I'm a policy groupie...

Where have I been all week? I've been making myself familiar with a few of the think tanks around the country that influence Washington's policy makers. I've never read these publications before and I have to say that wading into these dense writings has left my head spinning a bit. Call it "deep research."

Claremont Institute: - "The Endless Party" - "A More Demanding Curriculum" - "The Deepening Crisis"

The Heritage Foundation: - "The Unacceptable Costs of Raising Payroll Taxes to "Save" Social Security"

Other excellent articles: - "The War Against World War IV" by Norman Podhoretz - "Dreaming Europe in a Wide-Awake World" by Jim Bennet