September 2009 Archives
Media Darlings, The Remix
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 30, 2009

Previously, TTLA mentioned the results of this research and analysis by FAIR.
As a follow-up, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) has taken those top 25 most-mentioned-in-the-media think tanks and re-ranked them in two new categories.
Shocking development: CEPR ranks #1 in both these categories. This compares to #15 in the FAIR report.
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By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 28, 2009
Hot Electric Cars
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 25, 2009

It's been a big month for fans of hot electric cars.
Hot as in hot designs. Hot as in hot rod. And hot as in global warming and fuel use alternatives.
First came the reports that Tesla Motors Inc. bigwigs past and present had settled their dispute about who should be called the company's founder. (The answer: everybody!)
Permalink Discuss (1 Comments)Moonwalk Not Fake
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 24, 2009

In case you missed it, a story in the September 18, 2009 North American edition of The Indian Express recounts the successes, difficulties, and lessons learned from India's 2008-2009 unmanned, orbiting moon mission.
Lunar probe buffs and spaceflight fans can read all about the Chandrayaan-1 rocket and Moon Impact Probe launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
Permalink Discuss (3 Comments)Genius Grants & Baby-Faced Pollsters
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 22, 2009

The latest MacArthur Fellow Program Please Don't Call These Genius Grants Genius Grants have been made public, and at first glance, only one of the 24 Fellows from the class of 2009 has a direct think tank connection.
That person is Esther Duflo, and in addition to her M.I.T. affiliation, she's also director of development economics program at the Washington-D.C. based Center for Economic Policy Research.
Permalink Discuss (2 Comments)Park[ing] Day Memories
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 18, 2009
Money, Money, Money
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 17, 2009
What Would Ayn Think?
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 16, 2009
Why the Economy Crashed?
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 16, 2009
Ayn Rand as Think Tank?
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 14, 2009
The Ayn Rand Institute is the parent organization of the Ayn Rand Center, as well as the host of a Rand archive and a shrine of sorts – book covers, her desk, etc. – to the author and Objectivism founder. The Institute is located in the Von Karman Corporate Center, a non-descript Irvine office park. More on the building’s architecture is here and more about Brook is here.
TTLA sat down last winter – ages ago, we realize – for a Q&A with Yaron Brook, president of the ARI. Bits of the conversation have previously been posted here and here. What follows today and later this week is more of the interview, which has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Monday: Ayn Rand as Think Tank?
Tuesday: Why the Economy Crashed
Wednesday: What Would Ayn Think?
Thursday: Money, Money, Money
UCLA's Health Insure Analysis
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 8, 2009

With President Obama scheduled on Wednesday, September 9 to make what's being billed as a major address regarding health care, the evening prior seemed like a good time to check in with a recent comprehensive report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
The Center's director, E. Richard Brown, was health policy advisor to the then-presidential candidate Obama. Brown is the lead author of the new report, "The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2007 California Health Interview Survey."
Permalink Discuss (1 Comments)Pep Prof A Fellow
By Jeremy Rosenberg
September 8, 2009
Pepperdine Professor Robert Lloyd was recently named an "Academic Fellow" by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a conservative Washington D.C.-based org. (Motto: "Fighting Terrorism and Promoting Freedom Through Research, Communications, Education, and Investigative Journalism.")
According to a Pepperdine press release, posted here:
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