Think Tank Quickies (#176)

• Quora: What is it like to work at a think tank?
• Urban Institute event on 5/14: Promoting diversity in our nation's think tanks; On Think Tanks has new series on women in think tanks.
• Heritage Foundation to score votes for 2016 presidential elections.
• Corinthian Colleges secretly funded DC think tanks, including AEI.
• American think tanks manipulate German politics?  Are think tanks (like lobbying) booming in Germany?
• Libya drops Qorvis, the PR shop whose goal was to ensure Libya's messages reached think tanks.
• A think tank queen (Heather McGhee) fighting for a seat at DC's table.
• UAE gets new think tank: Emirati Institute.
• Bjorn Lomborg row shows why universities are different from think tanks.
• On 5/12 President Obama participates in discussion with AEI President Arthur Brooks.
• Third Way President Jon Cowan celebrates 50th b-day at 14th St. condo in DC.