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] MORE »

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] MORE »

Thursday, October 15: In celebration of Columbus Day, Libertarians weigh the pros and cons of using smallpox blankets in Afghanistan. [Cato Institute] MORE »

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] MORE »

Tuesday, August 25: What’s so wrong with people storming town halls with overtly racist propaganda and the world falling apart before our eyes? The Center for American Progress is a little peeved at this and may or may not be advocating for conservatives to start gulping “poison” (their words, not ours), so that we can get this world back in order. They’re so dramatic. Enjoy their discussion about the end of the culture wars on Tuesday at noon. [Center for American Progress]
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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 convince us that the government’s anti-warming policies are in fact WORSE then global warming itself.  [Heritage Foundation]
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* House Republicans set vote on Dubai port deal for next week despite White House resistance. House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio): “This has become a very hot political potato.” [WP, NYT]
* Military spending for Iraq and Afghanistan will reach $117.6b this fiscal year. [W$J]
* Harold Ickes, with George Soros, are sidestepping the DNC to create a massive nationwide voter list. Ickes: “The Republicans have developed a cadre of people who appreciate databases and know how to use them, and we are way behind the march.” [WP]
* Congress renews Patriot Act by vote of 280 to 138. [WP, NYT]
* Senate Select Committee on Intelligence rejects Democratic calls for inquiry of NSA eavesdropping; White House agrees to new oversight rules. [WP, NYT, W$J]
* The CIA is not interested in cooperating with the Libby investigation by providing classified documents. [WP, NYT]
* Sen. Clinton moves to tie up money and talent for ‘08 race. [NYT]
* Cato Institutes vents beef with Bush. [WP]
* Rep. DeLay wins Republican primary in Texas. [AP]