April 19, 2011 10:29AM 

# Tuesday Links 

By George Scoville 

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- Please join us **this Thursday, April 21 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern** for [a book forum and debate on “green energy” policy](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=7999), following the recent release of the Cato book *[The False Promise of Green Energy](https://www.cato.org/store/books/false-promise-green-energy)*. On Thursday, University of Alabama Professor of Law and Business Andrew P. Morriss (one of the book’s authors) and Center for American Progress Vice President for Energy Policy Kate Gordon will debate the merits of the “green” economic agenda, moderated by Cato Institute Senior Fellow [Jerry Taylor](https://www.cato.org/people/jerry-taylor). Complimentary registration is required of all attendees **by noon TOMORROW, Wednesday, April 20**. We hope you can join us in person and for the reception following the event–if you cannot attend in person, we hope you’ll [tune in online](https://www.cato.org/live/) or [on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/CatoInstitute?sk=app_197896836900678).
- “[Nothing in international law](http://dailycaller.com/2011/04/18/the-libyan-intervention-is-not-wholly-legal/), however, can change the United States Constitution’s procedures for when the United States can go to war — which require the consent of Congress.”
- [Nothing says it’s time](http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Columns/2011/April/041811cannon.aspx) to convert Medicaid to block grants like letters from 17 governors opposing the idea.
- [Nothing would spur economic recovery](http://blogs.forbes.com/dougbandow/2011/04/18/the-economy-needs-a-deregulatory-stimulus/) like a “liberate to stimulate” regulatory agenda.
- [Nothing says “failure”](http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/mexico%E2%80%99s-drug-war-body-count-mounts-5190) like 37,000 dead and climbing.
- [Nothing is more complicated and convoluted](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/video-highlights/chris-edwards-discusses-us-tax-system-cbs-sunday-morning) than the U.S. tax code, which changed 579 times in the last year–more than one change *every day*:

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