ANOTHER OPINION From The Washington Post Don DeArmon of Frederick, Md. , made a great point on our letters page recently. In offering congratulations to 92-year-old Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va. , for becoming the longest-serving member of Congress in U. Full Article at South Bend Tribune

The best foreign policy think-tanks in Washington, D.C. all have a few things in common. Full Article at Associated Content

I wrote in my earlier post about Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy’s forthcoming Afghanistan speech at the American Enterprise Institute that I was going to try hard not to read anything into her speech to the neoconservative... Full Article at The Washington Independent

For a number of days now, we’ve been hearing rumors that Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s “regulatory czar,” was on the verge of hiring conservative economist Randall Lutter to join him at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). Full Article at Grist

Rena Steinzor, a law professor at the University of Maryland and president of the Center for Progressive Reform, reports that Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s “regulatory czar,” may be hiring Randall Lutter, a conservative economist who spent time at... Full Article at The Washington Independent

Advocacy groups en masse ratchet up their messages in the lead-up to the global climate change conference. Full Article at Miller-McCune

On the American Enterprise Institute's blog, former federal ed stats Commissioner Mark Schneider casts doubt on whether the Obama administration's "Educate to Innovate" campaign is likely to bring more students into math and science studies or the... Full Article at Education Week

AEI is an odd venue for Flournoy for two reasons. First, she co-founded the most influential think tank of the Obama era, the Center for a New American Security. Full Article at The Washington Independent

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I'm very surprised that Dambisa Moyo, the Zambian-born conservative economist and author of the best-selling book Dead Aid, didn't make Foreign Policy magazine's first annual list. Full Article at Booker Rising

He has written a favorable review of the American Enterprise Institute’s recent anthology, The Politically Correct University: Problems, Scope, and Reforms. Full Article at Phi Beta Cons

A study by the nonpartisan America's Promise Alliance (headed by Colin Powell) made the news earlier this year when it revealed that America's public high schools are plagued with high dropout rates – as high as 75 percent in the Detroit school system,... Full Article at The Orange County Register

One of America’s leading advocates of black self-help through neighborhood organizations, Robert Woodson received a master’s degree in social work from the University of Pennsylvania and became an adjunct professor at the New School for Social Research... Full Article at First Principles

Tom Ricks on three things we need from Obama on Afghanistan - "corruption and abuses? - security problems in Pakistan? - U.S. domestic support?" Full Article at Small Wars Journal

Michael S. Greve of the American Enterprise Institute will speak on on the topic "Commerce, Competition, and the Court: An Agenda for a Constitutional Revival" at a Noon luncheon January 6, 2010 at the Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 North Broadway. Full Article at Milwaukee Federalists

Religious leaders issued declaration that could hurt Romney candidacy, says David FrumAs a Mormon, Romney's faith could be seen as political liability, he saysFrum says Mormons have been in vanguard of conservativesHe says the vision of the movement... Full Article at CNN

So said Michael Rubin, an Iran scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, regarding the Alavi Foundation's gift of hundreds of thousands of dollars to Columbia University and Rutgers University for Middle Eastern- and Persian-studies programs that... Full Article at Phi Beta Cons

WASHINGTON As the Senate begins debate this week on a 10 year, $848 billion health care bill, a few lawmakers are positioned to exert enormous influence over President Obama's top priority as the legislation moves toward its final stages. Full Article at Bioethics.net

Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid begins this week pushing for Democratic unity on health-care legislation, which may mean catering to the whims of 60 lawmakers who know that each of their votes is essential. Full Article at Bloomberg.com