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Thinking in the heat must be bad for you because every major think tank seems to be MIA this week. Can you get Palinized for thinking?
Monday, August 10: We know it’s not as simple as “It’s hot therefore global warming is real,” but seriously, who denies global warming on a thousand-degree day? The Heritage Foundation, that’s who! Join them today at noon as they “systematically debunk” every assertion Al Gore made in his film An Inconvenient Truth and try to [...]
FOR WHATEVER REASON, the thinkers over at the Brookings Institution have declared August to be “think free month.’” Sure it’s hot, but there’s still plenty of thinking to be done — we have yet to reach our potential as a socialist country and you KNOW we can do it. To see what the Brookings kids [...]
Monday, July 27: Have no fear, because the Heritage Foundation, courtesy of an event with know-it-all Jim DeMint, will rescue us from our decline into Socialism! Phew. Tonight, Ol’ Waterloo himself explains that we can “Save Freedom” (we recommend 1-qt Ziploc bags in the freezer; it keeps for months) by keeping a close eye on [...]
Here’s your weekly think tank event roundup: Tuesday, July 21: Running for president didn’t seem to pan out for Howard Dean, and neither did running the DNC. To cut his losses, Dr. Dean is focusing on a hot button issue, health care. On Tuesday at 12:30PM, he discusses why health care reform must happen now, [...]
Here’s your weekly think tank event roundup: Monday, July 13: The National Endowment for Democracy, true to what it was put on this earth to think about, is hosting an event today that looks at how we can foster democracy in oil rich countries. The demand for oil seems to bring about dictatorships in these countries instead of [...]
Here’s your weekly think tank event roundup: Tuesday, July 8: Of all of our failing wars, the War on Drugs may be the one that we can actually manage to win – that is, if we no longer refer to it as a “war.” On Tuesday at noon, the Cato Institute explains how this semantic [...]
Here’s your weekly think tank event roundup: Tuesday, June 30: Some folks at the Woodrow Wilson Center are curious about what exactly the Iranian presidential elections tell us. Well, we’re not sure the best way to phrase this, but MICHAEL JACKSON IS DEAD. All news attention and all tweets must be focused on his passing [...]
Monday, June 22: Even though you can get a pretty thorough and in-depth look at what’s happening in Iran via the godsend that is Twitter, the New America Foundation thought you might like to hear from the “experts” about what’s happening and what we need to do. Their little two hour pow-wow starting today at [...]
Wednesday, June 17: Feeling oddly confident that Cheney won’t be vindicated by a catastrophic terror attack before Independence Day? Well that’s because it’s “Protect America Month,” at least according to the Heritage Foundation. (And no, we don’t think they’re referring to increasing funding for sex education). Start your Think Tank Week on Wednesday at 10:30AM [...]
Tuesday, June 9: Accidentally hook up with an intern last weekend? Ouch. Later learn that he’s not even 21 and that he’s living with his parents for the summer? OUCH. Well, if you’re looking to avoid the onslaught of interns who unfortunately take over this fine city in the summer months, avoid Campus Progress’ annual [...]
Think tanks have this magical ability to fix all the evil in the world, just by thinking. This week they solve the Middle East crisis (ABOUT TIME) and explain how the financial crisis has affected everyone from children to small animals to the newest crop of starving, underpaid/unpaid interns in DC. And the Heritage Foundation [...]
This week for our think tank round up, we are on our knees praying that Cheney doesn’t make another guest appearance at AEI. Last week’s speech didn’t help him, or America, or even AEI for that matter (shouldn’t they be trying to rebuild their reputation after their failed love affair with the neocons?). At least [...]
Wednesday, May 20: We thought we’d lay off the Heritage Foundation this week, but because they’re so stubbornly anti-any new policy, it seems as if we have no other choice. This week’s “Good God if only McCain were President” event/wake focuses on Cuba, land of sinister 1950s tropical communists.
Tuesday, May 12: The week in Think-Tank Stuff starts with a new installment of “What is Obama fucking up now?” The answer? Heath care reform, according to the Heritage Foundation.
