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CEI Alumnus Superstar
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The Year’s Worst Use of a Figure of Speech by a Bureaucrat?
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Cranky Geek Against SarbOx
John C. Dvorak, long time columnist for PC Magazine and head Crank on Cranky Geeks, a popular podcast, has come out against…
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House-Passed Executive Pay Bill Flawed: Could Spur Costly Lawsuits
Washington, DC, April 20, 2007— “With bipartisan concern about so many issues — such as the onerous mandates of Sarbanes-Oxley — it's…
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Regulated to Death
The New York Times has an interesting story on how federal privacy and disability-rights regulations may have helped pave the way for the Virginia…
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I Do
Surfing around, I just came upon AT&T’s “You Will” advertising campaign from the early 1990s. The ads are well-produced and, almost fifteen years after…
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Capitalizing on Patriotism
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Flooded homes vs. stranded fish
In the New York Times today, there was a photo of a submerged subdivision near Wayne, N.J. as a consequence of torrential rain and…
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In Antitrust They Trust
Satellite radio pioneers XM and Sirius are finally going down the long-expected merger path, but not without a fight from the usual suspects. Mel…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY The Senate Commerce Committee holds a hearing on the proposed merger of XM and Sirius Satellite…
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The Collapse of Private Insurance: Part XXVII
A federal jury verdict yesterday in Lousiana requiring Allstate to pay several million dollars it didn’t expect to further underlines the inherent problem with…
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Greening of the Pentagon?
Eleven former generals have just published a report warning that global warming poses a "serious threat" to U.S. national security" via increased severity…
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China at the U.N. — on climate change
In a meeting on Tuesday China told the United Nations Security Council it doesn’t have the competence to deal with climate change issues: The…
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Ethanol may cause more smog, deaths?
Does use of ethanol fuel generate more smog and health problems than use of carbon-based fuels? Check out the new study by a Stanford University…
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In search of “dystopia”
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Re: Guns in Virginia
Following up on Eli’s post below, the blog Classically Liberal (linked to from Freedom News Daily) notes that not only is…
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Guns in Virginia
I wrote about the tragedy at Virginia Tech in National Review Online. My piece, which I wrote really quickly, went up yesterday and, as…
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Redundant Regulation Preempted
In a 5-to-3 decision, the Supreme Court just ruled in Watters v. Wachovia Bank that state regulators can’t impose certain regulations on national banks’…
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Senators warn — no new “concessions” in trade round
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Earth Day Prep II
In a release announcing its Earth Day preparations, the Earth Day Network urges people to “Register and Find Earth Day Events & Sermons.” [Emphasis…
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Earth Day Prep
With Earth Day coming up, will winter-like temperatures take some steam out of the recently invigorated climate alarmist train? That may be a fear among…
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Ethanol jacking up fertilizer prices
Ethanolics never tire of telling us that the current ethanol mandate, President Bush's 20/10 program (requiring 20% or 35 billion gallons of the nation's motor…
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Supreme Court Ruling Lifts Onerous Bank Regulations
Contact: Christine Hall, 202-331-2258 Washington, D.C., April 17, 2007—Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal law, not state law, controls regulation of mortgage lending…
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FCC Should Approve the XM-Sirius Satellite Radio Merger
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., April 17, 2007—Today, as the…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Parents in the UK object to the government's plan to distribute copies of Al Gore's…
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Free At Last
In case you were wondering why tax day isn’t until tomorrow, allow me to introduce you to D.C. Emancipation Day. This recently minted…
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Attack of the Killer Bee Killers
We know cell phones don’t give you cancer, but according to some people quoted by The Independent in the UK, they are messing…
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Sallie Mae’s suitors are accepted
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Food prices rising – ethanol push a major culprit
It’s becoming a refrain now — ethanol boom adds to rising food prices. Today the Wall Street Journal focuses (subscription required) on higher food…
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One good journalist early on — on the Duke debacle
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Poorest countries need duty-free, quota-free trade access, say nonprofits
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Poor Countries Need Open Access to Rich Countries’ Markets, Say Nonprofits
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202-331-2273 Washington, D.C., April 16, 2007—The poorest countries of the world should have duty-free, quota-free access to rich countries’ markets, stated…
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Fred Talks Executive Compensation on CNBC
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More on Muir
John, yes. . .but I mentioned Pinchot because I knew you had good things to say about him. Personally, I would likely be on the…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> 1. HEALTH A federal advisory…
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A child’s idyllic laundry scene
Richard — I enjoyed your laundry post. It’s my birthday today — so I’ll be indulgent in adding to it. When I was a…
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Muir’s Meanness and Pinchot’s practicality
Eli, I do indeed praise Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt’s forestry chief, in Eco-Freaks. I point out, however, that he was at sword’s ends with…
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“Make mine freedom” — still holds true
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In defense of Muir
John– Good post. I agree that a lot of environmentalists are wackos. But I think that Muir actually deserves some due as an environmental…
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Regress to the Future: Laundry Edition
Welcome back to Al Gore’s America, where modern conveniences give way to anachronistic annoyances, all in the name of shrinking one’s carbon footprint. Today’s backward…
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Kurt Vonnegut, RIP
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How Business Rates
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A socialist interpretation of biofuels issue
Among the many articles on biofuels proliferating recently, I came across this April 11 article in the magazine In These Times. While the…
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Gore’s new book will be “a visionary analysis”
Just saw on Amazon that former Vice President Al Gore has another book coming out soon. The new book, titled The Assault on Reason…
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The Don Imuses of Environmentalism
Here are some outrageous and racist comments by environmentalists. These are compiled and documented in my book Eco-Freaks: Environmentalism Is Hazardous to Your Health.
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> 1. TECHNOLOGY Researchers…
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Comments submitted to the Fish and Wildlife Service regarding its proposal to list the polar bear as a threatened species under
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Comments on the 2005 WTO Ministerial Decision on Duty-Free, Quota-Free Market Access for Least-Developed Countries
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Smearing Coal
Readers of the Wall Street Journal this morning will have noticed several really expensive ads depicting pretty faces smeared with coal dust and the headline…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. ENVIRONMENT Al Gore is forced to move his global warming-themed “Live Earth” concert from Washington, D.C. to New Jersey.
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Save the World by Cooking
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More from Monbiot today
The Guardian columnist George Monbiot today has yet another article attacking global warming deniers — to wit: “There is climate change censorship – and…
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Jogging with Laurie David
On the Huffington Post today, global warming campaigner Laurie David opines about the weather in Dallas as she takes her morning run: Time magazine…
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Homilies against trade don’t put food on the table
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Golf Carts and Safety
A front page article in today’s New York Times comments on the rise of electric carts around the country. Particularly in retirement communities, they’ve…
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Insurance Reform Bill Could Have Big Impact On Consumers
Contact: Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., April 10, 2007— America has a deeply troubled auto and homeowners’ insurance system, but a forthcoming bill…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. REGULATION Maryland lawmakers approve a statewide ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.
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Not Good Enough
One of the baffling things about the IPCC Working Group II document released on Friday is how much it ignores mankind’s ability to progress. Time…
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Misguided ethanol policy helps drive up food prices
Here’s another article — front-page Wall Street Journal (subscription needed) — that notes the shift from food to fuel production (e.g., corn-based ethanol) is…
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Hurricane forecaster calls Gore “gross alarmist”
In an article posted on WWL-TV in New Orleans on April 6, Dr. William Gray, the prominent hurricane forecaster, took aim at Al Gore’s…
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The Tip of the Iceberg
I have a piece in today’s National Review Online about the new bill that would provide optional federal chartering (OFC) for insurance companies. OFC,…
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Re: “Vanity, vanity”…
Regarding Fran’s post earlier today on Vanity Fair‘s new “Green Issue” — I haven’t read it yet, but I’m sure it’s all very…
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Adapting to the IPCC
The IPCC’s second summary report of the year is out. Working Group II’s report on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability predicts a world…
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Now I wanna be a Stooge
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Rhode Island Lead Paint Verdict Ethically Tainted
In Rhode Island, a jury recently returned a verdict holding out-of-state paint manufacturers liable to the state for potentially billions of dollars, under the theory…
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Examiner Columnist Antrim on The Great Global Warming Swindle
Washington Examiner columnist Kathleen Antrim endorses the film The Great Global Warming Swindle: As “The Great Global Warming Swindle” points out, “global warming…
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Bailey on “Consensus”
Another former Brookes Fellow, Ron Bailey, writes in Reason today on green activists’ speaking out of both sides of their mouth when they say…
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Carney and Schulz on Supremes’ CO2 Ruling
Two CEI veterans weigh on on this week's Supreme Court decision reversing the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to not regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from…
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YouTube on fire with “Cigarette” song
These days even expressing ambiguity about cigarettes can put you in danger of the anti-smoking thought police. Conversing about the pleasure of smoking or the…
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Is Bad Regulatory Competition Better than No Regulatory Competition?
I had an interesting conversation about regulatory competition in the context of insurance. A lawyer I was speaking with argued that any regulatory competition structure—even…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Farm experts warn of increasing price volatility as U.S. farmers plant more corn to meet the demand for ethanol. CEI Expert…
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“Vanity, vanity . . .” Myron Ebell featured in Vanity Fair’s “Green Issue”
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“Give me land, lots of land . . . “
An editorial today in the New York Times focused on one of the negative consequences of the corn ethanol boom — a boom fueled…
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Foreign Courts Target U.S. Business for Plunder
The Supreme Court of Canada has just given the green light for British Columbia to force American tobacco companies to pay for smokers’ past…
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Baptists and Bootleggers in the Tropics
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Genetic Testing and Insurance
Full Document Available in PDF It is common knowledge that many diseases…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. ENVIRONMENT The United Nations prepares to officially release its latest report on the predicted effects of global warming. CEI Experts Available to Comment: Senior…
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“Take me out to the partido de beisbol”
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Apple, EMI Test DRM-Free
In the wake of the announcement by EMI (along with Apple) that its catalog will now be available on iTunes DRM-free and at…
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Koch on Management
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The Kelo Five Go Green
Our very own Chris Horner is in Human Events today on this week’s Massachusetts v. EPA SCOTUS decision on the regulation of carbon dioxide…
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The Kelo Five Go Green
Early on an otherwise beautiful April Monday in Washington the United States Supreme Court issued its eagerly awaited “global warming” opinion, in Massachusetts v.
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT William F. Buckley compares the attitude towards global warming skeptics to the Inquisition.
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PLA = Union Ripoff
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Before Che, there was Leon
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So Where do the Shipping Disasters Take Place?
They take place at home. Let me explain. In studies of regulatory policy, the international flags-of-convenience system for shipping often gets cited as an example…
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“Standing” on global warming
The Supreme Court’s ruling on global warming is unfortunate for a number of reasons. It could lead to policies that would sacrifice jobs, economic growth,…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. LEGAL The U.S. Supreme Court rules against the EPA’s decision not to regulate carbon dioxide…
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Bush vs. Gore
Snopes has the lowdown on a very interesting e-mail forward about the homes of George W. Bush and Al Gore. Worth a read.
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Supremes: More Power to EPA Bureaucracy
This morning the Supreme Court issued opinions in two “environmental” (actually, energy) cases with major implications, Massachusetts v. EPA and Environmental…
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More Alarmism about Global Warming and Species Extinction
A recent column (which came to my attention through Google news alerts) repackages stale alarums as news. The claim that global warming is killing Caribbean…
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Modernism (And Libertarianism) at the Corcoran
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An interesting idea for insurance choice
In the next few weeks, I'm going to be writing a good deal about the idea that insurance companies should have the ability to do…
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Supreme Court Split Decision Opens Door to EPA Power Grab
The Supreme Court today, in a 5-4 decision, overturned EPA’s decision not to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new vehicles. EPA must now…
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CEI Experts Available to Comment on Supreme Court C02 Decision
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, today overturned the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision not to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new vehicles.
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues In the News: 1. REGULATING THE REGULATORSSupreme Court Tells EPA to Re-Consider its Decision Not to Regulate C02…
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Global Warming: What Should Texas Do?
As Texas electricity prices have climbed alongside natural gas prices, how to achieve affordable yet reliable energy has become a highly debated topic. The market…
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Craig Newmark on Trust
Cragislist founder Craig Newmark has an interesting op ed in today’s Washington Examiner on ways in which voluntary collaboration will help resolve new…
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Bandow on Unions’ new Global Strategy
What’s worse than trade protectionism and compulsory unionism? Trade protectionism and compulsory unionism that shred national sovereignty, as CEI adjunct fellow Doug Bandow writes in…
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