guantanamo bay and detainees a u.s. federal judge on thursday ordered the release of five algerian detainees from the guantanamo bay detention camp saying that the men had been held unlawfully for the past seven years. the case was the first hearing on the bush administra tion8217 s justification for holding detainees at the camp. news outlets analysis and comments on the men821......
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gop recovery fire rush limbaugh morton kondracke november 21 2008 roll call in recent years republicans have let rightwing talkshow hosts whip the gop base into frenzies over immigration braindamage victim terri schiavo and samesex marriage that have branded the party as troglodyte. the result is that the demographic groups representing the future of american ......
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nations move on how to put natural assets at the top of agenda close to 100 nations have concluded a review of how science can better guide policy by examining the merits of a new scientific body able to put the loss of biodiversity ecosystems and their multitrillion dollar services at the top of the political agenda. congress has much to do but lame ducks could foil a......
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a report released by the brookings institution in september asserts that the medias framing of the immigration debate is to blame for the failure of comprehensive immigration reform in 2006 and 2007. the medias narrative about immigration is one of illegality crisis controversy and government failure the report states and this narrative is open to exploitation by extremists on bo......
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if hillary clinton survives the vetting of bill and becomes our 3rd female secretary of state of the last four her appointment should go some way towards alleviating feelings of disappointment from this election cycle felt by many feminists. however as obama continues o build his team of rivals he will no doubt seek out more candidates who are a the best in their field......
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concluding the series on obamas cabinet reason foundations shikha dalmia discusses the best and worst choices obama could make for secretary of energy obama has pledged to move america toward a green energy economy. he markets this idea on which he plans to spend 150 billion over 10 years as a public works project that would allegedly create millions of new jobs. the money would suppo......
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this summer we visited the fdr family sites maintained by the national park service in hyde park ny fdrs springwood estate the fdr presidential library museum eleanor roosevelts valkill and the remarkable top cottage private retreat that fdr designed for himself. the top cottage guides went out of their way to explain that more than 60......
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the case has been made for the benefits lower miles driven more equitable pricing of payasyoudrive insurance 822 1payasy oudrive auto insurance a simple way to reduce drivingrelated harms and increase equity by jason e. bordoff and pascal j. noel of brookings report here . but one thing some of you may not know about and which i was reminded about it by ......
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maybe according to allan sloan and martin feldstein both writing in todays washington post.a cant say i disagree with either of them although i still want the government to do more to help out my friends and relatives who work for the industry and are neither part of the unions nor among the highlycompensated executives by the way. my favorite part ofaall......
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according to an analysis by cnbc financial crisis tab already in the trillions the financial bailout tab already stands at 4.28 trillion and counting. thats about 20 times the cost of the louisiana purchase adjusted for inflation and more than anything else cnbc could come up with including world war ii which cost 3.6 trillion by their estimate. nbsp......
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congress is facing a few road bumps during this lame duck session to pass any legislation. the omnibus lands bill that restricts energy exploration has been put on the backburner at least for now to make room for a vote to bail out detroit. the good news is democrats and republicans are at a stalemate when it comes to how to actually help general motors ford and chrysler. the auto bailout d......
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there have been an interesting couple of articles about error rates in paper ballots in franklin county ohio.a here is the crux of the discussion votes in central ohios franklin county were 2.5 times more likely to go unrecorded when they were cast on paper ballots instead of touchscreen machines a newspaper analysis of the nov. 4 election found. critics of paper ballots say the s......
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obamas popular vote mandate 52.7 vs. 46.0 for john mccain represents the first time since jimmy carter that a democrat has won a majority of the popular vote. obamas 365 electoral vote landslide effectively ends the reds tateblues tate conventional wisdom forever. imposing as these numbers may be there are other key indicators from election 2008 ......
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joshua m. epstein of sugarscape fame and the coauthor of the famous social modeling book growing artificial societies social science from the bottom up together with robert l. axtell has written a concise and tothepoint article on virtues of modeling why model this recent article in the latest issue of journal of artificial societies and social ......
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increasing calls for regionalism by brookings and others seems smart on its face. but the experience with regionalism in a lot of parts of the country does not exactly produce the outcome advocates of regionalism are seeking. i was reminded of this last week when i traveled to new haven to speak to 1000 friends of connecticut . according to insiders there regionalism is very much in play. ......
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klicka pa bilden. de bada amerikanska politiska partierna har alltid varit betydligt mer intellektuella an sina svenska motsvarigheter. nar ronald reagan tog aver presidentambetet fran jimmie carter sa anvande han sig t.ex. av den republikanska tankesmedjan heritage foundation far att formulera sin politik. heritage foundation och andra republikanska tankesmedjor blev sedan en fareb......
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to save you from having to read about whether the world needs a new bretton woods heres the quip domestically the united states is a fervent believer in checks and balances. internationally however having successfully fought off the existential challenge of communism the united states behaves as if it .........
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stephen hess new book what do we do now a workbook for the presidentelect you mean you havent read about it recently features an interesting and funny section entitled why leakers leak which will obviously be of interest to fishbowldc readers. join us after the jump... continued... new career opportunities daily......
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the outlines of the next us adminstrat ion s policy towards afghanistan are now becoming clear. conversations with individuals involved in formulating the obama teams views on the conflict and a useful piece in the washington post confirm that we are likely to see some at least of the following in the coming months a a push towards a regional solution that may include some kin......
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if you keep up with the local or national news you have probably heard that presidentelect barack obama will create an office of urban policy when he takes office in january. you have probably also heard that none other than our very own mayor manny diaz is being bandied about as a potential candidate to lead the office. my gut feeling is that barack may go someone like bruce katz of the broo....
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earlier this year a good oldfashioned intellectual brawl erupted in the world of terrorism studies over whether al qaeda is still a coherent topdown organization with the ability to direct and carry out attacks on its own or whether it has fragmented and now serves mainly as a source of inspiration for grassroots freelancers. the battle was fought mainly by bruce hoffman a professor at georg......
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does no one else get the obscenity of michelle obama checking out all the possible school options for her children when the majority of poor african american residents of washington dc do not have such a choice and they want it senator obama is a staunch opponent of letting them have that choice even though districts in dire straights have bipartisan support and overwhelming parent support......
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corn fields for food or fuel over the past year alarming articles have been published linking high food prices to the demand for the alternative fuel cornbased ethanol . some have even positioned the issue as one of rich vs. poor. rich americans demand cheaper fuel for their gashogging suvs and then poor residents in other nations around the world go to bed with empty stomachs. what ar......
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according to the third installment in brookings food fuel and finance series i love the alliteration an interview by navtej dhillon with heba handoussa egypt has the potential to benefit from the global economic downturn provided it plays to its strengths lots of small businesses cheap labor and an economical option for mediterranean travel. the american lesson that an e......
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i am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows the iraq war is largely about oil alan greenspan 2007 the guardian had an interesting article recently on discussions about exploiting 40 billion barrels of iraqi oil reserves. the biggest ever sale of oil assets will take place today when the iraqi government puts 40bn barrels of recove......
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