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Royale Energy Hosts East Coast Energy Summit
Daily Caller
House moves against net neutrality but obstacles remain
American Thinker
Regulatory Dysfunction
American Thinker references Wayne Crews's study on the cost of government regulations. In a 2008 review of the cost of government regulations entitled…
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Elitist WaPo Rant Against “Extreme Couponing,” Affordable Food
A Washington Post reporter today heaped scorn on "Extreme Couponing," a TLC show about people who go to great extremes to clip and use coupons. …
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ReasonTV video on Protectionism at the Smithsonian
ReasonTV just produced an eye-opening video regarding how easily politicians can utilize rhetoric to create economically absurd policies. In the video below, Bernie Sanders works…
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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: April 6, 2011
Nation: Wine shipping is once again being threatened by federal legislation threatening to overturn Supreme Court decisions that clearly made it illegal for states…
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Michigan Demonstrates Clean Energy “Success”
In what should be a satirical piece from The Onion, Reuters has an exclusive interview with former Michigan Governor Granholm who boldly proclaims that…
Newsletter
Inflation, Health Food, and the CEI Podcast
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Morning Media Summary
News Release
Leading Free Market Groups Urge Congress to Update U.S. Privacy Laws
Washington, D.C., April 6, 2011 — This morning, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hear key administration officials testify about the statute that governs…
American Thinker
Wisconsin Supreme Court: A Referendum that Wasn’t
Big labor attempted to turn yesterday’s election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court into a referendum on Governor Scott Walker’s budget policies, but,…
American Thinker
Solis’ Pro-Union Bias
Speaking to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., Labor Secretary Hilda Solis admitted she was biased toward unions. Unions only account…
American Thinker
Collective Bargaining – a “Privilege”
American Thinker
Wisconsin Supreme Court: A Referendum that Wasn’t
Letters
Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Update Privacy Laws
Full Document Available in PDF As public interest groups dedicated to limited, Constitutional…
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Unions Use Civil Rights for Own Ends
Openmarket.org Yesterday, AFL-CIO held nationwide events to promote the solidarity between the union protests over collective bargaining and the rights Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,…
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Paul Ryan’s Budget Proposal is Half the Answer
This morning, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) unveiled a bold proposal to trim trillions off America’s bloated budget. It represents the only serious proposal out there…
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Unions Use Civil Rights for Own Ends
Yesterday, AFL-CIO held nationwide events to promote the solidarity between the union protests over collective bargaining and the rights Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and…
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A Smoke-Free Backroom Deal
In their March 11 article, “Tobacco Money,” discussing the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), the Tulsa World editorial writers asked the question, “so what’s…
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Entrepreneurship Dips: The New York Times Admits Small Business is Important
Yesterday's NYT cautions that "jobs are scarce" in small business as American entrepreneurship declines: Here's the explanation the NYT includes from the pessimistic chart's…
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3 Numbers: Why a U.S. Economic Meltdown is Inevitable
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CEI Podcast for April 5, 2011: Reforming the Railway Labor Act
Russ Brown, a vice president at the Labor Relations Institute and a CEI Adjunct Analyst, talks about recent changes made to the Railway Labor Act…
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Morning Media Summary
News Release
Michelle Minton Nominated for “Sammie” Award
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is proud to announce that CEI Director of Insurance Studies and founder of the annual Human Achievement Hour celebration, Michelle…
Breitbart
Senate to Vote on EPA’s Power Grab: Does the Rule of Law Still Matter?
The Senate will, one presumes, finally vote either this week or next to block EPA from imposing President Obama’s ‘other way to skin the cat’…
Heritage
Coburn Moves to Eliminate Ethanol Subsidies
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Saving for Retirement? Mission: Impossible
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Health Department Lives By Its Own Rules?
Newsletter
Wal-Mart, Light Bulbs, and Food Inflation
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Union Officials Exploit Tragedy to Increase Membership and Dues
Openmarket.com Union officials have a long history of propagating tragedy to enforce their pro-union agenda. Big Labor is able to accomplish this effect as efficiently…
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Union Officials Exploit Tragedy to Increase Membership and Dues
Union officials have a long history of propagating tragedy to enforce their pro-union agenda. Big Labor is able to accomplish this effect as efficiently and…
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Morning Media Summary
Heritage
Federal Government Wants to Bully School Bullies, and Demands School Help
The American Spectator
The Truth About Krugman: More Inconvenient Than Ever
Such a peach, today’s column – “The Truth, Still Inconvenient” – by Paul Krugman, economist and former consultant to the company that created the…
The American Spectator
Vivienne Westwood: Climate Change Will Make L.A. Uninhabitable in 25 Years
News Release
Center-Right Groups Support Halting Dodd-Frank Debit Card Price Controls
For Immediate Release CONTACT: John Berlau (202) 331-2272 Lee Doren 202-331-2259 5 APRIL 2011 Washington, D.C., – 33 national and state-level think tanks, advocacy groups,…
The American Spectator
Wal-Mart v. Dukes [Lawyers] Ask Courts To Fix The World
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House Rejects Obama-Backed, Pro-Union Amendment to FAA Reauthorization Bill
This afternoon, the House passed the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011. Perhaps the most contentious issue debated was a provision of the legislation that…
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Morning Media Summary
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April Fools Day and the New York Times
I recently treated myself to the new iPad, which arrived this week, and was looking forward to reading the NY Times this morning with that…
Newsmax
Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Fred Smith: Strip EPA Before It Kills Economy
Newsmax
Editorial: Obama says, ‘Drill, baby, drill … in Brazil’
News Release
Victory for Worker Freedom
Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773 UPDATE: CEI House of Representatives Labor Scorecard Washington, D.C., April 1, 2011 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute…
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EPA Whistleblower Criticizes Global Warming Science and Policy in New Peer-Reviewed Study
Washington, D.C., April 1, 2011 – The scientific hypotheses underlying global warming alarmism are overwhelmingly contradicted by real-world data, and for that reason economic studies…
Newsmax
Translation Services Not Required: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Does Not Require Special Accommodations for Limited English Proficiency Individuals
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Meritless, Massive Class Action Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart Should Be Dismissed
As a lawyer who used to bring class-action discrimination lawsuits for a living, I am puzzled by press sympathy for the massive, meritless class-action lawsuit…
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Gail Giggles at Consumer Choice in the NYT
Gail Collins has a truly inane opinion piece in the NYT today, in which she excoriates those people -- Tea Partiers and libertarians --…
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Morning Media Summary
News Release
H-1B Visa Reform: Open the Door to Highly Skilled Foreigners
Contact: Lee Doren: 202-331-2259 Washington, D.C., March 31, 2011 — The top immigration panel in the House of Representatives will examine the H-1B visa program…
News Release
CEI Vote Score Alert: Official Time Amendment to FAA Reauthorization Act
What: Gingrey Amendment # 29 to the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 658 CEI Position: Yes The Competitive Enterprise Institute announced today…