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• By: Eli Lehrer
• 04/02/2007

The Corcoran gallery’s new exhibit on modernism will reward a visit from an interested libertarian. Although it comes from the dry-as-dust Victoria and Albert…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 03/21/2007

In a piece posted to its website today, Consumer Reports describes how its January report on infant car seats went very wrong. Given…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 03/21/2007

Fred — Your reference to my personal hero Cookie Monster reminded me of a rumor I had heard that he was going to become “Veggie…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 03/19/2007

Iain–For the most part, I agree with your post. HRC’s statement is inane. But, in fact, an increasing but still very tiny percentage of…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 03/19/2007

Today's Wall Street Journal (online version by subscription only) contains a rather shocking chart on page 1 showing enormous rates of air travel fatalities in…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 03/16/2007

A gas station in Parma, Ohio has taken to reselling girl scout cookies at a profit. The media, of course, is having a field…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 03/15/2007

To me, the best green invention in the world is the compact fluorescent light bulb: these bulbs cost more up front but they last about…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 03/15/2007

Iain — What the U.K. is doing with that rolling stock is obviously bizarre. But, as bad as it is, I’m not totally turned…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 03/12/2007

CNN anchor Thomas Roberts has come forward with a story about how a Catholic priest abused him as a child. Roberts went through a…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 03/09/2007

A newish Congressional Research Service report raises some very interesting questions about current proposals that the federal government begin to provide wind insurance. Paired…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 03/09/2007

I have a piece in yesterday’s NR Online–my first CEI publication–that may seem a little counterintuative coming from a free market organization like CEI.