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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY A miner who survived an explosion at the Sago coal mine in West…
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EPA Makes Right Decision on Use of Human Volunteers in Pesticide Safety Studies
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FDA May Make Breathing Difficult for Asthmatics
The government may tell asthmatics to “take a hit” for the environment. But that “hit” won't be from their inhalers, which might be taken…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Finance company BB&T announces that it will refuse loans to developers attempting to…
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I’m Proud to Be a Coal Miner’s Grandson
To hear Senators Byrd and Rockefeller speak, one would think that the coal mining industry in this country is one of the major sources…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET A major computer hacker pleads guilty in federal court to hijacking hundreds of thousands of…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The Food and Drug Administration approves fat-blocking drug Xenical for over-the-counter sales.
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Open Federalism
The businessman puts the cash in an envelope. He leaves it on the agreed upon restaurant table. Another man, a government bureaucrat, walks over…
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What Does It Mean to Be a (Canadian) Conservative?
In yesterday’s Canadian election, the new Conservative Party swept into power for the first time since 1993. Paul Martin and the Liberals, it turns…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY CBS News reports on the massive petroleum reserves currently being explored in the oil sands…
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Why Cable ‘A La Carte’ Won’t Roll
Americans love channel surfing, and many spend their evenings flipping through the vast ocean of inexpensive programming available through cable television packages. But…
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How Roe Destroyed Privacy
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Our Miserly Uncle
Although it may be heresy for a libertarian or a conservative to say, I really like living in Washington. I try to be grateful every…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The World Health Organization raises concerns about resistance to a key…
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No Future in Kyoto Dreaming
In 1977, the punk rock band the Sex Pistols shocked England with their nihilist anthem “God Save the Queen,” where they declared there was “No…
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Starborn Society
Science fiction has long been stereotyped as a hardware-obsessed, techno-jargon laden refuge for computer nerds and outcasts. Especially on television, which lacks the geek…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The Food and Drug Administration announces new guidelines for prescription drug…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY International leaders warn that the world is not ready to confront a possible…
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PETA: Cruel and Unusual
The FBI recently declared environmental and animal rights extremism its top domestic terrorism priority. The bureau is currently investigating over 150 cases of…
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS A new Maryland law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health benefits has other…
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Sarbanes-Oxley vs. the Free Press
Back in June, when New York Times reporter Judith Miller was about to go to jail on contempt charges for refusing to testify…
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A Boon for U.S. Consumers
Although Wal-Mart has been America's largest retailer since 1990, the company has only recently begun expanding into California, and the reaction from many quarters has…
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Some Hard Truths About Bird Flu
The issues surrounding the possibility of a pandemic of the H5N1 strain of avian flu are extraordinarily complex, encompassing medicine, epidemiology, virology and even…
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS The Maryland legislature moves to require Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health…
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Plants Bad for the Environment? Celebrities Causing Frogs to Croak?
Could it be that celebrities are planting the forests that are causing the global warming that is growing the bacteria that are wiping out the…
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Issues in the News 1. ECONOMICS Offical plans for rebuilding New Orleans draw harsh criticism from local homeowners. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The EPA proposes to change the standard for testing gas mileage…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Google’s new video service raises questions about copyright protection technology. CEI Expert Available for…
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Fill the Moat, Lower the Portcullis
The issues surrounding the possibility of a pandemic of the H5N1 strain of avian flu are extraordinarily complex, encompassing aspects of medicine, epidemiology,…
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Flu pandemic prevention
This month's outbreak of H5N1 avian flu in Turkey—as many as 50 human cases and several deaths—looks very like what we might see…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update Monday, January 9, 2006 Issues in the News 1. SUPREME…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Frequently-fined radio host Howard Stern makes his much-anticipated move to satellite broadcasting next…
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Europe’s Global REACH: Chemical Regulations in Europe Promise Worldwide Costs
This month, the European Parliament voted in favor of a massive new expansion of the European Union's (EU) chemical regulations. Known as REACH—which stands for…
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The Tale of a Medical Device
Senator Hillary Clinton traveled 6,000 miles to dramatize the need for faster medical device approvals. Hard to believe, isn’t it? In fact, Sen. Clinton…
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Let a Thousand ISPs Bloom: A Hands-Off Approach to Global Tech Development
Simply uttering the phrase “Internet governance” is enough to make some people cringe with visions of Big Brother. But Internet governance is not—and shouldn’t be—some…
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Millennium Challenged? New Approach to Foreign Aid Threatens to Become More of the Same
Standing alongside U2 lead singer Bono in March 2002, President Bush announced the formation of a “new compact for global development, defined by new accountability.”…
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The CEI Planet – November – December 2005
Full Document Available in PDF Europe’s Global REACH: Chemical Regulations…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Researchers claim a temperature rise 55 million years ago could shed light on the current…
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Russia’s Godfather Saga
“Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer,” was the lesson taught to Michael Corleone by his father Vito in the Godfather movies.
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Russia and Ukraine settle a dispute over natural gas that threatened European energy supplies. CEI…
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Cruel and Unusual: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
On January 9, two employees of the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will appear in court to answer felony…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY A conflict between Ukraine and Russia threatens to undermine natural gas supplies to much of…
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Ominous Prospects for Aging
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal described “a growing backlash against the pharmaceutical industry that is already affecting the development and…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The price of oil dipped slightly yesterday, heading towards an end-of-year close of about $60 a…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS Technology security firms are warning computer users to beware of a flaw in Microsoft Windows which…
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Issues in the News 1. LABOR The New York City Transport Workers Union’s executive board votes to approve a new…
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CEOs Should Mind Their Own Business
President Coolidge once said the business of America is business. He might have added that the business of business is to pursue profits,…
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Security rules for chemicals are absurd
Writer and humorist P.J. O'Rourke once said, “Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”<?xml:namespace prefix…
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Issues in the News 1. LABOR The New York City Transport Workers Union ends its three day strike. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. BIOTECHNOLOGY Researchers in Iran announce the impending birth of that nation’s first generation of…
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Issues in the News 1. FINANCE Government agencies target mortgage brokers for alleged “predatory lending” practices CEI Expert Available for…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The debate over authorizing oil exploration in the Alaskan arctic moves into its…
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Frist Should Cancel Senators’ Christmas Vacations
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., December 20, 2005— Statement of Myron Ebell, Director of Global Warming & International Environmental Policy at the Competitive…
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Vote Yes on ANWR Now
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., December 20, 2005—As gas prices remain above two dollars a gallon and most Americans are looking at sky-high…
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Caveat Emptor: No, Really
One of the oldest maxims in commerce is caveat emptor: let the buyer beware. Sadly, this is often interpreted as a condemnation of businessmen, a…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The House of Representatives votes to authorize oil exploration in the Alaskan arctic. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY DuPont agrees to pay a $16.5 million dollar EPA fine related to alleged…
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Black Gold: Syriana soars on substance, sinks on politics.
Syriana opens with a throng of Arab men quarreling over the right to board a bus. The camera peers at the scene through…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Microsoft and MCI announce a new venture to offer Internet-based phone service.
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Enviros Exaggerated Montreal Summit
A world historical event occurred in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Montreal in the hours before dawn on December 10. What? …
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Lives for Votes
December 15, 2005 — With his record, a call from state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is enough to give even innocent defendants…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET People around the globe celebrate 15 years of the World Wide Web.
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Good Drugs, Bad Rap
These are turbulent times for the pharmaceutical industry and for its regulator, the FDA. Lately, both have focused increasingly on issues of safety.
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS The PBS documentary series Frontline asks “Is Wal-Mart Good for America?” CEI…
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Point, Counterpoint: Wal-Mart on DVD
Documentary film has long been mired in debates about objectivity. Once strived for amongst serious documentarians, the notion of an objective documentary slowly degraded as…
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The Long REACH of the EU
The European Union's Council of Ministers is expected to vote soon on the proposed chemicals regulation called REACH, an acronym for Registration, Evaluation, and…
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Issues in the News 1. REGULATORY COSTS President Bush speaks about controlling the costs imposed on business by regulatory expenses. CEI…
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Who Is Watching the Watchdog?
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Bill Clinton’s Shifting Policy on Climate Change
Contacts: Marlo Lewis, 202.669.6693 (Montréal) Myron Ebell, 202.320.6685 (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C.)…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING The US maintains its opposition to forced emissions cuts at the UN climate…
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Canadian Prime Minister’s Spectacular Hypocrisy
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The SEC changes rules that would have hindered efforts to fight avian flu.
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Attendees to the U.N. climate conference in Montreal are unlikely to set…
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Senator Bingaman’s Bogus Climate Proposal
Contacts: Myron Ebell, 202.320.6685 (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Montreal) Richard Morrison, 202.441.9652 (Montreal)…
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SEC Changes Policy to Combat Potential Bird Flu Epidemic
Washington, D.C., December 6, 2005—In a move that could save thousands of lives, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has cleared the red tape of…
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Corporate Social Concerns: Are They Good Citizenship, Or a Rip-Off for Investors?
Fred Smith debates CSR in The Wall Street Journal…
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Issues in the News<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> 1. INTERNET A bug in…
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Who’s afraid of big business?
Everybody agrees, it seems, that big business has too much influence in Washington. Most people are confused, however, as to what big business is doing…
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A Windfall of Bad Ideas
In the third-quarter of 2005, the major U.S. oil companies—ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP America, and Shell Oil Company—collectively earned almost $26 billion in profits, an…
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Video-game law lets parents shirk duty
Arnold Schwarzenegger acquired fame and fortune playing a slew of bloodthirsty meatheads. Now, as governor of California, he’s still trying to play action…
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Issues in the News 1. TOBACCO A new study finds that very little of the money that states have…
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Global Warming Blues
The 11th annual meeting of global warming enthusiasts in Montreal isn’t turning out to be a very happy event. Even though this is the…
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Judges Deny Rehearing of Greenhouse Gas Lawsuit
Washington, D.C., December 2, 2005—The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has turned away an appeal from state authorities and environmental groups which sought…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Microsoft launches a new anti-virus service. CEI Expert Available for Comment: Vice President…
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Privatizing the Inner City
In June the Supreme Court said that <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />New London, Conn. could force Susette Kelo and a…
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Dubai The Model?
Westerners who travel to the Middle East often pass through Dubai and sigh deeply. “If only the rest of the Muslim Middle East were as…
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Why the Top-Down Approach Has Failed
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another World AIDS Day has arrived (Dec. 1) and with it more HIV cases than ever before—over 40 million. The World…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET New Orleans announces the development of a free, city-wide wireless network. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS The Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce renewed efforts toward forcing cable companies…
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Climate Policy Needs a Stern Review
Tony Blair's admission that any international climate change treaty to follow <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Kyoto is unlikely to be based on the same model…
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Misspending, Abuses Marks Tobacco Settlement Anniversary
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CEI Experts Available on UN Global Warming Talks
Contacts: (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />U.S.) Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 (Montreal) Richard Morrison, 202.441.9652 Washington,…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Drug maker Merck & Co. announces layoffs of 7,000 workers amid uncertainty surrounding…
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Misspending, Abuses Marks Tobacco Settlement Anniversary
Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Washington, D.C., November 28, 2005—Seven years ago this month, the states signed the biggest settlement deal in history with major tobacco…
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An analog armageddon?
Hollywood movies are replete with bad guys nefariously plotting to control the world, but these days, music and movie industry associations are looking awfully…
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Ford CEO pushes government to put on an energy summit
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Greens like cars too – just cleaner ones
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Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOTIVE Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford announces his company’s plans to focus on developing alternative…