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Brookings Is World's Top Think Tank, Report Shows

| Posted 01.19.2012

By Ambreen Ali Roll Call Staff The Brookings Institution ranked once again as the world's top think tank in an annual survey out today. The inf...

Woe to You, Legislators!

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.14.2011

Jim Wallis

The president's fiscal message this week was on point, and will have to be repeated over and over again in the months ahead against all the pressures to compromise.

"I love John Galt!" (Atlas Shrugged: the Movie)

Ellis Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Ellis Weiner

Any movie version of Atlas Shrugged that is not itself a great big huge mess will have failed to remain faithful to its source, leaving me, for one, very cross.

Rand Paul: Compromise Only Noble On My Terms

Politics Daily | Tom Diemer | Posted 05.25.2011

During his Senate orientation, Paul said a colleague asked him, "'Will you be a great compromiser?'" Paul said Wednesday that he had pondered the ques...

Study Shows Systems Help More Kids in Out-of-School Hours

Ron Fairchild | Posted 05.25.2011

Ron Fairchild

The RAND study, called "Hours of Opportunity," offers firm evidence that we must involve every stakeholder in education to seize the opportunity of summer and other out-of-school hours.

Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' Movie

Posted 05.25.2011

The big screen production of Ayn Rand's legendary novel "Atlas Shrugged" is well under-way, and Reason.tv has a behind-the-scenes look. In the video,...

Attacks On Contractors Surge In Afghanistan

AP | NOOR KHAN and TIM SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The message, very often, is sent with bloodshed. A suicide bombing last week on a fortified Kandahar guesthouse shared ...

Crazy COIN Strategy: US-Pakistani Nuclear Deal

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Mull

Not for-sure nuclear war, mind you, just betting it all and rolling the dice on nuclear war. This is what COIN has come to, what our trillion dollar occupation has come to.

It's Always a Bad Year to Get Out of Afghanistan

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Greenwald

2010-06-06-soldier.jpg After 104 months of war, the last 12 of which saw the U.S. triple the number of troops in Afghanistan, attempted terror attacks against our country are at an all-time high.

Report: Iraq War Undercut U.S. Credibility, Hobbled Democratic Reform

Matthew Duss | Posted 05.25.2011

Matthew Duss

A recent RAND study of the regional effects of the war states, "Iraq's instability has become a convenient scarecrow [for] neighboring regimes [who assert] that democratization inevitably leads to insecurity."

Sam Stein

Rand Paul Gently Rebuked By GOP Senators Over Civil Rights Act Opposition

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Senate Republicans are cautiously distancing themselves from the controversial comments about civil rights legislation made by the GOP candidate who w...

The $100 Trillion Tsunami

Don Ringe | Posted 05.25.2011

Don Ringe

As the polar ice caps continue to melt, it apparently won't be just the polar bears who are threatened. The City of the Angels could become a shallow inland sea.

Families, Caregivers Bear the Biggest Burden

Bob Woodruff | Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Woodruff

This Veterans Day, after we raise the flag, we must raise awareness about wars hidden injuries, and what's required for injured service members, families and caregivers to have safe futures.

Industries Hurt Most By Health Care Costs

usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

A new study shows that some industries have become chronically hamstrung by rising healthcare costs, with lower growth and employment than they'd have...

Get Married, Live Longer? It's a Myth

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Bella DePaulo

When the authors of The Case claimed that getting married saved men's lives, they did so by acting as if the men who got divorced or widowed did not actually get married.

Army Buried Unclassified Study Faulting Bush Administration's Iraq Planning

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning for the Iraq war, even an unclassified assessment can a...