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May 28, 2011:

 * On the claim that the Democrats are proposing a 62% top income tax rate
 * On the GOP's jobs agenda
 * On the GOP's jobs agenda II
 * On the Republican 5% growth strategy
 * On the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: there is no delivery-system reform proposal
 * On the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: the Ryan plan is not comparable to Medicare D
 * On the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: cross-country evidence says it is a bad idea
 * On the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it: it's not Bill Clinton's fault
 * On the Wall Street Journal's false claim that the regulatory tax is now larger than the income tax
 * On Megan McArdle's false claim that we could not cover the Social Security deficit by restoring the high-income bracket to Clinton-era levels
 * On Republican opposition to raising the debt ceiling
 * On signs of accelerating wage increases in mid-2011
 * SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Harvey Mansfield's claim that being capable of rape better qualifies a person for greatness

May 29, 2011:

 * Glenn Hubbard's claim that Obama has "ruled out long-term entitlement spending restraint"
 * On Republican claims that contractionary fiscal policy is expansionary
 * On Mitt Romney's claim that uncertainty about government policy hobbles the recovery
 * On the OECD's claim that stimulative policy is largely exhausted; hence we must go structural
 * On the claim that the Ryan plan's Medicare cuts are no bigger than those of the Affordable Care Act
 * On the claim that investors today are worried about a U.S. default
 * On the claim that Obama is waiving the law for Democratic campaign contributors
 * On Joe Nocera's plea that Democrats not scorn Paul Ryan
 * SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: David Brooks on how Republicans should maneuver to destroy Medicare

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May 30, 2011:

 * SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy
 * On the claim that all approaches to curbing Medicare spending are unproven
 * On Tim Pawlenty's claim that President Obama is setting up this false choice between default and raising the debt ceiling
 * On Tim Pawlenty's claim that ObamaCare has added to the national debt
 * On Senator John Barraso's (R-WY) claim that Don Berwick is Obama's health care rationing czar
 * On Peter Wallison's claim that Fannie and Freddie caused the financial crisis
 * On the Republican claim that Obama has increased nondefense discretionary spending by 80%

May 31, 2011:

 * Paul Ryan's claim that ObamaCare kills Medicare as we know it
 * John McCain's claim that Sarah Palin can beat Barack Obama
 * Republican claims that 51% of households don't pay any taxes
 * Claims that we should be optimistic because the yield curve is upward sloping
 * Claims that only inflationistas who want to turn us into Zimbabwe favor higher inflation
 * Ruth Marcus's claim that Democrats are crying "wolf" and "Mediscare"
 * SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Roger Ailes's personal paranoia about Muslims

June 1, 2011:

 * Debt ceiling Kabuki
 * Smears of Elizabeth Warren
 * Stephen Moore's 62% top rate once again
 * Ruth Marcus's complaints about Democrats' "Mediscare"
 * Jon Huntsman: Another Republican who used to be for the health-care mandate
 * SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Rand Paul wants to throw people in jail for listening to speeches

June 2, 2011:

 * STUPIDEST RIGHT-WING CLAIM OF THE DAY: Robert Lucas's claim that Barack Obama's election has permanently depressed U.S. real GDP by 8%
 * Douglas Holtz-Eakin's claim that it would be reckless to pass a clean increase in the debt ceiling
 * Yuval Levin's claim that the Ryan plan would protect seniors with pre-existing conditions
 * George Melloan's claim that markets are nervous about the Fed's inflationary policy and that the Fed will bankrupt itself if it raises interest rates
 * Ruth Marcus's claim that Democrats refuse to acknowledge the need for any changes in the path of Medicare spending
 * SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Kevin D. Williamson

June 3, 2011:

 * Virtual Green Room: June 3, 2011

June 4, 2011:

 * Virtual Green Room: June 4, 2011

June 5, 2011:

 * Virtual Green Room: June 5, 2011

June 6, 2011:

 * Virtual Green Room: June 6, 2011

June 7, 2011:

 * Virtual Green Room: June 7, 2011

June 9, 2011:

 * Virtual Green Room: June 9, 2011

June 10, 2011:

 * Virtual Green Room: June 10, 2011