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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL An arbitrator is expected to rule today on a lawsuit brought by major tobacco…
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British Government to Admit Imposing CO2 Limits Not Most Effective Way to Deal with Climate Change
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Ruling on Tobacco Settlement Payments Expected
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT A study in the journal Science predicts rapid sea level rise from the effects of global warming…
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V is for Read the Book Instead
“People shouldn’t fear their governments, governments should fear their people.” This line from the movie V for Vendetta seems to have convinced libertarian luminaries…
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Congress’ Silk Purse
During the Capitol Hill budget debates, many spectators must have found the use of the term “earmarking” somewhat strange. What does it have…
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Reform the Reformers
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> On the Saturday Show (Jan. 21), NPR commentator John Ydstie, in a…
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CEI Experts to Participate in Endangered Species Act Panel
The Endangered Species Act: Why Protecting Property Rights Is Good For Landowners And Species Capitol Hill Briefing: Monday, March 27, Noon…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez announces the creation of a new center for…
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Terrorist Heroes
Like it or not, comic books are no longer the domain of nerds and adolescents. Driven by the box-office success of adaptations of…
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Politics Nixed In Cancer Stick Flick
When Christopher Buckley’s novel Thank You for Smoking came out in 1994 it was a surprising satire of the vilification of the tobacco…
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“But now all the stations are silenced, ’cause they ain’t got a government license”
Broadcasting has come a long way since the pioneer punk band The Clash blasted Britain's radio regulators with that line in 1979, but in some…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH The United Nations marks the importance of clean drinking water in the developing world with…
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How many species are there?
All we can say is there are most certainly a lot and no one has any idea of how many. Close to two million have…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Ethanol producers could face problems during the summer driving season when demand is expected to…
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New Drug Demagoguery
“New Drugs Hit the Market, but Promised Trials Go Undone” and “FDA: Drug Companies Drop Ball on Studies,” the headlines blared.
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CEI Planet: January – February 2006
President Concedes Moral High Ground on Energy by Myron Ebell "America is addicted to oil." With these five words in…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Google scores a victory over disclosure of user information in its legal battle…
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Careful What You Wish For
If you wanted to lower electric energy prices in the US, what would you do? If you answered, “Cripple the domestic railroad industry,” you'd…
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Q&A With Jason Talley
Jason Talley heads the Bureaucrash pro-freedom activist network—in Bureaucrash’s own parlance, he is the Crasher-in-Chief. He spoke recently with CEI Planet on his…
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How Sarbanes-Oxley Hinders Technology Transfer
I grew up here in Kansas City, on the Kansas side, Johnson County. Ewing Kaufman left the Kaufman Foundation as his legacy, along with many…
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In Memoriam: R.W. Bradford
Death closes so many books that are still being written. A book that was closed over the holidays was the Bill Bradford volume. Bill was…
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President Concedes Moral High Ground on Energy
“America is addicted to oil.” With these five words in his State of the Union speech, President George W. Bush confounded steadfast allies on…
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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
On February 9, the Competitive Enterprise Institute helped file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), a federal agency…
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Issues in the News 1. CONGRESS The Senate passes a budget resolution which includes provisions allowing oil and gas exploration in…
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Wi-fi? Why Not?
Walking around a corner, one never knows what will appear. Yet in order to move forward, it’s often necessary to turn corners anyway,…
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CEI Comments on the Domenici-Bingaman Climate Change Policy White Paper
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Issues in the News 1. TELEVISION The Federal Communications Commission issues record-high fines for recent broadcasts of allegedly “indecent”…
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Senate Should Vote for Affordable Energy
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202-331-2273 Washington, D.C., March 16, 2006—As the U.S. Senate considers an important budget resolution, the Competitive Enterprise Institute urges…
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Hot Air Hysteria
Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are at record highs according to a new report from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. The implication is that…
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Speaking in Tongues
In Monty Python’s classic "Hungarian Phrasebook" sketch, a Hungarian tourist walks into a British tobacconist’s shop, and, consulting a faulty phrasebook, tells…
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS Delta airlines plans to terminate its pension plan and seek salary concessions amid a struggle…
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Gators and a Lot of Guff
Few experiences inspire awe like paddling a canoe through a Florida swamp filled with otters, turtles and tropical birds. Or spending the night on high…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Executives from major oil companies testify before Congress on industry profits. CEI Expert Available…
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Standing Athwart History…
Is there a point at which societal change moves so fast that some people not only do not see it, but emphatically deny…
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Response to Questions Posed by Senators Domenici and Bingaman in “Design Elements of a Mandatory Market-Based Greenhouse Ga
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Issues in the News 1. FINANCE The Securities and Exchange Commission may ease corporate accounting regulations on small public…
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Ethanol is good, except when it’s not
Some people accuse George W. Bush of seeing the world in simple terms, black-and-white, good-and-evil. He has been quoted as saying, “in Texas,…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Many of the hurricane-damaged energy facilities in the Gulf Coast are still offline. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL Congress considers the question of what can be done with copyrighted material whose owner cannot…
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EPA Whips Up Air Pollution Scare
The air pollution scare industry is at it again — in a very timely manner to help the Environmental Protection Agency impose more dubious…
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Joint Letter to House and Senate Leadership on Opening ANWR to Energy Exploration
Rep. Dennis Hastert Sen. Bill Frist Rep. John Boehner Washington, D. C. March 8, 2006 Dear Mr. Speaker/Mr.
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS Democrats in the House of Representative announce a legislative agenda for spurring innovation…
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Sarbanes-Oxley Accounting Board: An Agency Without Accountability
In 2001, the energy giant Enron unexpectedly filed for bankruptcy, laying off 4,000 of its employees and consuming the life savings of thousands more. In…
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CEI Praises Nancy Pelosi, Others For Recognizing Sarbanes-Oxley’s Burden
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., March 8, 2005—The Competitive Enterprise Institute applauds the House Democrats’ Innovation Agenda…
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS AT&T announces a merger with BellSouth, pending approval by the FCC and U.S. Justice Department.
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Patients vs. Paternalism
Decisions about drug safety and efficacy are far from easy. Tysabri, a multiple sclerosis (MS) drug that was voluntarily withdrawn from the market last year…
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Issues in the News 1. SCIENCE A new study predicts half of all children in North and South America will be…
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Consumers Will Benefit From AT&T-Bell South Merger
Washington, D.C., March 6, 2006—AT&T’s announcement that it will merge with Bell South is a pro-competitive move that will benefit consumers, says <?xml:namespace…
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No Beef in Meat Packaging Controversy
Yet another potential food scare is being manufactured out of thin air — or rather out of carbon monoxide. Last November, with little fanfare,…
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS The American Enterprise Institute holds a conference on the movement for “corporate social responsibility.”…
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The Lancet Pricks Itself
The term “medical journals” elicits automatic respect from most people. Not from me: I read them. I've found the editors to be increasingly…
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Is CSR A-OK?
A Friday conference at the American Enterprise Institute will try to answer the question: "Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Serious Business?" And not…
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The Ideas Marketplace — Sans Market?
WASHINGTON—The Jack Abramoff scandal has many individual players, but it’s also added fuel to an older and broader theme—the quest to purge politics of money.
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Issues in the News 1. SAFETY Congress considers legislation to standardize food labeling and safety warnings. CEI Expert…
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Issues in the News 1. E-COMMERCE AOL proceeds with plans to charge a “postage” fee for mass senders of email.
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U.S. tech: Get to China
We once scorned the idea the Internet could be censored. Many politicians have tried to stop porn, but always to no avail. Spam still…
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS Civil rights leader Andrew Young joins the steering committee of the group Working Families for…
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ESA Coalition Letter to Senator James M. Inhofe
Full Document Available in PDF…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET A federal court ruling on copyright could undermine Google’s Book Search program.
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WTO and Biotech Food: Who Really Won?
The long-awaited World Trade Organization decision on biotechnology applied to agricultural products, finally released earlier this month, elicited a great deal of buzz…
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The Kyoto Bubble?
It is one of the hallmark features of a capitalist economy that investors will react to changes in policy and regulation in order to…
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Issues in the News 1. FINANCE A new report finds executives at mortgage lender Fannie Mae responsible for an…
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Weak Energy Week
This has been “Energy Week” for President Bush as he barnstormed around the country in follow-up to his State of the Union message that…
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Making a Meth of the PATRIOT Act
If you thought al Qaeda or Iraqi insurgents were the major threats facing America, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) says you’re wrong. According to Dent,…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Three major oil companies prepare to open a major new natural gas pipeline…
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Issues in the News 1. SUPREME COURT The nation’s highest court hears a constitutional challenge to the Clean Water…
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Supreme Court Reviews Water Quality Regulations
Washington, D.C., February 21, 2006—The U.S. Supreme Court today hears arguments over the reach and constitutionality of the Clean Water Act, setting the stage for…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL McDonald’s french fries are attacked for containing traces of wheat and dairy products. CEI…
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Supreme Court Reviews Water Quality Regulations
The U.S. Supreme Court today hears arguments over the reach and constitutionality of the Clean Water Act, setting the stage for a potentially…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH The EPA tells people not to throw out their Teflon cookware CEI Expert Available to…
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Unhappy Birthday
This week marks the first anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol's coming into force. It's an unhappy birthday. The one-year-old has been badly treated by…
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In the Interests of Stakeholders… and Steakholders
There was good news last month on both sides of our northern border: In response to confirmation of an isolated case of bovine…
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All the news that fits
Newspapers are often criticized for bias in their “news” articles. A prime example was Andrew Pollack's Feb. 14 New York Times piece on…
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Kyoto: A Quiet Anniversary
Global warming alarmists marked the Kyoto Protocol’s first anniversary in subdued fashion this week. The treaty so far has been a failure and its…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Paramount Pictures agrees to distribute a documentary on global warming starring former Vice President…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Congress investigates the business operations of Google and other U.S. Internet companies in China.
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Will Congress Open the Market for Online Television?
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., February 15, 2006—The future of video content online could begin today in the Senate…
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Issues in the News 1. BUDGET President Bush’s proposed federal budget attracts an array of critics. CEI Expert Available to Comment:…
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On First Anniversary, Kyoto’s Future Looks Bleak
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Issues in the News 1. HURRICANE KATRINA The House of Representatives finds failures in the response to Hurricane Katrina at all levels…
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The top ten reasons to cut corporate welfare
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />The federal budget is too big. It's way too big. George W. Bush has called for total…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING National Academy of Sciences agrees to referee climate-change research. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News 1. BIOTECHNOLOGY The World Trade Organization rules against European restrictions on genetically modified foods. CEI…
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Beware False Profits
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,…
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Low-Fat Diet Myth Busted
The widely-believed notion that low-fat diets are good for your health went “poof” this week—although the busting of that myth shouldn’t be news to…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Evangelical leaders come out in favor of mandated carbon dioxide emission cuts. …
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Free Enterprise Fund and Competitive Enterprise Institute to Announce Constitutional Legal Challenge to Sarbanes-Oxley
WHAT: Sarbanes-Oxley was rushed into law in 2002 with good intentions following unprecedented corporate scandals. Yet, elements of Sarbanes-Oxley now serve as classic examples…
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Free Enterprise Fund and Competitive Enterprise Institute Launch Constitutional Legal Challenge to Sarbanes-Oxley Act
CONTACT: Christine Hall, 202-331-2258, [email protected] Washington, DC (February 8, 2006)—The Free Enterprise Fund and the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) on Tuesday launched a…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS A Verizon Communications executive blasts Google for freeloading on Verizon infrastructure as Congress prepares to debate…
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Pew’s ‘Agenda for Climate Action’ Equals Higher Energy Prices for American Consumers
Contact: Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Washington, D.C., February 8, 2006—The latest report from the Pew Center on Global Climate is being touted as the ‘first comprehensive…
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‘Oil Addiction’ Talk Boosts Enviro Leftists
“<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America is addicted to oil.”With these five words in his State of the Union speech, President…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS AOL and Yahoo announce plans to charge to send certified email, fueling the debate…
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CEI Praises Major WTO Decision on Biotech Food
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252…
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Three Cheers for WTO Decision on Biotech Food
What do an <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Iowa corn grower, a Thai rice farmer, and a Dutch grocery shopper have…
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Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOBILITY The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration releases a new report on car size…
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Woodpecker Racket?
Last year’s reported sighting in eastern Arkansas of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, long thought to be extinct, raised the hopes of bird-watchers everywhere.<?xml:namespace prefix…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin calls for the temporary shutdown…
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Issues in the News 1. STATE OF THE UNION President Bush calls for more federal spending on alternative energy sources,…
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We Have It Coming
Americans are about to learn the hard way about the unintended consequences of over-regulation and flawed policy initiatives. Vaccination to prevent viral and bacterial…