Think Tank Quickies (#102)

• Ali Akbar Velayati, aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, appointed head of think tank Center for Strategic Research.
• Bahrain Ambassador to Saudi Arabia attends think tank celebration.
• Where did the Hudson Institute sign go?
• Think tanks receive disproportional and non-critical media coverage?
• Reminder: "Real" scholarship can be just as corrupt as some think tank scholarship.
• Four New Years resolutions for On Think Tanks.
• Former Washington Post think tank reporter Allen McDuffee: Bob Costas should preview the summer softball league with Jane Harman."
• What do partisan think tanks seek?
• Peter Oborne in The Telegraph: Why do we let shadowy think tank nonentities drive the political agenda?
• Third Way is hosting a party.