1. HEALTH

Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz
introduces legislation to
ban all salt-use in New York restaurants.

CEI Experts Available to Comment:
Policy Analyst Daniel Compton and Warren Brookes Fellow Ryan Young on
why
the ban is absurd.

“If I want to pile on the salt, as
Mayor Bloomberg famously does, that’s my
right. But I also need to be liable for the consequences. If chronic
salt over-consumption gives me high blood pressure and heart trouble,
that’s my fault. I should pay the cost.

2. ENVIRONMENT

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld shows
his “global warming-themed” fall-winter
line for Chanel.

CEI Expert Available to Comment:
Director of Communications Christine
Hall on the outrageous
fashion statement.

“The show featured icebergs
reportedly flown in from Sweden (whoa! with the carbon footprint!)
and some extreme costume elements - like an antler-and-ear headdress
- that would only appeal as street-wear to a Lady Gaga or Bjork. 
Ridiculous and unwearable?  Certainly.  Likely to be
available for purchase in Saks Fifth Avenue?  Fear not.”

3. ENVIRONMENT

Sens. Graham, Lieberman, and Kerry are
reluctant to use the term cap-and-trade when
discussing their new legislation.

CEI Expert Available to Comment:
Senior Fellow Marlo
Lewis on why their avoidance of the term does
not
change the substance of their legislation.

“Combining carbon taxes with
cap-and-trade is hardly the bold alternative and fresh start Graham,
Kerry, and Lieberman are promising. Indeed, if this is what’s on
offer, it’s even more obviously a tax, and should be even easier to
shoot down! The Artist Formerly Known As Prince was still Prince even
before he changed his name back to Prince! And
an energy tax by any other name is just as foul.”