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Bombs Don’t Build Economies
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Michigan’s Keg Tracking Won’t Stop Underage Drinking
Few people will argue against preventing underage drinking. Michigan’s new keg registration law, however, an attempt to trace the buyers of kegs that end up…
Op-Eds
Blame Transfer Day
Daily Caller
Government Bureaucrats Can’t Prevent Data Breaches
Sony’s popular PlayStation Network suffered a massive data breach earlier this year, exposing 100 million users’ credit card numbers, home addresses and more. Numerous other…
Cato At Liberty
Three Libertarians Raise Concerns about the Stop Online Piracy Act
ARS Technica
The Stop Online Piracy Act: Big Content’s Full-On Assault Against the Safe Harbor
National Right to Work Committee
Department of Labor Sells Out Union Members for Big Labor 1%
Capitol Report New Mexico
Democrat in Roundhouse Protests EPA Decision Over Coal-Fired Plant
Capitol Report New Mexico
Letter to the Editor: Anti-Bully Law May Overstep Constitution
Deborah Simmons was right to criticize an overly broad anti-bullying bill that may be approved by the D.C. Council (“Anti-bully legislation misguided,” Web,…
Capitol Report New Mexico
Twenty-Five Years After Reagan’s ‘Amnesty’ Bill, Conservatives Should Support Increased Immigration
Twenty-five years ago, the Immigration Reform and Control Act became law. Most people know the act as the 1986 “amnesty” bill. Since then, conservative…
Capitol Report New Mexico
The Politics of Campus Sexual Assault
Washington Post
A Stake in Financial Markets
Capital standards are critical to the stability of any financial system. However, whether such standards are better achieved by markets rather than political entities…
One News Now
Analyst: ‘Folly’ to Push Wind, Solar Power
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Regulation Roundup
If you're in Helena, Montana, never tie a horse to a fire hydrant. It's against the law. Plus more.
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Obama Administration Contributes to Life-Threatening Drug Shortages Even as it Decries Them
In a recent column, Michelle Malkin explained how Obamacare price controls, FDA and DEA rules, and Obama administration policies have contributed to shortages of…
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CEI Weekly: CEI Hosts Lively Hill Briefing on E-Verify
Newsletter
The Great Receding and Hayek
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Government Waste Nauseates
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Today’s Links: November 4, 2011
One News Now
Making It Legal to Tweet For Investors
‘Tweet for Jobs.” So says a section of Barack Obama’s campaign website encouraging the public to use social networks to lobby Congress for passage of…
One News Now
‘Unforeseen Consequences’ of Changing Banks
One News Now
Leahy Bill Reauthorizing VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) Includes Language Codifying OCR Assault on Campus Due Process
Bryan Triangle
Occupying the Wrong Place
News Release
CEI Expert to Speak on Rogue Websites at AFP Summit
Washington, D.C., November 4, 2011—CEI Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia is speaking tomorrow on a panel at the American for Prosperity Foundation’s…
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The Great Receding
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Hayek and Conservatives
Newsletter
Spectrum, Wal-Mart, and the CEI Podcast
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CEI Podcast for November 3, 2011: Scary Makeup
Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini debunks scare stories that chemicals in makeup and other household products cause cancer, neurological disorders, birth defects, and other health problems.
Bryan Triangle
Reforming the FCC’s Regulatory Process
Bryan Triangle
Immigration Bill Splits House GOP
MRC
In Pipeline Battle, Left Hypes Climate Threat Ignores Need for Jobs, Oil
Washington Examiner
Most Secretive Ever? Seeing Through ‘Transparent’ Obama’s Tricks
Recently, the Obama administration asserted a new policy of allowing the federal government to lie outright to citizens about the existence of records sought…
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Spectrum Crunch Hype is No Scam
In a recent Washington Times op-ed, Mark Hyman of the Sinclair Broadcast Group makes some compelling arguments calling for a spectrum inventory. His suggestion…
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Washington State Alcohol Intiative Takes on Three-Tier Mandates
Action this Election Day in Washington State may send tremors across America by cracking open the anti-consumer, anti-competitive alcohol regulations in that state. Initiative…
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Wealthy Chanhassen, Minnesota, NIMBYs Oppose Retail Competition, Support Development Socialism
Reading the tired, silly claims of left-wing, anti-Wal-Mart activists generally makes me yawn. But it annoys me to see some of my former neighbors from…
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The War on Ladies’ Night
Let's face it: If you're the proprietor of a bar that caters to a predominantly heterosexual crowd, it's in your financial interest to attract female…
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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: November 2, 2011
A round up of the interesting booze-related news stories from around the nation. Hint: the two best are at the end. National: Our nation’s…
Michigan Capitol Confidential
Election Day Alcohol Tremors?
If you live in Michigan, you can’t order online from wine retailers in other states, at least not if you want the wine shipped…
Michigan Capitol Confidential
Small Banks, Credit Unions Capitalize on Big Bank Fumbling
The Republic
Groups Criticize EPA for Stepping on NM’s Authority to Regulate Coal-Fired Power Plant
Albuquerque Journal
Groups Claim EPA Oversteps Authority in N.M.
Huffington Post
40 Million Reasons to Celebrate
At least two population milestones have been reached in 2011. The most spectacular is that 7 billion people now live in the world. The…
News Release
Bank of America Decision Doesn’t Negate Dodd-Frank’s Consumer Costs
Washington, D.C., November 2, 2011—Think Bank of America and other banks’ decision to drop debit card fees is a victory for consumers? Not so fast,…
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Bank of America Debit Decision Doesn’t Negate Dodd-Frank’s Costs to Consumers
Bank of America and other banks are cancelling plans to impose monthly debit card fees. This was one of the ways Bank of America, as…
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New Jersey Voters Likely to Support Legalizing Sports Betting
In just one week, New Jersey voters will have their say on whether or not the state should pursue legalizing sports betting. According to…
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“Made In China” Is Good For U.S. Economy
In yesterday’s Washington Times, Brett Decker (editorial page editor) reviews Patrick J. Buchanan’s book Suicide of a Super Power: Will America Survive to 2025?…
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Some updates
Yesterday, we filed the opening brief in our HP Inkjet Ninth Circuit appeal. Details at Point of Law. The district court approved the $0…
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Regulation is this Halloween’s Goblin
Uncle Sam may be the biggest spook to business this Halloween. A new Gallup poll of small business owners shows that “complying with government regulations”…
Huffington Post
Official Time: Government Workers Perform Union Duties on the Taxpayers’ Dime
Title V of the U.S. Code allows federal government employees to do union work while on the job. This is known as “official time” and…
Huffington Post