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New Jobless Claims Rise to 462,000
New applications for unemployment benefits rose last week to 462,000, and unemployment is at 9.6 percent. Employers are reluctant to hire because of…
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Salute to Capitalism — And the Miners’ Rescue
“Capitalism saved the miners” is the provocative title of Daniel Henninger’s article in today’s Wall Street Journal. And he makes his case quite clearly. …
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Afternoon Links: October 14, 2010
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Why Trade and War Are Different
Over at the American Spectator's AmspecBlog, I highlight why real wars and trade wars are very, very different…
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Stop Coddling Mortgage Deadbeats
Right now, there’s a big manufactured outrage over the fact that at a few banks, paperwork errors occurred in foreclosures. The Wall Street Journal…
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Oakley Marketing Helps Chilean Miners
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Ben Lieberman on Government Regulations
Watch the video on YouTube…
Newsletter
The End of the Moratorium, McDonald’s 6-Month-Old Burger, and the Regulation of the Day
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$0 settlement in Breyers “Smooth & Dreamy” class action
Russell Jackson adds to my workload by drawing my attention to Ercoline v. Unilever United States, Inc., Civ. A. No. 2:10-cv-01747-SRC-MAS (D.N.J.), a…
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Morning Media Summary
The following is a roundup of the morning’s media. We hope you will make a daily stop at Open Market to read the latest updates.
Op-Eds
The Firemen Next Time
“So the question is, do you want to live in the kind of society in which this happens?” So wrote New York Times columnist…
Op-Eds
Zoi Leaves ‘Green’ Post at Department of Energy: Avoiding Her Conflicts of Interest?
Former Alliance for Climate Protection (ACP) CEO Cathy Zoi — ACP being the environmental advocacy group founded by Al Gore — has been kicked…
News Release
Wireless Bill Shock Shouldn’t Be a Federal Issue
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Vincent Vernuccio on Public Sector Unions
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains why unions are decreasing in the private sector…
National Center for Policy Analysis
Tyranny of the Unelected
The National Center for Policy Analysis discusses Wayne Crews's article called "Tyranny of the Unelected." Congress passed and the president signed 125 bills…
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A Moment on the Lips; A Lifetime on Pay Slips
New studies suggest that very thin women earn proportionately more money than do average-sized women. Comprising only women within 25lbs of doctor-recommended weight, the…
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Status Quo Elitist Attacks Contrarians for Being Elitist Members of the Status Quo
Michael Lewyn, a law professor and anti-“sprawl” activist, has a post on Planetizen about how he and his ilk are supposedly unfairly maligned as…
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Foreign Money is Not the Problem
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McDonald’s 6-Month-Old Burger is a Triumph, Not a Terror
To prove a friend wrong, New York artist Sally Davies left a happy meal out on her counter for six months. Yesterday, several media…
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Pension Insanity in France
Many people in France are waking up to the reality that they cannot sustain the welfare state indefinitely. Apparently, it isn’t economically feasible to have…
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Regulation of the Day 152: Locking Your Car Door
The government of Bucks County, Pennsylvania plans to issue $25 fines to people who forget to lock their cars.
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Afternoon Links: October 13, 2010
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Moratorium Lifted, But Drilling Still Blocked
With much fanfare, the Obama administration has lifted its moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. But don’t expect much actual drilling any…
Newsletter
The REINS Act, Driverless Cars, and Energy Efficiency
Modern Healthcare
Enterprise group to FCC: No new Net neutrality rules
Modern Healthcare
Scientific Audit of U.N. Climate Panel Concludes Alarmist Claims Lack Evidence
Modern Healthcare
There’s a Reason They Call Him ‘Dick’
Modern Healthcare
CA Greenhouse Policy no Savings to Motorists
Modern Healthcare
Browse More Videos Ben Lieberman on Government Regulations
Senior Fellow in Environmental Policy Ben Lieberman discusses the extent of federal regulations in our daily lives.
Broadband For America
Wayne Crews: Unnecessary FCC Regulation Would Deter Broadband Innovation
Broadband for America reports on Wayne Crews's opinion editorial on net neutrality. Competitive Enterprise Institute Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews has published…
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Our Driverless Future?
Google has been making headlines after the company revealed over the weekend that its driverless cars have logged nearly 140,000 miles on public roads…
Comment
CEI Submits Comments to FCC on Mobile Wireless Platforms and Specialized Services
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Afternoon Links: October 12, 2010
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Wayne Crews in The Washington Times
Wayne Crews has an op-ed in today’s Washington Times titled, “The Tyranny of the Unelected.” He writes, The year’s Federal Register – the daily depository…
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Fox Business: Government Is Burning Our Money
Americans are peeved about the economy. Or, 85 percent of us are, according to an ABC News article. So, we need government to…
Newsletter
Mortgage Forclosures, Stimulus Mistakes, and Geithner
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Yes, Paul Krugman thinks Obama is a “Small Spender”
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Banksy on the Sweatshop of Western Civilization via The Simpsons
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Jobs: Created, Not Made
Welcome to October, the start of a new government fiscal year. 2010 was the year of “jobs created or saved.” Bank and business bailouts may…
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Appeal bond briefing in Dewey v. Volkswagen
Trial lawyers often say that they care about access to justice, but that principle seems to go out the window when it comes to objectors…
Broadband For America
Antitrust: America’s Unfortunate Export
Scholars, journalists, bureaucrats and lawmakers persist in viewing the body of antitrust law as serving the public interest. They still believe in monopolies apart…
News Release
Expansion of Net Neutrality Rules Threatens Consumer Choice, CEI Warns
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Economic Illiteracy and Stopping Foreclosures
Express, a publication of The Washington Post, notes that as a result of a stoppage in mortgage foreclosures: “Prices might stabilize because so many homes…
Broadband For America
Tyranny of the Unelected
Congress passed and the president signed 125 bills into law in 2009. Your tireless federal regulatory agencies were even busier: They issued 3,503 rules and…
Broadband For America
How Obama is Invading Your Home
The Obama administration isn’t satisfied giving the American public vast things we don’t want — from stimulus packages to bailouts to ObamaCare: It’s a…
Broadband For America
The “Green” Agenda, the Cost of Energy, and the Price of Freedom
Kiowa County Signal
CFL bulbs kills U.S. jobs
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The Classmates.com class action settlement rip-off
You may have been one of the millions of people to receive a settlement notice regarding a class action against Classmates.com; the settlement notice…
Kiowa County Signal
Ms. Warren Should Take Aim at Confusing Federal Laws (Letters to the Editor)
Todd Zywicki is right to criticize President Obama for appointing a consumer-lending czar without submitting the appointment to the Senate for an up-or-down vote…
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Obama Administration Slowed Response to BP Oil Spill By Keeping Public In the Dark
The Obama administration initially downplayed the seriousness of the Gulf oil spill, “slowing response efforts and keeping the American people in the dark…