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Regulation of the Day 141: Mandatory Fire Sprinklers
Politicians love it when housing prices go up. That's why Cumberland, Maryland is mulling requiring all new homes to install fire sprinkler systems. Cost: $3,000-$9,000…
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Regulation of the Day 140: Plastic
“Plastics are the future,” a pushy relative told a young Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate. Was he giving career advice -- or a warning?…
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Explaining Free Trade in Under Three Minutes
Watch Tom Palmer explain free trade in under three minutes.
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Friday Regulation Roundup
$300,000 of stimulus money to pay for floating toilets, plus more.
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Regulation of the Day 139: Mailing Fake Grenades
In which a new regulation actually makes some sense.
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Regulation of the Day 138: Dwile Flonking
H.L. Mencken defined Puritanism as “The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” He may as well have been talking about regulators.