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3 Jun 2010, 9:00 am by Kenneth Anderson
John Tierney’s House Subcommittee offered a much wider variety of views - as offered by me speaking in favor of the self-defense view, Mary-Ellen O’Connell for the “binary” view above, but also David Glazier speaking to an armed conflict view that nonetheless does not accept the geographical limits view, and William Banks speaking to the questions of CIA participation. [read post]
21 May 2010, 2:23 pm by Brian Hollar
Count me firmly in Ridley's camp as a believer that we have much to be happy about and many reasons for believing that the future is looking bright.Here is a review of The Rational Optimist by John Tierney in The New York Times and a blog to go along with the book.To help illustrate Ridley's point, here is a graph and associated research showing how much worldwide poverty has declined since 1970. [read post]
1 May 2010, 8:10 pm by Kenneth Anderson
John Tierney, held a second hearing (Wednesday, April 28, 2010), once again on the topic of drone warfare. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 5:53 am by Kenneth Anderson
John Tierney’s subcommittee held on Wednesday, and also some stuff related to the derivatives bill. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 12:27 pm by Jaclyn Belczyk
In his opening remarks [text, PDF], subcommittee chair John Tierney (D-MA) [ [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 12:27 pm by Jaclyn Belczyk
In his opening remarks [text, PDF], subcommittee chair John Tierney (D-MA) [ [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 6:44 am by Walter Olson
1978 accident settlement: “Old check for $17,500 found in woman’s nightstand drawer” [Orlando Sentinel] John Tierney on the great dietary salt debate [N.Y. [read post]
14 Feb 2010, 9:14 pm by Adam Thierer
Of the many tech policy-related books I’ve read in recent years, I can’t recall ever being quite so torn over one of them as much as I have been about Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto. [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 4:33 am by Dwight Sullivan
  Here are the other confirmed speakers: John Abele, co-founder of Boston Scientific Georgetown Law Professor Jane Aiken Kenneth Feinberg, Speial Master for TARP Executive Compensation and former Special Master for the 9-11 Victim Compensation Fund Chief Judge Steven McAuliffe of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire Robert Poole, author of a recent book about Arlington National Cemetery Kiam Taipale, executive director of the Stillwell Center for Advanced… [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 9:06 pm by Walter Olson
On climate change and beyond: "Conflict-of-interest accusations have become the simplest strategy for avoiding a substantive debate. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 7:18 am
John Tierney (D-MA), has announced that it will hold a hearing entitled, “Iran Sanctions: Options, Opportunities, and Consequences. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 10:24 am
In a thoughtful piece on Climategate, John Tierney observes that: "Contempt for critics is evident over and over again in the hacked e-mail messages, as if the scientists were a priesthood protecting the temple from barbarians. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 6:49 am
Also worth reading, John Tierney on the threat of “smug groupthink” in climate science. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 6:12 am
John Tierney at the Times makes the case against heritage repatriation laws. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 9:19 am by Rob Sachs
Bush’s campaign; Finally, under Tierney’s ownership, the Inquirer has begun publishing a column by John Yoo…who? [read post]
16 Oct 2009, 11:42 am
John Tierney of the NY Times writes in a long blog entry:The 2009 Nobel Prize for economics is a useful... [read post]