Think Tank Quickies #58

• Cato video: Subsidizing the security of wealthy nations.
• NYTimes: Heritage Foundation "losing" online sales tax fight. 
• USIP cost-cutting design competition; $1,000 prize.
• Flashback: Why are think tanks in Brussels so much less influential than Washington think tanks? 
• Former Brookings fellow Matt Fellowes of HelloWallet named 2013 Tech Titan by Washingtonian.
• Center for American Progress (CAP) puts heat on Sen. Ayotte for gun control vote.
• Adrienne Arsht and Fred Kempe talk about the Atlantic Council on Morning Joe; goodie bag from tonight's Distinguished Leadership Awards given away.
• Immigration splits Marco Rubio and mentor (and new Heritage Foundation head) Jim DeMint.
• RAND Corp.'s 600-page book "A Million Random Digits With 100,000 Normal Deviates" featured in WSJ article on Amazon.com joke reviews.
• Mercatus Center: Proposed Reg Czar Howard Shelanski is not a resident expert here.