FEATURE: John Kerry's Climate Change Alarmism

Wall Street Journal Live interviewed CEI Chairman Fred L. Smith, Jr. this week about Secretary of State John Kerry's dedication to fighting the "dramatic" changing climate. Smith talks about how Kerry will use his office to advance climate change alarmism and what Kerry really should be working on instead. Watch the video here.

SHAPING THE DEBATE

Government Office, Government Pay ... Union Duties?

Trey Kovacs's op-ed in U.S. News & World Report

Sequester This! President Obama's Colossal Media Blunder

Bill Frezza's column in Forbes

Countdown to Sequester

John Berlau's op-ed in National Review

Google Strikes Again?

Ryan Radia's interview on RT

Cut Spending: Permanently Furlough 'Official Time' Workers

Matt Patterson & Trey Kovacs's op-ed in The Washington Times

Beer Market Needs Liberty, Not Lawsuits

Michelle Minton's op-ed in The Daily Caller

At Minimum, a Big Loser

Ryan Young's op-ed in The American Spectator 

Chicago Adults Could Be Forced to Give Up Energy Drinks

Michelle Minton's op-ed in Human Events

The Return of the Euro Crisis

Matthew Melchiorre's citation in The Washington Post

CEI PODCAST

February 28, 2013: Italy's Troubling Election Results

The results of Italy’s general election were announced this week, setting markets on edge across the Eurozone. For all intents and purposes, Italy is without a government. There is no clear majority in the parliament’s upper house, and former comedian Beppe Grillo’s populist Five Star Movement captured a quarter of the vote. Warren Brookes Fellow Matthew Melchiorre finds the outcome surprising, as well as troubling.

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