The Manhattan Institute has a weekly column in the Washington Examiner under the section "Manhattan Moment." Each Wednesday, this column features MI scholars and CJ contributors writing on a variety of issues ranging from budget and taxes, to tort reform and energy policy.

• Has Obama Seen the Light on Oil?, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, 01-27-12
• Obama Blows It On Keystone Decision, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, 01-20-12
• The Rest of The Story Behind Obama's Recess Appointments, James Copland, 01-19-11
• Expressly Illegal 'Appointment' Violates Obama's Oath, Stephanie Hessler, 01-11-12
• Democrat Raimondo's Rhode Island Reforms Are Remarkable, Josh Barro, 01-05-12
• Opening Trade Could Ease West Bank Tensions, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, 12-30-11
• Washington Sickness Seen In Payroll Tax Fiasco, Josh Barro, 12-22-11
• The Newtron Entitlement Bomb, Avik Roy, 12-12-11
• Whites Hit Hardest By Public Employee Layoffs, Steven Malanga, 12-07-11
• Supercommittee Didn't Have to Fail, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, 11-25-11
• Gates Invests Time, Cash Into Drug Research, Paul Howard, 11-25-11
• Why 2011 is the Year of the School Voucher, Marcus Winters, 11-17-11
• Hands Off My Union Dues!, Steven Malanga, 11-09-11
• More Green Energy Jobs Exposed As Myths, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, 11-03-11
• Renewing User-Fee Program Will Boost Innovation, FDA Performance, Paul Howard, 11-03-11
• Another Unpleasant Surprise From Obamacare, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, 10-27-11
• State-Sponsored Lawsuits Are Trial Bar's New Cash Cow, James Copland, 10-25-11
• Obama's CFPB Nominee Abused Private Attorney Contracting in Ohio, James Copland, 10-25-11
• No, More Computers Will Not Fix Our Broken Schools, Heather MacDonald, 10-19-11
• Two Distinct Groups Make Up 'Occupy' Protesters, Fred Siegel, 10-13-11
• How Obama and Congress Can Revive U.S. Innovation, Paul Howard, 10-06-11
• Hayek's Wisdom, Rediscovered, James Pierson, 09-29-11
• Political Activism Meets Corporate Governance, James Copland, 09-21-11
• Win Or Lose, Trial Lawyers Get Millions In Vioxx Fees, Ted Frank, 08-18-11
• Pork Barrel Ethanol Subsidies Have Doubled Corn Prices, Robert Bryce, 08-10-11
• Let's Bring Back Stigma Because Anything Doesn't Go, Myron Magnet, 08-04-11
• Public-Sector Pensions Are Anything But Modest, Steven Malanga, 07-28-11
• Cutting The 'Food Desert' Myth Down To Size, David Gratzer, 07-20-11
• Why Republicans Should Delay Spending Battle To 2013, Josh Barro, 07-14-11
• What's Good For the Dodgers Isn't Good For America, Nicole Gelinas, 07-06-11
• Supreme Court Drug Decisions Are Blows For Common Sense, James Copland and Paul Howard, 06-30-11
• Measurement Is Key To Seamless City Success, Rick Baker, 06-22-11
  
• How The Seamless City Fights Crime , Rick Baker, 06-22-11
• The Assault on 'Secure Communities', Rick Baker, 06-21-11
• Presidential Candidates Should Get Real On Mortgages, Nicole Gelinas, 06-15-11
• Federal Anti-SLAPP Law Needed To Protect Free Speech, James Copland, 06-02-11
• Why Bureaucrat Unions Are So Hard To Beat, Daniel DiSalvo, 05-31-11
• Pension Debate Postmortem, Josh Barro, 05-26-11
• Rex and Jeff Illustrate Washington's Gas-Price Hypocrisy, Robert Bryce, 05-18-11
• Three Possible Responses To The States' Fiscal Problems, Daniel DiSalvo, 05-12-11
• To Cut Costs, Healthcare Needs Far More Info, Paul Howard, 05-05-11
• Hard To See Who Are The Real Brats In This Toy War, Nicole Gelinas, 04-28-11
• Why Catholic Schools Matter To Inner-city Children , Patrick J. McCloskey and Sol Stern, 04-21-11
• New Mayor Rahm Emanuel Is Tackling Chicago's Budgets, Josh Barro, 04-14-11
• Space Shuttle Program Is A Cautionary Tale For Ambitious Infrastructure Projects, Pete Peterson, 04-06-11
• Unions flexing their corporate-governance muscle, James Copland, 03-30-11
• What America Really Needs Is A White House Council On Men And Boys, Kay S. Hymowitz, 03-23-11
• Japan's Tragedy Will Impact The Global Economy, Nicole Gelinas, 03-16-11
• Nonprofits Help Keep Civil Society Running, Howard Husock, 03-08-11
• Fighting Obesity Can Be A Conservative Cause, David Gratzer, 03-02-11
• Obama Plays Both Sides of Collective Bargaining Issue, Josh Barro, 02-23-11
• We've Had Enough of Black History Month, John McWhorter, 02-16-11
• Poverty-Ridden Camden, N.J., Faces Police Cuts Amid Increasing Crimey, Jacob Laksin, 02-09-11
• On Tort Reform, Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Ted Frank, 02-01-11
• Three Areas Where Obama Can Help America Innovate, Paul Howard, 01-26-11
• Obama Promises To Fix Regulations But Is Set To Regulate Even More, Steven Malanga, 01-19-11
• Obama Needs To Step On The Natural Gas Pedal, Robert Bryce, 01-12-11
• Dangerous Debt Games, Nicole Gelinas, 01-05-11
• Banned Brownies Isn't The Only Problem In School Lunches, David Gratzer, 12-29-10
• NEA Initiative Debauches The Educational Value of Verse, Michael Knox Beran, 12-22-10
• Courts Shouldn't Ignore Due Process To Create Class Actions, Theodore H. Frank, 12-14-10
• Obama's Rhetoric Versus Energy Realities, Robert Bryce, 12-08-10
• Don't Even Dare To DREAM, Sen. Reid, Heather Mac Donald, 12-01-10
• How New York City's Resurrection was Presaged by City Journal, Brian Anderson, 11-17-10
• How Republicans Can Break Obamacare Before They Repeal It, Paul Howard, 11-10-10
• New Findings Show Just How Bad Things are for the Kids, Kay S. Hymowitz, 11-03-10
• Cities should unravel their pre-digital regulations, Conor Friedersdorf, 10-27-10
• Ethanol Is Just Another Agricultural Subsidy, Robert Bryce, 10-13-10
• Politicians Win, Taxpayers Lose As Government Funds Failed Projects, Steven Malanga, 10-8-10
• A Cautionary Tale About California's Budget-Busting Public-Sector Unions, Steven Malanga, 10-7-10
• Public-sector Unions Run Amok Using New Jersey's State Budget, Steven Malanga, 10-6-10
• President Obama's Payout To Community Organizers, Steven Malanga, 10-5-10
• Obama's Ascent Heralded By Government-Funded Activists, Steven Malanga, 10-4-10
• Congress Shouldn't Force Citizens to Fly Blind, Marie Gryphon, 9-27-10
• A Federalist Answer to Our Need for a Better Electrical Grid, Drew Thornley, 9-22-10
• Obama Puts Public Sector Employees Ahead of Private Sector, E.J. McMahon, 9-15-10
• School Vouchers Make a Great Recession-era Program, Marcus Winters, 9-08-10
• Litigating Over The Environment Makes Big Bucks For Trial Lawyers, James R. Copland, 9-01-10
• Drilling Moratorium Hurts U.S., Helps Brazil, Robert Bryce, 8-25-10
• Just What Are "Choice Mothers" Settling For?, Kay Hymowitz, 8-18-10
• Obamacare Doesn't Work In The Real World, Paul Howard, 08-11-10
• White House Doesn't Want To Enforce Immigration , Heather Mac Donald, 08-04-10
• Making Second Chance Act Work For More Former Prisoners, Howard Husock, 07-28-10
• Push for more clinical trials may hurt patients, Anup Malani and Tomas J. Philipson, 07-21-10
• Crisis Undermines Government Fundamentalism, Brian Anderson, 07-14-10
• The Recovery Prevention Act of 2010, Nicole Gelinas, 07-07-10
• What Does It Mean For the Supreme Court To Be "Properly Deferential"?, James R. Copland, 06-30-10
• Congress Poised To Worsen State Budget Gaps, Josh Barro, 06-23-10
• FDA Is Slowing Down Necessary Drugs and Treatments, Paul Howard, 06-16-10
• Race to the Top Pushing Incentives For Reform, Marcus A. Winters, 06-02-10
• The Blowout and Our Addiction To Prosperity, Robert Bryce, 05-26-10
• The Other Obamacare, David Gratzer, 05-19-10
• Kagan's Likely to Swerve Left, James Copland, 05-12-10
• Arizona Law Is Hated Because It Could Be Effective, Heather Mac Donald, 5-5-10
• Teacher Pensions are a Ticking Time Bomb, Josh Barro, 4-28-10
• Universities Shouldn't Favor Politically Popular Groups, John Leo, 4-21-10
• Replacing Stevens, James Copland, 04-14-10
• Public Schools Should Experiment Like Charter Schools, Marcus Winters, 04-07-10
• Could a New Federal Agency Catch the Next Madoff?, Nicole Gelinas, 03-31-10
• Obamacare, the Day After, Paul Howard, 03-24-10
• Stop the Clash between U.S. and Israel, Judith Miller, 03-17-10
• Capitalism is the Ultimate Women's Liberation, Kay Hymowitz, 03-10-10
• Size of Health Care Bill is an Issue, David Gratzer, 03-03-10
• A Conservative Agenda For Cities, Howard Husock, 02-24-10
• Federal Loans For Higher Ed Are a Bad Investment For Taxpayers, Charlotte Allen, 02-17-10
• Trial Lawyers: Democrats' Other Money Machine, James Copland, 02-10-10
• Obama's education rhetoric doesn't come close to reality, Jay P. Greene, 02-03-10
• What Obama Should Say in his State of the Union, Nicole Gelinas, Paul Howard, James Copland, Steven Malanga, and Marcus Winters, 1-27-10
• We Need Limits on Borrowing, Not Repudiation of Bankers, Nicole Gelinas, 01-20-10
• Massachusetts poses problem for Obamacare, David Gratzer, 01-13-10
• Cut the Strings On the Stimulus, Josh Barro, 01-06-10
• Population Control: An Ugly Solution To Climate Change, Max Schulz, 12-30-09
• Obamacare's gift to all: More regulation, more debt, more taxes, Paul Howard, 12-23-09
• Race To the Top Program Prioritizes Reform, Marcus Winters, 12-16-09
• Vague Law Is Bad Law James Copland, 12-09-09
• Borrowing limits, not bailouts, prevent market failure, Nicole Gelinas, 12-02-09
• Medicine isn't Perfect, Obamacare is Even Less Perfect, David Gratzer, 11-25-09
• Give Up Abortion for Nationalized Health Care?, Josh Barro, 11-18-09
• Congress just raised your health insurance premiums David Gratzer, 11-12-09
• Global finance remains mired in a primitive state Nicole Gelinas, 11-04-09
• Data Proves Charter Schools Work Marcus Winters, 10-28-09
• Trying terrorists in U.S. is a bad idea Stephanie Hessler, 10-21-09
• Here's what is stopping tort reform Jim Copland, 10-14-09
• What should immigrants do when they get here? Jacob L. Vigdor, 10-07-09
• Dear Senator: Why you should vote against cap-and-trade James Manzi, 09-30-09
• New York shows how not to do health care reform Paul Howard, 09-23-09
• Replacing Oil with Substitutes Won't Put U.S. at Disadvantage Peter Huber, 09-16-09
• Slay the bureaucracy monster, Mr. President David Gratzer, 09-09-09
• Obamacare and Kennedy's legacy Paul Howard, 09-02-09
• Obama's Yucca Budget Bungle Max Schulz, 08-26-09
• Special-Ed Vouchers Work For Everybody Marcus Winters and Jay Greene, 08-19-09
• Old principles, not new institutions Nicole Gelinas, 08-12-09
• On criminalizing corporate conduct, John Hasnas and Mike Seigel, 08-05-09
• Obama's ignorant attack on cops, Heather Mac Donald, 07-29-09
• Regulation, not size, is health care's biggest problem, David Gratzer, 07-22-09
• Why politicized judges spark rancorous confirmations, James Copland, 07-15-09
• New York's future could preview America's, for better or worse, Brian Anderson, 07-08-09
• Don't throw deregulation overboard, Guy Sorman, 07-01-09
• Left trots out 'climate of hate' canard, again, John Leo, 06-24-09
• Pharma-scolds tee off on drug industry, Thomas P. Stossel and Mary Claire Kendall, 06-10-09
• Judge Sotomayor's not-so-liberal moments, Marie Gryphon, 06-03-09
• With some prisoners, a nudge is all that is needed Anne Piehl, 05-27-09
• On Souter’s replacement, litigation, and empathy Jim Copland, 05-20-09
• Obama's health-care reform hardball could be a double-edged sword David Gratzer, 05-13-09
• A UN war-crimes tribunal targets free speech Judith Miller, 05-06-09
• Reentry programs for ex-prisoners show promise Kimberly Hendrickson, 04-29-09
• Exploding myths on energy, environment Drew Thornley, 04-22-09
• Choose tax cuts to encourage economic growth Diana Furchtgott-Roth, 04-15-09
• Card Check is still alive and deadly for workers Jim Copland, 04-08-09
• The politics of campus spending politics Charlotte Allen, 04-01-09
• Why won't Obama utter the words "nuclear power"? Max Schulz, 03-25-09
• Small businesses need "loser pays" in court Marie Gryphon, 03-18-09
• Don't surrender innovation in the name of health care reform Tomas Philipson, 03-11-09
• Failure should be an option for financial regulation Nicole Gelinas, 03-04-09
• Spending web sites make politicos take transparency seriously Lise Bang-Jensen, 02-24-09
• Data shows health savings accounts cut premiums Benjamin Zycher, 02-18-09
• Help the environment, stay in the city Edward Glaeser, 02-11-09 (This article is adapted from the winter issue of City Journal)