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 Summer Kick-Off Party. MORE »

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. MORE »

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. MORE »

Your weekly think tank event round up:

Monday, May 4: Obama’s smart and all, but someone should really tell him that all his ideas just suck. Thank God for the Heritage Foundation. Today at 1PM they enlighten us as to why green jobs won’t jump start the economy and that what we really need are more guns, wars, and Fox News. MORE »

Yes, DC has lots of think tanks and no, no one really knows why they are so special, or if all that highfalutin “thinking” really makes a difference. But some actually have interesting events and oftentimes serve “light refreshments” — little sandwiches, or maybe off-brand cookies — and if you’re really lucky they may even serve booze. But you may have to pretend to listen to policy experts. MORE »

Now that Obama has closed down the evil Gitmo prison camp, he’s left with 250 detainees that need to either be released or criminally prosecuted – of course, there’s that tiny little problem of Where, How and Why. MORE »

Congressmen Keith Ellison and Brian Baird have returned from their little excursion to the Middle East and will talk about What They’ve Learned in a panel discussion, “Thinking Through a U.S. Strategy Toward Gaza,” at 12:45PM on Thursday, March 5, at the New America Foundation. MORE »

Everyone calm down — Rick Santorum found a job! He’ll be paid a lot of money to “work” for the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a group whose name has once again made the Top Ten Most Ironically-Named DC Think Tanks list. The former Pennsylvania Senator will be directing the center’s brand-new “America’s Enemies program.” The program’s mission is to make as many enemies as possible and try to convince people to be terrified of them. MORE »

This post is, of course, an excuse to post this picture. (AP) MORE »

It’s always bracing, on the eve of a nominations process of historic importance, shaping the legal future of the republic for generations to come, to take stock of the people’s will. By bracing, of course, we mean “colossally embarrassing” and by “people’s will,” we mean “the nation’s staggering witlessness.” The American Enterprise Institute has reviewed poll results querying Americans on their grasp of Supreme Court affairs. Here’s a snapshot of our, uhm, knowledge: MORE »