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Wayne Crews on the Regulatory State
Vice President for Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute discusses the regulatory state. He advocates removing regulations that cost the taxpayers too much money.
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President Renominates Radicals and Oddballs for Judgeships
President Obama has just renominated four controversial men to judgeships, even though they previously failed to get confirmed by the Senate…
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Senators Challenge Administration’s Big Labor Giveaway
Despite all they have gotten from the Obama administration, many union leaders have vented their frustration over Democratic lawmakers’ failure to enact the unions’ top…
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CEI Weekly: Regulations Discourage Small Businesses from Hiring
CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blogs from CEI's staff. This week features Wayne Crews' article this week where he lists the effects…
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FDA Legal Challenges, Obama’s Broken Pledge and Stimulus Roundup
CEI Senior Fellow Gregory Conko explains why the FDA policy violates the First Amendment and why freeing up manufacturer speech would have important benefits for…
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Regulation of the Day 150: Toy Guns
Samuel Burgos is 8 years old. One day he brought a toy gun to school in his backpack. That got him expelled from his Miami…
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Sen. Baucus Pushes Small Business Jobs Act
Information Week
Google Becomes Focus Of Federal Antitrust Hearing
Information Week reports on Wayne Crews's statements at a Congressional hearing on competition in the changing digital marketplace. Another speaker, Wayne Crews, vice…
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Obama’s Broken Pledge to Cut Wasteful Spending
When Obama was elected, he claimed he would “go through our federal budget– page by page, line by line–eliminating those programs we don’t need.”…
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New CEI Podcast: Creating High-Tech Jobs
Ryan Radia, CEI's Associate Director of Technology Studies, talks about obstacles and opportunities for job creation in the high-tech sector.
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CEI Weekly: CEI Stars in “The Green Swindle”
CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blogs from CEI's staff. This week features CEI Expert RJ Smith on Fox News to speak on…
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Stimulus Roundup
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Michigan Child Care Workers May Get their Day in Court against Forced Unionization
Today, the Michigan Supreme Court ordered a lower court to explain its dismissal of a class action lawsuit challenging a forced unionization scheme for…
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California’s Insane Global Warming Initiative
What state ranks third in unemployment, second in foreclosures, has the nation’s worst credit rating, is running a $19 billion deficit — yet insists on…
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CEI in Europe: Travelblog 5–Sulejow, Poland
When we left Portugal for the Language of Liberty camp in Poland, we left a wine country for a vodka country. At the supermarket near…
Information Week
CEI: Small Business Jobs & Credit Act – another ‘Big Government boondoggle’
Information Week
How Regulations Accumulate as a Small Business Grows
The Senate votes this week on a small business tax-break bill which also contains controversial provisions to boost community-bank loans to small business. That is,…
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House Antitrust Hearing Misses the Real Consumer Threat
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Statement by CEI’s John Berlau on the expected Senate passage of the “Small Business Jobs and Credit Act”
Washington, D.C., September 16, 2010 – The Senate is expected to end debate on a bill that it says will aid small businesses and result…
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Tricks Against Trade
Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch is up to its tricks against trade again. Noted for its past expertise in destroying the Seattle WTO negotiations, the…
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San Francisco’s Mayor Opposed to Alcohol Tax
It isn’t often that we get to praise politicians, but cheers to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom who vowed to veto plans for an…
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Clearing the Way for High-Tech Jobs
Over at RealClearMarkets.c0m, my colleague Ryan Radia offer some ideas for how to create more high-tech jobs. Our main points:…
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Creating High-Tech Jobs, John McCain and the Greens, Free Market Scholarships
Ryan Young and Ryan Radia discuss how to create high-tech jobs. Myron Ebell is skeptical that John McCain will return to supporting the environmentalist agenda.
Real Clear Markets
Clearing the Way for High-Tech Jobs
The U.S. economy may be growing again, albeit slowly. But employment rolls continue to languish. This frustrating state of affairs has left many Americans…
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One Way to Create High-Tech Jobs
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The Dead Weight Loss of Union Disputes
At Reason Hit & Run, Tim Cavanaugh provides a good observation on the ongoing dispute between the powerful Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and…
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Genetically Engineered Salmon, Cash for Clunkers Failure, Union War
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Scholarships to Study Free-Market Ideas
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CEI in Europe: Travelblog 4–Sulejow, Poland
On our way to the Language of Liberty campsite in Sulejow, Poland, we were told that religion is the greatest antidote to government power. Our…
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Shifting the Burden of Explanation
Real Clear Markets
California’s Union War
Voting began Monday in one of the most disputed union elections in recent years. The contest pits the powerful Service Employees International Union…
Real Clear Markets
Greens Wants Their McCain Back
Real Clear Markets
Upstream Battle for Genetically Engineered Salmon
Over the last two decades, the use of modern genetic engineering technology to produce pharmaceuticals and new crop plants has given rise to prodigious scientific,…
Real Clear Markets
The War Between SEIU and NUHW: What it Tells Us About Card Check
The battle between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) started coming to a close at several northern California…
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Obama to Insurers: Stop Telling the Truth
During the fight for health insurance reform earlier this year, opponents of the bill (aka Obamacare) claimed that the proposal would increase the cost of…
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Two Health Care Unions Battle Each Other for Members
Voting began today in one of the most disputed union elections in recent years. The contest pits the powerful Service Employees International Union (SEIU)…
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Study: Cash for Clunkers Didn’t Work
Cash for clunkers didn't change HOW MUCH people spent. It only changed WHEN they spent.
Real Clear Markets
A Real Small Business Assist
In his 45-minute lecture/speech in Cleveland last week — which mostly consisted of blaming his predecessors for the state of the economy and…
Real Clear Markets
MBL featured in Spectator, Gazette over weekend
Real Clear Markets
Even Page Limits Are Disputed in Litigation Over EPA Greenhouse Gas Regs
CS Monitor
Al Gore, Iain Murray and the ‘tea party’
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Obama Aides Cheat on Taxes, as Obama Administration Raises Taxes and Violates Constitution
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CEI in Europe: Travelblog 3–Porto, Portugal
Some things at the Porto Language of Liberty camp are lost in translation. One problem is political labels. They call us “liberals,” meaning classical liberals.
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Colorado’s Great Green Deception
If HB 1001Seems too Good to Be True, It’s Because It Is…
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Obama Administration Mandates More of the Risky Loans That Spawned the Mortgage Crisis
The federal government is now expanding the affordable-housing mandates that helped spawn the mortgage crisis by goading mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to…
CS Monitor
Don’t Blame BPA on Lobster Decline
If you trust the headlines, you might think that the biggest challenge facing the lobster industry in New York and New England is pollution —…
CS Monitor
Stimulus without Spendulus: A How-To Guide
This week brought more Subprime Stimulus from an administration attempting to ignite the economy with a burnt-out match. The Obama proposal to allow the expensing…
CS Monitor
The Next Joe Miller? John Raese battles for Robert Byrd’s seat
Kiowa County Signal
The Lights Go Out on 200 Jobs and an Era
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One more Sears brief
Plaintiffs and defendants filed three briefs Tuesday and Wednesday before the Friday fairness hearing in the Sears Holding derivative action. And I had a…
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America Declines in Property Rights, Rule of Law
The World Economic Forum says that property rights are deteriorating in the United States, to the point where America ranks behind third-world countries…
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Tightening Credit Hurts Small Businesses
The Sept. 1 editorial “On better terms” conceded that overall interest rates have risen on credit cards after the passage of the Credit CARD…
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CEI Podcast: Alex Nowrasteh on Birthright Citizenship
In the latest CEI Podcast, Alex Nowrasteh discusses birthright citizenship.
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Rosh Hashanah Begets… Global Warming?
What could Rosh Hashanah have to do with environmental activism? My colleague Sam Kazman found out last year, listening to a sermon with a surprise…
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New Stimulus Plan Gets Skeptical Response, Even From Democrats
Obama’s plan for $50 billion more in stimulus spending is getting a skeptical response even from some Democratic lawmakers. (We explained earlier why…
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CEI in Europe: Travelblog 2–Porto, Portugal
The Portuguese Constitution guarantees the provision of many social services, including free health care. The students at the Porto Language of Liberty camp remind us…
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Central Planning, Stimulus and Tax Reform.
Chris Horner explains why the the "Livable Communities Act" is nothing more than a federal government power grab. Hans Bader argues against subsidizing waste. John…
The Slate
Taking the Tea Party to King George
The Slate
USA – The billion dollar drug lobby in overdrive
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One Cheer for Obama Tax Plan, with Plenty of Caveats
President Obama’s new economic recovery plan, coming more than a year-and-a-half after an infusion of $1 trillion in big-government spending failed to “stimulate” the moribund economy, deserves…
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VA Liquor Privatization Bought with Higher Taxes?
Free marketeers in the Commonwealth of Virginia waited with high hopes after Governor Bob McDonnell made the announcement that he planned to privatize state-run…
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Obama Proposes $50 Billion More in Wasteful Deficit Spending
President Obama has proposed $50 billion more in deficit spending after his original $800 billion stimulus package…
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Regulation of the Day Update: Ladies’ Night Bar Specials
Attorney Roy Den Hollander think ladies' nights are unconstitutional. So he sued several bars.
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Kiss Your Ash Goodbye — Regulating Coal Combustion Byproducts As Hazardous Is An Unnecessary Job Killer
The Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to regulate carbon dioxide as an air pollutant is currently garnering most of the attention from the agency’s critics, but…
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Stimulus, Tax Reform, and Incandescent Light Bulbs
Hans Bader points out that, according to the CBO, the stimulus will shrink the economy "in the long run." Chris Horner explains why this new…
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Bailouts, Wind Energy, and Credit Card Regulation
Hans Bader argues that the new bailout makes responsible citizens "Suckers." Myron Ebell thinks it is doubtful that wind farms will survive Hurricane Earl. John…
The Slate
Credit Cards and Financing the Next Big Thing
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CEI in Europe: Travelblog 1–Porto, Portugal
On the plane to Lisbon—on our way to our first Language of Liberty camp—I watched the first half of the unwatchable Prince of Persia. Alfred…
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You Were a Sucker If You Were Responsible, Thrifty, and Saved Money for a Down Payment
The Obama administration will launch today a new $14 billion program to bail out some people who are underwater on their mortgages. During the…
PC World
The Pros and Cons of Craigslist’s Shutdown of the Adult Services Section
PC World
Credit Card Regulation: Big Government vs. Small Business
PC World
Obama’s Accidental Emissions-Reduction Plan
President Obama’s imminent proposal to allow businesses to expense capital equipment through the end of next year is something my colleagues at CEI —…
National Review Institute
Big Oil Didn’t Kill Cap and Trade, the Public Did
National Review Institute
Christie’s at Sea With That Windmill Scheme
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Speaking Truth to Power Rarely Works
National Review Institute
Tightening Credit Hurts Small Businesses
The Sept. 1 editorial “On better terms” conceded that overall interest rates have risen on credit cards after the passage of the Credit…
National Review Institute
Hypocrisy Is Big Labor’s Big Problem
National Review Institute
Hypocrisy Is Big Labor’s Big Problem
National Review Institute
Vincent Vernuccio on Unemployment and Government Policy
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains why recent government policies have not solved the unemployment problem.
National Review Institute
CBO Says Stimulus Will Increase Deficit (Letter to the Editor)
In his Commentary column, “The Recovery Act Worked,” Michael Cassidy wrongly denies that the $800 billion stimulus package “will make the federal deficit worse.” It…
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Unemployment Jumps to 9.6%, 54,000 More Jobs Lost
Unemployment went back up to 9.6%, as the nation shed 54,000 jobs in August. Yet Obama calls this “Recovery Summer.” This is…
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Energy Costs, Global Warming Lawsuits, and Unemployment
National Review Institute
Private Sales Don’t Increase Drinking
Editor, Times-Dispatch: Regarding “Police Concerned Over Privatizing Liquor Stores”: The fear of law enforcement agents that privatizing liquor sales will result in increased underage drinking,…
National Review Institute
The Real Cost of Being Green
Gov. Bill Ritter and green energy advocates are selling Colorado a false bill of goods when it comes to the “New Energy Economy.” They claim…
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Stockholm Syndrome in the Nachshin v. AOL case
CCAF filed its reply brief today in the Nachshin v. AOL appeal. The principal-agent problem does not just affect class action plaintiffs’ attorneys enriching…
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Federal Government Wastes Millions on Vacant, Run-Down Buildings, Including a Pink Monkey House
The Department of Veterans Affairs is spending millions annually on 314 run-down, vacant buildings, including a pink monkey house. “The buildings are home to…
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Will Grading Cars Dispell or Enhance “MPG Illusion”?
As discussed in my recent post “Obama’s EPA: School Marms R Us,” EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTSHA) are…
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Greenhouse Protection Racket — An Update
Last week, the Obama Administration filed a brief on behalf of industry petitioners urging the Supreme Court to vacate an appeals court decision (State of Connecticut et…
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Free Wireless, Federal Spending, and Fannie and Freddie
National Review Institute
Land based casinos should love online gambling
A heated battle is brewing between thousands of online poker players and California’s largest land-based casino. It began in July when Commerce Casino Vice President…
National Review Institute
Discovery Gunman Far From First Eco-Terrorist
National Review Institute
Call Made for Continued Use of Antibiotics
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CEI Backs Judicious Antimicrobial Use in Livestock
National Review Institute
Vincent Vernuccio on Non-Union Union Pickets
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains the practice of labor unions hiring non-union workers for minimum wage to protest non-union wages on…
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Record Federal Spending Increase Due to Wasteful Spending Like the Failed Stimulus Package
Federal domestic spending increased by a record 16 percent this year, thanks to wasteful spending by the Obama administration, such as its “huge economic…
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Non-Union Picketers, Antibiotics for Livestock, and Facebook Privacy
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Antibiotics and Meat DO Mix
Whether you’re talking about human or animal use, banning beneficial uses today can have negative impacts on human and animal health just as surely as…
National Review Institute
Mary Kay Henry Takes over SEIU
Full document available in pdf Originally appeared in…
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CEI Weekly: Post-Spill Moratorium Worse than the Spill
CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in…