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Monday, April 12 — 5:30 PM: AEI finds its inner Jewish mother for its event about guilt and how its “moral and metaphysical bases” is ruining our ability to understand what is happening in the world. Well, whatever. [AEI]
Constantly fired conservative David Frum is throwing an ironical party for himself, after his latest firing from the American Enterprise Institute, where his liberal “we should negotiate in good faith with the majority party” views didn’t please prospective donors. He is now very unemployed, having only five or six regular columnist jobs. And what about [...]
Wednesday, March 24: What’s so wrong with treating interns like sweatshop workers? Their nimble, small fingers are made for hours of unpaid stapling and filing. The Economic Policy Institute is upset that only wealthy kids are given this glorious opportunity and are hosting event in order to make sure that all God’s children can have [...]
Tuesday, February 2: Last week we learned that corporations are more like people than actual people are, and on Tuesday the Cato Institute will tell us why the decision is a victory for those of us who secretly wish that we, too, had a fat-cat CEO and a stock listing. And on Thursday, February 4, [...]
Wednesday, January 13: Bush administration Torture Czar John Yoo, who spends his days perfecting his water-boarding skills, will explain why he had EVERY RIGHT to add torture and other fabulous features to the American government at an event Wednesday at AEI. [AEI]
Tuesday, December 1: Contemplating large expenditures after they’ve been implemented — it’s the American way. The Urban Institute considers if the government is actually capable of stimulating economic mobility, $750 billion dollars later. [The Urban Institute]
Wednesday, November 18: AEI is worried that there are no female scientists. Oh wait, they don’t really care, they’re just worried that the government may intervene and do something about this. You know, because government intervention in ANYTHING brings about dire “socioeconomic repercussions.” [AEI]
Monday, November 9: It’s the JDate event of the century: a discussion at the Hudson Institute about why all Jews are liberals! Learn why the Jews worship Obama (hint: it’s not because he’s black). [Hudson Institute]
Tuesday, November 3: The Center for American Progress has somehow managed to hire God as a Senior Fellow. His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the patriarch of Orthodox Christianity, will be discussing the nature of progress, an ever-so-fascinating topic, tomorrow at Georgetown University. [Center for American Progress]
Monday, October 26: Does anyone notice that we have a black president? If you still feel like talking about race in the Obama era, you’re in luck: CAP is hosting a discussion about this elusive subject tonight at 6PM. [Center for American Progress]
Monday, October 19: If all goes according to plan, soon America will be made in China. The New America Foundation divulges how the two countries have in fact become one. [New America Foundation]
Monday, September 28: When you’re down, worried about socialism, and convinced that Obama is Hitler, Ronald Reagan will always be there. Today, the Heritage Foundation once again honors this man. [Heritage Foundation]
Wednesday, September 23: Boo hoo California’s broke. Half of its population has been laid off, the other half may be paid eventually, and basically no one there can find a job. Can AEI save California or should we just fuck it and assume the state will burn down from a wildfire anyway? [AEI]
Tuesday, September 15: Happy anniversary Lehman Brothers! One year ago today you kids went under, screwing over pretty much all of America. Here’s to last year, a year of high unemployment, bailouts and the near total collapse of the American/global banking system! The Brookings Institute examines what happened last September, where we are today, and what [...]
