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Colorado Beer, the EPA at 40, and Seattle Zoning
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Afternoon Links: December 3, 2010
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Sunday Brunch in New York City
You can find a lot in New York City that you can’t find anywhere else in the world. But if you’re in New York and…
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The College Debt Bubble: Is It Ready to Explode?
“Is the College Debt Bubble Ready to Explode?,” asks Laura Rowley at Yahoo! Finance. College tuition has skyrocketed much more than housing did during…
Study
A Solid Waste Estimation Procedure: Material Flows Approach
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From Poor and Sick to Healthy and Rich
I'm always impressed with creative, compelling ways to use data to tell a story. And this story is one of the most important in human…
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Let Ethanol Tax Credit and Tariff Expire — Congress “Can Do Good Just by Doing Nothing”
CEI colleague Marlo Lewis skewers the ethanol tax credit and the tariff, due to expire at year-end. Lewis points out that letting the 45¢…
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The Censuring of Charles Rangel
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Morning Media Summary
Tech: WikiLeaks switches to Swiss domain after attacks: “WikiLeaks was forced Friday to switch over to a Swiss domain name, wikileaks.ch, after a…
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Food safety bill update (and welcome readers)
Op-Eds
Ethanol’s Policy Privileges: Heading for History’s Dustbin?
The lame-duck Congress has a rare opportunity to avoid $25-30 billion in new deficit spending over the next five years, ease consumers’ pain at the…
Op-Eds
Alternative Energy and the Academy at Lagado
A lot of otherwise sensible people have been calling recently for massive government investment in alternative energy research, arguing that it is the only solution…
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Best of the Web Today: Daffy Ducks
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The Not So Big Chill
News Release
Senator Reid Has a Change of Heart
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Chris Horner on UN Climate Summit
CEI Senior Fellow Chris Horner discusses the United Nations climate conference in Cancun, Mexico. He explains that…
Citation
Vincent Vernuccio on the Federal Pay Freeze
CEI Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains how President Obama’s recent pay freeze will still allow pay…
Blog
Senate Leaders Violate Constitution in Pushing Through Costly Food Safety Modernization Act
The House and Senate passed different versions of the Food Safety Modernization Act, which would ratchet up costly regulations of farms and food processing. (Greg…
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Brian McGraw on China’s Green Economy
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Homeland Security Violating Due Process and Free Speech In Internet Power Grab?
Law professor David Post notes that the Department of Homeland Security is seizing entire domain names, not to protect national security, but to enforce…
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Colorado to Ban Light & Low-Calorie Beer in Bars?
Next year bars and dine-in restaurants in Colorado might be forced by law to stop selling light, low-calorie, and low-alcohol beers. Any beer…
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Bob Barr Still Supports Ethanol Subsidies
In a piece on The Hill’s Congressional Blog, former Republican congressman and the 2008 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr expresses support for the…
Letters
Coalition letter: Allow the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit to Expire
Full Document Avalible in PDF A coalition of political groups today urged Congress to scrap energy subsidies by allowing the subsidies to…
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Seattle Land Use Liberalization Bill Fails to Address Key Problems
Stephen Smith of Market Urbanism asked me what I thought of proposed legislation in Seattle that would remove some restrictions on land use…
CEI Planet
CEI Planet: September – October 2010
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Federal Pay Freeze Discussion: Pointlessly Partisan
This week the White House announced its brave new plan to fix the economy: Freezing the salaries of federal employees. But wait! This is…
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Federal Register Hits 75,000 Pages
At its current 327-page per day pace, the 2010 Federal Register would be 81,560 unadjusted pages long.
Newsletter
Net Neutrality, the Tax Code, and Food Safety
Newsletter
Auto Bailouts, Green Jobs, and Anti-Terrorism Costs
Newsletter
TSA Unionization, TSA Tactics, and a TSA Roundup
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Morning Media Summary
Tech: Google To Punish No-Good Sites With Revised Search Ranking: “Google’s method of ranking of search results took a hit last week in…
Cafe Hayek
Ryan Young advises that you not allow the IRS to prepare your tax filings
Cafe Hayek
Federal workers will still receive raises despite pay freeze
Among the many suggestions for deficit reduction in the recently released Fiscal Commission report is a 15 cents-per-gallon increase in the federal gasoline tax. This…
Cafe Hayek
Obama’s Claims About Auto Jobs
Cafe Hayek
Federal workers will still receive raises despite pay freeze
Appeared in: Yahoo! News, FoxNews.com President Obama’s proposal of a pay freeze for federal employees is a small step towards curbing government spending.
Cafe Hayek
More FDA Authority Won’t Improve Food Safety
In its rush to enact sweeping new food safety legislation during the lame-duck session, Congress hit a procedural roadblock that may put the bill off…
Cafe Hayek
NBC Ignores Obama’s Jobs-killing Agenda
Cafe Hayek
Obama Administration Imposes Seven-year Drilling Moratorium
Cafe Hayek
NBC Ignores Obama’s Jobs-killing Agenda
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Do You Really Want the IRS to Do Your Taxes?
Appeared In: The Centre Daily, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Smart Pros, The Sun News, The New Hampshire Union Leader,…
Local Tech Wire
Opinion: ‘Net neutrality’ will hurt consumers, limit investment
IT Pro Portal
EU Google antitrust probe will hurt consumers
IT Pro Portal reports on the Google antitrust lawsuit and references comments by Wayne Crews and Ryan Radia on the case. However, competition…
Blog
$7 Billion or More in New Taxes for Virginians Under EPA Mandate
The EPA told Virginia earlier that it would impose costly measures on Virginia Counties, measures so costly that they would result in record property…
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It’s World AIDS Day; Is it the “Forgotten Epidemic”?
World AIDS Day has rolled around again, amid charges by C. Everett Koop that “HIV is no longer on the public’s radar screen, and…
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EPA at 40 — Doing an End-Run Around the Legislative Process
The Environmental Protection Agency is 40 years old. It came into being under a Republican president, Richard M. Nixon, and opened its offices on…
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Afternoon Links: December 1, 2010
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Obama’s Federal Pay Freeze That Wasn’t
No one seems happy with President Obama’s announcement that he plans to freeze pay rates of the federal work force. The right claims that…
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Do You Want the IRS Doing Your Taxes?
The income tax is a pain in the neck. The obvious solution is the simplify the 70,000-page tax code. But some are proposing to have…
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Morning Media Summary
Tech: FCC chairman to propose plan for net neutrality: “The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission plans to announce Wednesday…
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European Commission Should Leave Internet Search Alone
Today, the European Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation into Google to probe allegations that the firm rigged its search engine to discriminate against…
IT Pro Portal
Unleashing U.S. Energy Resources Could Spark Economic Recovery
Among the many suggestions for deficit reduction in the recently released Fiscal Commission report is a 15 cents-per-gallon increase in the federal gasoline tax. This…
Before It's News
NJ Online Bill Could Ruffle WTO Feathers
Before It's News
The Environmental Impact Subterfuge
Action needs to be taken to prevent anti-biotech activists from co-opting environmental law to derail the planting of transgenic crops that have already received regulatory…
NPR
The IRS’s Proposal to do Your Taxes for You
The Detroit News
Safety of receipts at issue
The Detroit News
Obama’s new offshore drilling ban…from both sides
The Detroit News
Obama siphons Virginia’s tank
Ecomerce Times
Google Denies Rankings Hanky-Panky as EU Pursues Probe
News Release
Obama Offshore Oil Moratorium Breaks Promise, Hurts Economy, Kills Jobs
Washington, D.C., December 1, 2010 — Today, the Obama Administration pulled an about-face on its earlier plan to allow more domestic offshore oil drilling. The…
News Release
FCC Presses Forward With Destructive Net Neutrality Rules
Washington, D.C., December 1, 2010—This morning, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that the Commission will vote on net neutrality rules during…
Ecomerce Times
Brian McGraw on China’s Green Economy
Competitive enterprise Institute research associate Brian McGraw discusses China's lead in producing energy technologies such as wind and solar equipment and contends that fossil fuels…
American Specator
Not Triangulation but Regulation
American Spectator discuss regulations with CEI's Vincent Vernuccio, Myron Ebell, and Wayne Crews. Democrats failed miserably in legislative attempts to eliminate the secret…
Washington Post
Feds pledge some action on privacy, less on net neutrality
The Washington Post cite CEI's Wayne Crews and Ryan Radia's comments on net neutrality. Other observers like the FCC's new deal even less.
Huffington Post
Yes, Mr. FCC Chairman, There Is a Santa Claus
The Huffington Post cites Wayne Crews's comments on the FCC's net neutrality rule. The would-be chairmen of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are…
Blog
CEI Podcast — November 30, 2010: Food Safety, Washington-Style
CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko looks at the major provisions of the food safety bill that the Senate is voting on today.
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Vincent Vernuccio on TSA Unions
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Naked Body Scanners — Coming to a Neighborhood Near You!
Well, you can forget the airports-only naked body scanners — they’re now coming to a neighborhood near you. Forbes reports that…
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The War on Terror, the TSA, and Useful Partisans
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Afternoon Links: November 30, 2010
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Real Estate Development and Generation Y
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I came across this article in Urban Land magazine, “Housing Gen Y: The Next Challenge for Cities,” by John McIlwain. In…
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STREET SIGNS WITH ALL CAPS ARE GIVING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS A HEADACHE
The federal government has managed to create a new regulation that will put even more local governments in the red. Apparently, bureaucrats have determined…
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CEI Weekly: Frankenfoods Are Here to Stay
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Happy 80th Birthday, G. Gordon Liddy!
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Morning Media Summary
Tech: Christian group asks Apple to reconsider app suspension: “A Christian organization that recently had its Apple iPhone app removed from Apple’s…
Calvin Nayre
NJ Online bill could ruffle WTO feathers
Calvin Nayre
Union Officials Spend More on Politics than Representation
The New American
Groups Continue to Urge for Expiration of Ethanol Subsidies
News Release
EU Antitrust Investigation Into Google Will Hurt Consumers
Washington, D.C., November 30, 2010 – Today, the European Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation into Google to probe allegations that the firm rigged…
One News Now
Expert: Loan guarantee program expensive, useless
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An Intrusive, Ineffective, Unionized TSA?
Much has been written about the backlash against the TSA’s intrusive new screening methods. Law professor Jeff Rosen has argued that they violate…
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Online Gambling in New Jersey Could Cause WTO Disputes
New Jersey is on the verge of becoming the first state in the U.S. to explicitly legalize online gambling in an attempt to keep…
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Afternoon Links: November 29, 2010
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America’s Wealthiest County Used Bailout Money to Give Teachers a Paid Vacation
The richest county in America, Loudoun County, Virginia, used money from the Obama administration’s $10 billion teacher-bailout program to give teachers a…
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TSA Backlash Directed at Failed Screening Methods, Not Airport Security
Contrary to what mouth-frothing Obama apparatchiki claim, critics of the current TSA screening practices are not hyper-partisan corporate shills. Nor are we irrationally…
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Unions Still Hampering Free Trade
Watching politicians stammer on in attempts to justify short-sighted policy never gets boring. The interview referenced by Wall Street Journal columnist Mary Anastasia O’Grady…
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Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats class action settlement
In the Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats class action settlement, class members (those who purchased the cereal on certain dates in 2008 and 2009) who submit…
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Morning Media Summary
Tech: Comcast: Internet service restored after regional outage: “Officials at Comcast Sunday night said they did not know what caused disruptions in its…
The Sacramento Bee
Never Ready for Prime Time
Appeared…
NPR
Rift Over Climate Change Is Social, Not Scientific
Heartland
EPA Greenhouse Gas Restrictions Raise Concerns About Economic Costs
Heartland
EPA Greenhouse Gas Restrictions Raise Concerns About Economic Costs
News Release
Left/Right Coalition Urges Congress to Let Ethanol Subsidies Expire in 2010
Washington, D.C., November 29, 2010 — A coalition of political groups today urged Congress to scrap energy subsidies by allowing the subsidies to expire at…
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More Burdensome to Pay Rent Than to Be a Mortgage Deadbeat
Under government mortgage bailout/modification programs, the mortgage payments of many delinquent borrowers were cut to 31 percent of income, even for borrowers with high incomes and big…
Fredrick News Post
Graphic cigarette packaging
Heartland
Chicago Climate Exchange Closes
Heartland
TSA Employees to Vote on Unionization
Heartland
Vincent Vernuccio on TSA Unions
CEI Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio discusses the possibility of a union for the TSA.
Heartland
Vincent Vernuccio on Consumer Responsibility
CEI Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio discusses Black Friday…
Heartland
Vincent Vernuccio on GM Thanksgiving ad
CEI Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio discusses the GM commercial thanking the American people for their public bailout…
Heartland