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FILTER RESULTS ►The Failure of Blaming Market Failure: John Hasnas Joins ReasonTV Live!
On Wednesday, May 22, at 1pm in Los Angeles, Georgetown University's John Hasnas will be speaking live from ReasonTV's Headquarters about the failures of "market-failure" arguments so often used by bureaucrats to justify government regulation. Show More Summary
How foreign voices influence American wars
Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University’s Dan Hopkins and George Washington University’s Danny Hayes and John Sides offer an empirical perspective on the issues dominating Washington. In this edition, Hayes looks at the way foreign … Continue reading ?
Hey, isn’t that . . . ?: Arnold Schwarzenegger
– Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver gathering with their kids for the graduation of daughter Christina from Georgetown University on Saturday morning. The estranged couple looked nicely congruent — he in a navy suit and sky-blue tie, she in a … Continue reading ?
After the AUMF
Christopher A. Preble Georgetown University’s Jennifer Daskal, and Stephen Vladeck, an associate dean in the College of Law at American University, have posted a working paper (.pdf) regarding the 12+ year old Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) at the Lawfare blog that is receiving, and deserves, some attention. Show More Summary
Hey, isn’t that . . . ?: Maria Shriver
– Maria Shriver popping into Degrees bar at the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton Wednesday night. The new NBC special anchor/former California first lady — in town for daughter Christina’s Georgetown University graduation — joined top Marriott execs Arne Sorenson and Kathleen Matthews … Continue reading ?
MSNBC Contributor Dyson Makes Incoherent Race Rant While Discussing Obama/Holder DOJ's Probe of AP
MSNBC is known for having bizarrely liberal commentators dubbed “political analysts” who hold forth their opinions while others on the panel nod in agreement. One such frequent panelist is Georgetown University's Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. But...Show More Summary
MSNBC Contributor Claims He Was Audited 5 Years In A Row By IRS For Criticizing Bush
Georgetown University professor and MSNBC contributor Michael Eric Dyson revealed on MSNBC’s Now on Wednesday that he has been the target of political intimidation by the Internal Revenue Service during the administration of President George W. Show More Summary
Gender Differences In Brain Anatomy Of Dyslexia
Using MRI, neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups, suggesting that the disorder may have a different brain-based manifestation based on sex. Show More Summary
Four reasons it’s hard to campaign your way to the presidency
Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University’s Dan Hopkins and George Washington University’s Danny Hayes and John Sides offer an empirical perspective on the issues dominating Washington. In this edition, Sides looks at why campaign tactics don’t always work as well as we’d think. For … Continue reading ?
Age Discrimination Suit Against Georgetown Law Dismissed
Former North Dakota Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth has lost his age discrimination lawsuit against Georgetown University Law Center. A Washington federal judge ruled yesterday that Georgetown presented non-discriminatory reasons – chiefly, Spaeth's lack of academic scholarship – for rejecting his...
Cancer drug prevents build-up of toxic brain protein
WASHINGTON — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have used tiny doses of a leukemia drug to halt accumulation of toxic proteins linked to Parkinson's disease in the brains of mice. This finding provides the basis to plan a clinical trial in humans to study the effects. read more
Georgetown beats former North Dakota AG on age bias case
#Georgetown University #Law Center has prevailed in an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the extremely well-credentialed former North Dakota attorney general who claimed the school improperly passed him over for a teaching gig. In a 37-page decision that sheds light...
The Drug Industry’s Invisible Influence on Prescribers: Key Opinion Leaders and Publication Planning -by Andrea Tarr
Two of the speakers at the ISDB symposium in Vancouver—Sergio Sismondo (Professor of Philosophy, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario) and Adriane Fugh-Berman (Georgetown University Medical Center, Pharmacology and Physiology, Washington,...Show More Summary
Ahead on the 5/8 Maddow show
Tonight's guests include: Frank Rich, writer-at-large for New York Magazine Rosa Brooks, national security law professor at Georgetown University, former counselor to Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy Here's tonight's soundtrack. And here is senior producer Cory G …
Brain anatomy of dyslexia is not the same in men and women, boys and girls
WASHINGTON — Using MRI, neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups, suggesting that the disorder...Show More Summary
Misdiagnosis is more common than drug errors or wrong-site surgery
Until it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn’t think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his throat pain was the result of acid reflux, not cancer. Show More Summary
Exercise May Lower Older Women's Kidney Stone Risk
Exercise may lower older women's risk for kidney stones, according to a new study. The research was conducted by experts from the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, Georgetown University, and University of Washington School of Medicine who gathered and examined data from over 85,000 postmenopausal women in the U.S. Show More Summary
Does immigration hurt support for the welfare state?
Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University’s Dan Hopkins and George Washington University’s Danny Hayes and John Sides offer an empirical perspective on the issues dominating Washington. In this edition, Hopkins looks at whether increased immigration leads to decreased support for the welfare … Continue reading ?
Bill Clinton to Democrats: Forget 1994, Gun Control Is a Winner
When former President Bill Clinton spoke at Georgetown University on April 30, he told Democrats to keep pushing gun control because it's a winner. This is strange advice coming from a man who watched his party endure a loss of historic...Show More Summary
BILL CLINTON: IMMIGRATION REFORM WILL PASS THIS YEAR
In a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton predicted that immigration reform will pass Congress this year. The 42nd president, who still enjoys widespread popularity, says there are only two things that could prevent a bill that has been introduced in the Senate from passing this year; a GOP filibuster in the Senate, [...]
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