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Smokers’ Opportunity to Quit Smoking Opposed by Blinkered Anti-Tobacco Zealots
As The New York Times' John Tierney notes, a tool to quit smoking and save lives is being blocked by anti-tobacco zealots: If you…
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Moral Hazard in Super Committee
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Today’s Links: November 8, 2011
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Liquor Privatization Would Edge Washington State Toward Freedom
Today voters in Washington State will finally have their say in whether or not to get the state out of the business of selling liquor.
Newsletter
Unions, War, and the Regulatory Roundup
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Plastic Bag Bans Are Bad for the Environment
The past several years have seen a groundswell of regulations on plastics, particularly plastic bags and polystyrene food containers. Supporters of these bans claim that…
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Working through the email
As you might expect, I got a lot of email from the October 31 Wall Street Journal story. Between an October 31 Ninth Circuit deadline,…
DC Velocity
STB Decision Delaying Action on Rail Switching Leaves Shipper Group Hot Under Collar
Reason
New Anti-Piracy Legislation Would Break the Internet Without Stopping Piracy
Reason
False Accusations of Sexual Harassment May Soar, SAVE Warns
Reason
Why Obama Officials Had to Lie to Congress About Fuel Economy Standards
Republicans were in an “Internet uproar” last week over a false report that EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson had called them “jack-booted thugs.” Meanwhile, deeply…
The Hill
A Backdoor Tax on the Poor
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Surface Transportation Board Rejects Misguided Push to Re-Regulate the Railroad Industry… For Now
Late last week, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) refused [PDF] to initiate a rulemaking (Ex Parte 711) proceeding that was petitioned by the shippers'…
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The Heavy-Lift Empire Strikes Back
Readers of this space will recall that there was a leak of an internal NASA document a couple weeks ago that…
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Department of Labor Sells Out Union Members for Big Labor 1%
Openmarket.org The Department of Labor (DOL) doesn’t need to loosen financial disclosure for union bosses to take advantage of union members’ dues. Yet, this is…
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Department of Labor Sells Out Union Members for Big Labor 1%
The Department of Labor (DOL) doesn’t need to loosen financial disclosure for union bosses to take advantage of union members’ dues. Yet, this is exactly…
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Bombs Don’t Build Economies
The Hill
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…
The Hill
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
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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…