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The Brookings Institution is a liberal-leaning, non-profit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development. Their stated mission is to "provide innovative and practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: strengthen American democracy; foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans; and secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative... read more

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Dumb Power

From The New Republic Dated 29 July 2010 Washington –Can a nation remain a superpower if its internal politics are incorrigibly stupid? Start with taxes. In every other serious democracy, conservative political parties feel at least some obligation to match their tax policies with their spending plans....

Speculation Surrounds Pakistan Over Content of Leaked Documents

From Online NewsHour Dated 28 July 2010 Listen to the Audio Afghan war documents published earlier this week by whistle-blower site WikiLeaks have raised questions about Pakistan's role in the war. Judy Woodruff gets two perspectives from Stephen Cohen, a senior fellow at the Brookings...

Exports could be key to growth in Utah

From Salt Lake Tribune / Deseret Morning News Dated 27 July 2010 Exports could be key to growth in Utah By Steven Oberbeck The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Jul 26, 2010 06:20PM MDT Export growth will play an increasingly important role in Utah’s economy in the years ahead and has the potential...

HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 26TH, 2010

From The Huffington Post Dated 26 July 2010 With campaign season underway, pols of all stripes are ratcheting up the posturing, self-promotion and equivocation...oh lord the equivocation. Zach Wamp says he doesn't want to secede from the union, despite implying last week that some states may have...

More than 200,000 jobs in Phila. region tied to export activity

From Philly.com Dated 26 July 2010 A Brookings Institution study looked at the impact of exporting on 100 metropolitan regions.

Springs area fares poorly in export rankings

From Colorado Springs Gazette Dated 26 July 2010 Export-related jobs in the Colorado Springs area grew at the slowest rate between 2003 and 2008 of any of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to a study released today by the Brookings Institution. The local economy added 2,923...

The End of the Fox News Era

From The Plank Dated 26 July 2010 Washington —The smearing of Shirley Sherrod ought to be a turning point in American politics. This is not, as the now trivialized phrase has it, a "teachable moment." It is a time for action. The mainstream media and the...

Michael Tomasky: Daniel Schorr

From The Guardian Dated 23 July 2010 One can't say it's a shock when a 93-year-old-man dies, but the death of veteran American newsman Daniel Schorr this morning at that rich age is a real loss for American journalism.Schorr comes from a time and culture, CBS News...

Market Intelligence: Despite lowest national ranking, college graduation rates rise in Bakersfield

From Bakersfield.com Dated 22 July 2010 According to a 2010 report released in March by The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, Bakersfield ranked last out of 100 metropolitan areas for college degree attainment. In 2008, the Washington, D.C., metro area ranked first with 47 percent...

Australian for 2010

From The New Republic Dated 22 July 2010 Washington —It's rare to see a dry run for an election campaign. But over the next month, Australia will provide a testing ground for some of the core themes in this November's American elections. Last weekend, Prime Minister Julia...

CBS: Financial Reform 'Another Huge Milestone For President Obama'

From NewsBusters.org Dated 21 July 2010 On Wednesday's CBS Early Show, fill-in co-host Erica Hill cheered the passage of financial reform legislation as "another huge milestone for President Obama." Hill went on to explain: "The first was when he signed the historic health care bill back...

The REALLY Lonely Centrist

From The New Republic Dated 19 July 2010 Washington —The titans of the private sector say President Obama is anti-business. Many progressives say he coddles business. How does the administration manage to pull that off? The "center" is said to be the most comfortable place in American...

Our Immigration Policy is Obsolete

From Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish Dated 16 July 2010 by David Frum Ezra Klein highlights this chart from the Brookings Institution showing that at present rates of job growth it will take years to "close the jobs gap." Brookings explains: The "job gap" underlying these numbers is daunting. In......

Hey, Palin!

From The Plank Dated 15 July 2010 Washington —Good for the NAACP. We need an honest conversation about the role of race and racism in the Tea Party. Thanks to a resolution passed this week at the venerable organization's national convention, we'll get it. The minute...

HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 13TH, 2010

From The Huffington Post Dated 13 July 2010 Harry Reid didn't say much about his energy bill but did disclose that it deals with "pollution" which "means there's bad stuff in the air." Other politicians were a bit more forthcoming. Rand Paul thinks poor people should quit...

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