia

International Pressure on China Works

Daniel Blumenthal | June 24, 2011, 10:38 am

Does the Chinese leadership respond to international pressure when they behave badly? This was a question I was asked on PRI/NPR/BBC’s “The World” yesterday. In the case of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s release from prison the answer is yes. The … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion

What You May Have Missed In the Polls

Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg | June 24, 2011, 9:58 am

Gas Prices: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Thursday that the United States would release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to supply disruptions relating to Libyan unrest. Poll responses provide another possible reason … read more >

Carpe Diem

Some Non-Strategic Thinking About a Non-Problem

Mark J. Perry | June 24, 2011, 12:47 am

Gasoline prices have been dropping steadily for the last six weeks, and the current price of $3.62 per gallon (national average) is the lowest in three months and almost 8% below the recent peak of close to $4 per gallon … read more >