The Three Questions for the Public on the Federal Budget

Scott Bittle
Dec 13, 2009

It may sound like mindless optimism at the moment, but there are actually signs of hope for the federal budget. Those signs aren’t in the numbers themselves – the long-term fiscal projections are as bleak as ever. The budget debate has never really been about numbers in any case. Rather, the signs are in a question that’s being asked more and more frequently in our public debate: “Can we afford it?”

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The Real Danger of "Climategate"

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson
Dec 7, 2009

"Climategate" was the obsession of the cable news shows this weekend, as pundits analyzed the snarky e-mails from prominent climate scientists more intent on stamping out opposing views than transparently reporting their own results.

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