2012 Clemens Lecture – Fiscal Therapy: A Rehab Plan for America’s Addiction to Debt

2012 Clemens Lecture – Fiscal Therapy: A Rehab Plan for America’s Addiction to Debt – William G. Gale who holds the Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy of The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. Title of Lecture: “Fiscal Therapy: A Reh…

Why Is D.C. Abandoning an Effective Program That Keeps Kids Out of Jail?

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Every year, Washington, D.C.'s Youth Court "tries" about 300 cases, in an effort to keep young first-time, non-violent offenders out of jail and the juvenile justice system. Here's how it works: the … "He needs a drug treatment program. He needs …
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Stop blaming 'liberal Hollywood'

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Are there war stories about industry conservatives getting the “you'll never work in this town again” treatment from supposed gatekeepers or enduring abuse at the hands of doctrinaire Hollywood hegemons? Of course. But anyone who has seen the comic …
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Holder Goes After Mandatory Federal Drug Sentences

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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder announced a major shift Monday in federal sentencing policies, targeting long mandatory terms that he said have flooded the nation's prisons with low-level drug offenders and diverted crime-fighting dollars …
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India Government-Appointed Panel Accuses U.S.-Based Non-Profit Group …

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… has accused PATH, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit group, of violating clinical-testing norms while testing cervical cancer drugs on hundreds of women and children in two Indian states, and has recommended strong government action against the …
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