Washington Times
From The Hague
Washington Times
A Turkey of a Regulation
Corn — or maize as the Indians called it — has always been part of Thanksgiving tradition. But this year, many Americans have found that…
Washington Times
Economic Mischief
While everyone watches Florida as we attempt to choose the next president of the United States, we shouldn’t forget that we still have a very active,…
Op-Eds
Scientists Continue to Assail Climate Treaty
A live report from The Hague by CEI’s Chris Horner at the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the UN Treaty on Global Warming…
Study
Earth Report 2000: The State of the World’s Fisheries
Full Document Available in PDF…
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Chirac: Kyoto “First Step Toward Global Governance”
CHIRAC HAILS CLIMATE TREATY AS A live report from The Hague by CEI’s Chris Horner at…
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Science Not Hot Agenda Item at Climate Summit
A live report from The Hague by CEI’s Chris Horner at the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the UN Treaty on Global Warming…
Study
Paging the New Congress: Demand-Driven Spectrum Reform at the FCC
On November 9, the Federal Communications Commission announced new plans for the distribution of the electromagnetic spectrum used by wireless communications companies. The…
Op-Eds
US Negotiators Declare Certainty of Purpose
The Hague, Netherlands, November 17 — Amid allegations the US team gave up too much, too fast, relations grew strained betwee A live…
Op-Eds
US Proposals Rebuffed at Global Warming Negotiations: EU Officials Seek Larger Sacrifices
A live report from The Hague by CEI’s Chris Horner at the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the UN Treaty on Global Warming…
Newsletter
Vol. IV, No. 23
Politics<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> COP-6 Off to Shaky Start The sixth Conference of the Parties to the…
Op-Eds
Science Not Hot Agenda Item at Climate Summit
A live report from The Hague by CEI’s Chris Horner A live report from The Hague by CEI’s Chris Horner at the…
Study
Tax Reform is Green, “Green” Taxes Aren’t
Full Document Available in PDF “Tax Reform” has become an empty…
Comment
Biotech After the Recall: Is More Regulation Needed?
Op-Eds
Civic Virtue, Civic Vice: Jack Kemp’s Nationally Syndicated Column
Published November 13, 2000 Published November 13, 2000 Distributed by Copley News Service Headline: Civic Virtue, Civic Vice …
Products
The Despairing Optimist: To the Victor the Spoils?
The Despairing Optimist: Friday afternoon (post-election) November 10, 2000 Who will be our next President? It’s still up in…
Prospect
Blame Government First
Prospect
From Social Security to Environment, the Candidates’ Positions
Op-Eds
No Fool For Microsoft
Next February, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will sit en banc for two days to hear the appeal of United States…
Op-Eds
Memo to the President-elect: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published November 6, 2000 Published November 6, 2000 Distributed by Copley News Service Headline: Memo to the President-elect…
Products
The Campaign Against the Car: Europe’s Call for a Car-Free Day
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Al Gore might not have mentioned it during his presidential campaigning, and you…
Coal Age
Lawmakers, Groups File Lawsuit Against Clinton
Coal Age
Our Phoniest Drug War
Products
Prisoners of K Street
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate…
Products
The Culture of Fear: A Reader’s Guide
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Sixty-eight years ago, Franklin…
Products
Where Are All the Flying Cars?
Whether it’s H.G. Wells or 2001: A Space Odyssey, it seems that everyone has a vision of the future. The optimism of the post-war era…
Products
The Great Global Gasoline Crunch of 2000
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate High motor fuel prices are now a major issue, both in America…
Products
Christmas Gift Book Ideas
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Tis the Season to have to shop for all your friends and…
Newsletter
Vol. IV, No. 22
Countdown to COP-6 The Kyoto Protocol’s loose ends were supposed to be wrapped up at the sixth Conference of Parties to the U. N. Framework…
Products
CEI Book Reviews: David Friedman’s Law’s Order
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Law’s Order: What Economics Has To Do With Law And Why It Matters…
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Death, Taxes, and a Government Sponsored Postal Monopoly
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Think the government-granted monopoly the United States Postal Service holds is an outrage?…
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Supreme Decisions on Clean Air
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate The most important case in the 30 year history of the Clean Air…
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Odds & Ends: Gus Hall–Revolutionary, Duffer, Angler; Orwell in the Apple; Wacky Patacki; Bubble-Headed Cher
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate SOW BLOODY REVOLUTION, THEN HIT THE LINKS! Legendary Communist Party USA…
Products
CEI Book Review: Lessig’s Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
From the October/November issue of CEI UpDate Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace Lawrence Lessig Basic Books · 1999…
Op-Eds
Scare Tactics Won’t Work: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published October 30, 2000 Published October 30, 2000 Distributed by Copley News Service Headline: Scare Tactics Won’t Work …
Op-Eds
Biotech Food Labeling is Regulatory Overkill: Henry Miller Op-Ed in LA Times
Published in the Los Angeles Times Published in the Los Angeles Times October 27, 2000 Headline: Biotech Food Labeling…
Washington Times
An Energy Heartburn
Washington Times
Impossible Claims for Tobacco Controls (Letter to the Editor)
From Dr Roger Bate. Sir, Last week in Geneva the World Health Organisation started down the road to a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
Op-Eds
Prosperity in the Balance: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Published October 23, 2000 Published October 23, 2000 Copley News Service Headline: Prosperity in the Balance …
Op-Eds
High Tech Industry Suffers When Companies Curry Federal Favors
Delong Op-Ed on Tech Central Station. This week I was talking with Roger Cochetti, vice president of Network Solutions and experienced observer of…
Newsletter
Vol. IV, No. 21
Bush Supports CO2 Controls George W. Bush’s comprehensive energy plan proposes a mandatory cap on emissions of CO2 for the nation’s electric utilities. In…
Op-Eds
Big Regulations for the Big Rigs: Gattuso Op-Ed in Washington Times
Published in the Washington Times Published in the Washington Times October 18, 2000 For most of this…
Op-Eds
Arafat’s Diplomacy In Extremis: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Politics Nationally syndicated column Distributed by Copley News Service October 16, 2000 Headline: Arafat’s Diplomacy In Extremis…
Op-Eds
Antitrust Threat to New Technologies: Pieler Op-Ed in Washington Times
Published in the Washington Times <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> October 16, 2000 Nothing…
Washington Times
Washers Next on List to Cut Water Use
Washington Times
Energy Rules Could Make Top Loading Washers Rare
Op-Eds
Backdoor to Kyoto: Paul Georgia Op-Ed in Washington Times
Published in the Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) Published in the Washington Times October 13, 2000 The Clinton-Gore administration's failure to…
Op-Eds
Cracking Up Over Taco Shells; Why is the EPA Shelling Biotech Food? Henry Miller in Washington Times
Distributed nationally by Copley News Service Published in the Washington Times October 12, 2000 Kraft Foods has…
Op-Eds
Put a Lid on Antitrust Zealots: Pieler Deseret News Op-Ed
Published in the Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Distributed by Scripps Howard…
Op-Eds
It’s Not Class War, It’s Marriage: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
The vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman was a fabulous discussion between two statesmen, two good friends of mine and two distinct…
Washington Times
Suit Filed Against Climate Report
Comment
From Montreal To Miami: Greg Conko Speech on Trade and Biotech Food
Op-Eds
The Myths and Realities of Oil Dependency: Georgia Op-Ed
Published in editorialnetwork Published in editorialnetwork.com Week of October 9, 2000 (Periodically, the EIN Weekly will…
Op-Eds
All the Hype that Can Be Put to Type: Sean Paige Op-Ed in Washinton Times
Published in the Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) Published in the Washington Times October 08, 2000 …
Washington Times
Government Should Protect Our Online Privacy
Op-Eds
Gore Debatable: Kemp Op-Ed in Seattle Post Intelligencer
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer The presidential debates are the Super Bowl of politics. With the race coming down to the line, they…
Op-Eds
A Much Higher Standard for Gene-Spliced Foods: Miller Op-Ed in SD Union-Tribune
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune October 5, 2000 Headline: A Much Higher…
Op-Eds
How Environmentalism Kills the Poor: Roger Bate
Every day Dr. Lizette du Plessis, one of three doctors at the company clinic of Mozal, the state of the art aluminum smelter near Maputo…
Newsletter
Vol. IV, No. 20
Administration Sued Over National Assessment Four members of the Cooler Heads Coalition, three members of Congress, and one individual filed suit in federal court…
Op-Eds
Gas Prices: Gore’s Achilles’ Heel — Lieberman Op-Ed in NY Post
Published in the New York Post Published in the New York Post October 3, 2000 Headline: Gas Prices: Gore’s Achilles’…
Op-Eds
Delay is Not a Four-Letter Word: Gattuso Op-Ed in Washington Times
Published in the Washington Times <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> October 2, 2000 …
Washington Times
Wired – Or Tangled? (Letter to the Editor)
Today’s monopoly electricity market is the result of conscious political design, not natural monopoly characteristics. A monopoly cannot sustain itself—and hardly is “natural”—if those who…
News Release
If Auto Safety Defects Are Criminalized, Shouldn’t Ralph Nader Be in Jail?
Washington, DC, October 2, 2000 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today charged that congressional proposals to criminalize auto safety defects failed to…
Forbes
Enlightening Solution
Op-Eds
Supreme Court Gives Reality A Chance To Catch Up To Politics: DeLong Op-Ed
Distributed by Bridge News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> September 29, 2000 Headline: By…
Op-Eds
Feds Should Make Web Cookie Crumble: Kemp Op-Ed in Seattle P-I
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Distributed by Copley News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> September 27, 2000…
Op-Eds
Amazon.com Puts Consumers in Control: Melugin in TechCentralStation.com
Published in TechCentralStation.com<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> September 25, 2000 …
Op-Eds
Car-Free Days? No Thank You: Hanasz Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal Europe
Published in the Wall Street Journal Europe September 20, 2000 We are all by now accustomed to the many campaigns to "free" us from the…
Op-Eds
Habitat for Humanity Builds Dreams: Kemp Op-Ed in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer September 20, 2000 In the years since I…
News Release
No Passing the Bucks to Consumers: CEI Letter to Hastert on Fuel Surcharges
September 21, 2000 The Honorable…
Newsletter
Vol. IV, No.19
Europe’s Anti-Fuel Tax Protests Truck and taxi drivers across Europe and Great Britain have…
Op-Eds
A Scorched-Earth Debate Hits West
Smoke still is rising from vast scorched acreage in the Rocky Mountain West, and fire continues ruthlessly to consume the tinderbox that much of the…
Op-Eds
Abolish The Forest Service: Bob Nelson in Forbes Magazine
Thin out small trees to protect forests from fire. Not a bad idea, as recently floated by the U.S. Forest Service, but too late when…
Study
Western Wildfires: Seeing the Forest Through Dense, Dead, and Diseased Trees
This year’s forest-fire season in the West may be the worst in 50 years. An area larger than Maryland-6.5 million acres-has burned, and…
Op-Eds
Foreign Policy a Crucial Issue: Kemp Op-Ed in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer September 13, 2000 As the presidential campaign heads into…
News Release
Gattuso/Singleton Letter to Rep. Tauzin on Reciprocal Compensation
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> September 11, 2000…
Study
Ignorance Is Us: Toys, Music, and Antitrust Regulations
Decades ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had a reputation for using the antitrust laws to defend mom-and-pop stores against the retailing…
Comment
Restoring Forest Health and Avoiding Catastrophic Fire on Federal Lands
Comment
Restoring Forest Health and Avoiding Catastrophic Fire on Federal Lands, Part II
Op-Eds
Nader Has the Courage to Fight a Totem
The vice president is worried about Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader. Robert Kennedy Jr. summed up his concern nicely: “Nader’s candidacy could siphon votes…
Op-Eds
Punish Ford-Firestone, But Don’t Reward NHTSA: Kazman WSJ Op-Ed
Published in the Wall Street Journal September 12, 2000 This year’s worst tire disaster claimed more than 100 lives. It came after scores of documented…
Op-Eds
Got a Computer? More Power To You: Mills/Huber Op-ed in Wall Street Journal
It takes electrons to move bits Published in the Wall Street Journal September 6, 2000 It takes electrons to move bits. The…
Op-Eds
Got a Computer? More Power To You: Mills/Huber Op-ed in Wall Street Journal
It takes electrons to move bits Published in the Wall Street Journal September 6, 2000 It takes electrons to move bits. The…
Forbes
Weed Control has Caused Skylark’s Decline (Letter to the Editor)
From Mr Gregory Conko. Sir, Your article “Bird numbers `under threat’ from GM crops” (September 1) reported on a study in the current issue of…
Op-Eds
Effects of GM Confused with Those of Farming Practices: Conko Letter to Financial Times
Published in The Financial Times Published in The Financial Times September 6, 2000, Wednesday London Edition 1 …
Newsletter
Vol. IV, No. 18
Expectations Lowered for Lyon and the Hague In preparation for the Sixth Conference of…
Forbes
Classroom Warfare
Citation
Study Calls for EPA to Get Out of the Brownfield Business
Products
All the News That’s Fit to Make Up: The New York Times Eats Its Words on Global Warming
Finally someone has brought the climate change debate back down to earth Global Warming Fibbing Inspires David Letterman Mockery …
Comment
The Winds Of Global Change: Which Way Are They Blowing?
Products
Throwing Precaution to the Wind: The Perils of the Precautionary Principle
From the August/September issue of CEI UpDate Mom always said, “Better safe than sorry.” Dad, on the other hand, believed…
Op-Eds
Dana Joel Gattuso Brownfields Op-Ed in Washington Times
If egotism is “the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see,” Vice President Al Gore is a master. He is…
Products
Pesticides and You, Puhfect Together? The Garden State’s Hands-Off Policy in Dealing with Deadly Mosquitos
In late July, the Federal Communiations Commission held a hearing on issues surrounding the America Online/Time Warner merger From the August/September…
Products
Fannie and Freddie: Fiscal Frauds
From the August/September 2000 issue of CEI UpDate Those who fear that undue accumulations of power are destabilizing the American economy always…
Products
Let’s Go to the Videotape! Documentary Provides Balance to Save-the-Rainforest Celebs
From the August/September 2000 issue of CEI UpDate Two cute tamarinds, perched on a branch, appear to frown and furrow their brows with…
Products
Prohibition, Privacy & Protection: The Real Online Gamble
From the August/September 2000 issue of CEI UpDate. On August 10, Jay Cohen was sentenced to 21 months in prison and a $5,000 fine. His…
Op-Eds
Clearing the National Forests’ Underbrush: Freeman/Simmons Op-Ed in Raleigh N-O
Published in the News and Observer (Raleigh, NC) <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune News…
Products
From the Pumps to the Polls
WILL THIS SUMMER’S HIGH GAS PRICES HELP SHAPE THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS will this summer’s High Gas Prices help shape the November…
Products
An Instant Message to AOL’s Competitors
From the August/September 2000 issue of CEI UpDate In late July, the Federal Communiations Commission held a hearing on issues…
Study
The Clean Air Act’s Contribution to Higher Gas Prices
Labor Day weekend will bring the 2000 summer driving season to a close, and it has been an expensive one for America’s car owners. Federal…