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Yesterday afternoon, President Obama discussed his administration’s counterterrorism policy in a speech at the National Defense University. In a simultaneously impressive and disappointing display, the President spoke more candidly about the U.S. counterterrorism policy, including the drones program, than he has yet to date.

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Rep. Lamar Smith (TX) argues against regulations to control the amount of pollution we can pump into our air. The op-ed seems reasonable at first glance: inflated rhetoric likely does get in the way of substantial policymaking on this issue. But when it comes to policy proposals, Rep. Smith gives us nothing but the status quo.