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TSA Employees, Horse Dentists, and the Biofuel Lobby
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CEI Weekly: CEI Looks at Finances of Big Unions
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TSA Regulations Likely Increase Travel Deaths
As air travel becomes increasingly expensive or more inconvenient, travelers on the margin will choose driving rather than flying. For example, the TSA began requiring…
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Four Loko: Just How Potent is the Caffeinated Alcoholic Drink?
Over the past few days, I’ve gotten plenty of angry e-mail from people critical of my defense of caffeinated alcoholic beverages…
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Morning Media Summary
Tech: House bill would give DHS authority over private sector networks: “A new bill unveiled Wednesday by House Homeland Security…
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Chicago Coyotes Control Mice and Rats
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GM’s Stock Offering Goes Well, But Some See Nothing to Cheer
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‘Natural’ Foods Activist Gets It Wrong
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Does FDA’s Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverage Ban go too Far?
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Rewriting the Rules of Capitalism
Op-Eds
Obama includes Toyota, Hyundai and Kia in 75,000 jobs “created” by GM bailout
President Barack Obama and his administration have cited numerous job statistics after last week’s successful initial public offering of General Motors. John Berlau, director of…
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10 Ways to Lessen Environmental Impact of Developments
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Brief of Governors Tim Pawlenty and Donald L. Carcieri As Amici Curiae In Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment
Tech Liberation
Five Ways Congress Can Fix COICA Copyright Bill
On November 18, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the “Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act” (COICA). The bill would enable the U.S. Attorney General…
Tech Liberation
‘Natural’ Foods Activist Gets It Wrong
Tech Liberation
Reviewing the Bidding on the Climate Files
One News Now
Are auto efficiency standards doable?
News Release
Congress Should Amend COICA, Think Tank Argues
Washington, D.C., November 19, 2010 — Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to approve the “Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act” (COICA).
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In re Classmates.com class action settlement objection
We filed our objection late Thursday, and submitted ten other pro se objections that people took the trouble to send us for forwarding. Is…
Right Wing News
Little Green Idiocy: Taxpayers Taking A Bath On GM Is Great News!
Right Wing News references Iain Murray's Daily Caller article on General Motor's IPO. Ironically, Johnson knows so little about business that he doesn’t realize…
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Regulation of the Day 159: Playing Chess
"A squad of cops in bulletproof vests" arrested seven men for playing chess in a New York City park.
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Afternoon Links: November 18, 2010
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Charles Rangel: Swamp Still Full
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Chinese Woman Sent to Labor Camp for Re-Tweet
When Cheng Jianping didn’t show up for her wedding ceremony on October 27th, her fiancé and family thought she’d gotten cold feet. But this week,…
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TSA Officers Are Not Screened for Psychological Problems
“I want to do patdowns on airplane passengers. What would TSA need from me before I have authority to do whatever is required to check…
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Now! In Black and White, the Toyota Hysteria Exemplified!
It’s not “live!” It’s not even “In color!” And there’s no sound. But it’s quite stunning. A surveillance video posted by Fox Chicago News…
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Texas Veterinarians Want a Cut of Horse Dentists’ Profits
Three cheers for horse dentists in Texas and the Institute of Justice (IJ) which took up their defense. After three years, IJ and the horse…
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Morning Media Summary
Tech: Sen. Rockefeller: FCC Should Take Fox News, MSNBC Off Airways: “SEN. JAY ROCKEFELLER (D-WV): “There’s a little bug inside of me which…
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Joe Biden vs. Adam Smith
News Release
ClimateGate Scandal One Year Later, Many Questions Remain
Washington, D.C., November 18, 2010 — Friday, November 19th marks the first anniversary of the release of the e-mails and files from the University of…
Right Wing News
FDA Criticized for Ban on Alcoholic Energy Drinks
Right Wing News
Halfway Between Sanity and Bedlam
Right Wing News
What’s Good for GM Is Now Terrible for America
Right Wing News
What’s Good for GM Is Now Terrible for America
In his 1953 confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense in the incoming Eisenhower administration, former General Motors CEO Charles “Engine Charlie” Wilson was asked how…
Right Wing News
Wall Street to GM: Let’s Put Those Bad Days Behind Us
Right Wing News
Agencies Target ‘Blackout in a Can’
Washington Times
The Ecological Monster Who Said… Peep
Call it the Election Day dog that didn’t bark – or, possibly, the oiled bird that didn’t fly. The BP oil spill had virtually no…
AOL News
Court Should Kill California’s Video Game Law
Free expression in the digital age faces a major test before the U.S. Supreme Court. Earlier this month, the court heard oral arguments debating the…
AOL News
GM selling at a loss should tell you something
When a government sells stock in a company, it is usually trying to maximize short-term revenue. Therefore, the share price is normally pegged at what…
AOL News
Immigration law a threat to Texas competitiveness
Texas state Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, made headlines recently for prefiling an Arizona-style immigration law called HB 17. An Arizona-style anti-immigration law would be…
AOL News
FDA criticized for banning alcoholic energy drinks
AOL News
Agencies target ‘blackout in a can’
AOL News
ClimateGate 1 Year Later: Networks Barely Cover Scandal, But Defend and ‘Exonerate’ Accused Scientists
AOL News
Blowin’ in the Wind
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Union Leader to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Greg Conko on “Frankenfish”
Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Gregory Conko discusses the benefits and safety of genetically engineered foods. Humans have altered the genetic material of their food…
AOL News
Vincent Vernuccio on Medal of Freedom and GM IPO
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio discusses President Obama awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom…
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Records on appeal
Under Fed. R. App. Proc. 30(b), appellants and appellees are to coordinate the production of a joint record on appeal, the appendix of the…
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GM IPO Date Set for Tomorrow: What’s Good for New GM is Bad for the Rest of America
In his 1953 confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense in the incoming Eisenhower administration, former General Motors CEO Charles “Engine Charlie” Wilson was asked how…
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TSA’s John Pistole Offers to Probe Senators: Shouldn’t He Buy Them Dinner First?
TSA chief John Pistole offered to give enhanced pat-downs to senators at a hearing today on TSA's new screening policies.