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CSR and Oil Companies: The Truth Dawns?
The environmental left is in some disarray following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. After all, BP had trumpeted for years the idea that it was…
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Manuel “Muso” Ayau RIP
Manuel Ayau, known by his many friends and admirers as “Muso,” passed away early this morning, in his native Guatemala — a country he loved and…
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Missouri Voters Overwhelmingly Reject ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate in Referendum
“Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama’s administration and giving Republicans their first political…
Newsletter
Ethics in Congress, Urban Renewal and the Luxury of Environmentalism
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is facing ethics charges. Elected officials in Minneapolis and St. Paul try to lure suburban residents and shoppers back into the…
VOA News
UAE BlackBerry Ban is Latest Clash Over Information Control
Jacob Grier
Markets are for Consumers
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LibertyWeek 104: Battlefield Arizona
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Left-Wing Politician Faces Ethics Charges for Improperly Using Influence to Aid Bank
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is facing ethics charges after she improperly used her influence to get special favors from regulators, and costly taxpayer bailouts,…
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Minneapolis’ Block E: The Failure Continues
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The Environment is a Luxury Good
One of the central insights of Free-Market Environmentalism is that people treat the environment as a luxury good. They are willing to pay for it…
Newsletter
The Politics of Booze, Challenging Obamacare and “Paycheck Fairness”
Beer wholesalers have been throwing massive amounts of money at Washington. A federal judge in Virginia allows the state’s lawsuit against Obamacare to proceed. The…
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Regulation of the Day 145: Unregistered Chariots
King Tut's chariot is now on exhibit in New York, but not without incident. Officials demanded to see its VIN before Allowing it in the…
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Paycheck Fairness Act Would Mandate Equal Pay for Unequal Work
The Obama administration wants to force employers to pay some people equal amounts for doing unequal work, through a deceptive bill known as the Paycheck…
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Alcohol middle-men pay lawmakers to protect industry
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Judge Lets Virginia Challenge ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate, Refusing to Dismiss Lawsuit
A federal judge in Virginia has allowed the state’s lawsuit challenging the federal individual health care mandate to proceed: “A judge on Monday…
Jacob Grier
We Need a Mexican Standoff on Cap and Trade
Despite claims to the contrary, the energy tax known as cap and trade is still alive. Although Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has supposedly pulled…
Jacob Grier
Recent Developments in Fair Value Accounting
Jacob Grier
Immigration and SB1070: Arizona Republicans’ Tempest in a Tea Party?
Jacob Grier
Industry must talk to consumers about safety concerns
Jacob Grier
Department of Labor Inspector General Nominee: Too Political, Too Controversial
Fresh from the recess appointment of former SEIU lawyer Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board, President Obama has nominated another controversial figure to…
Las Vegas Review Journal
Coming In This Week’s Business Press
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In defending Kagan, Media Matters embraces Bush Justice Department
Well, who woulda thunk it?! George W. Bush’s Justice Department is now considered a citadel of wisdom by the legal eagles at the liberal Media…
Las Vegas Review Journal
Kagan and the Agency-Exhaustion Doctrine: A Response to Media Matters
Well, who’da thunk it? George W. Bush’s Justice Department is now considered a citadel of wisdom by the legal eagles at Media Matters for America.
Las Vegas Review Journal
In Defending Kagan, Media Matters Embraces Bush Justice Department
Well, who woulda thunk it?! George W. Bush’s Justice Department is now considered a citadel of wisdom by the legal eagles at the liberal Media…
Las Vegas Review Journal
Article particles: Obamacare org chart and other offerings
Las Vegas Review Journal
EPA Rejects 10 Endangerment Challenge Petitions
Las Vegas Review Journal
EPA Rejects Claims Challenging Threat Posed By Climate Change
Las Vegas Review Journal
EPA Rejects Claims Challenging Threat Posed By Climate Change
Toledo Blade
Digging out of the ditch
The Toledo Blade mentions Wayne Crews's study on the size of the federal regulatory state. Federal regulations cost Americans $1.16 trillion in 2007,…
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Give & Take: Fifth Amendment Complicates Net Neutrality
Opponents of net neutrality, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute, have pointed to numerous grounds upon which the detrimental scheme could be challenged. These…
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The Open Internet and Lessons from the Ma Bell Era
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CEI Weekly: The History of Environmentalism
CEI weekly is a compilation of articles and blogs from CEI's staff. This week features CEI's RJ Smith in his own short film on the…
Newsletter
Online Gambling, Offshore Drilling and the Complexity of Obamacare
The House Financial Services Committee passes the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. Today the House of Representatives will vote on an energy…
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Want to be a pro bono economic expert? In re Apple & ATTM Antitrust Litig.
When Apple introduced its iPhone into a smartphone market where it had 0% market share, it cut a deal with AT&T Mobility to make it…
National Review
Brownback’s Mountains
It looked like we had dodged a bullet. With an election looming, Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) decided that a provision requiring…
National Review
Why Democrats are Pushing the $165 Billion Union Pension Bailout
National Review
He Auto Know Better
President Obama is telling people today that the Auto Bailouts worked. He’s claiming that the auto industries are showing a profit and hiring thousands…
News Busters
AP Cites Discredited NOAA Bureaucrat to Push Global Warming Alarmism Report
Business and Media
AP Cites Discredited NOAA Bureaucrat to Push Global Warming Alarmism Report
Tulsa World
Credit reports used by insurance companies
Tulsa World
EPA Won’t Reconsider Greenhouse Gases Stance
Tulsa World
EPA denies requests to reconsider GHG finding
Tulsa World
EPA rejects petitions questioning whether climate change is man made
News Release
House Takes Baby Steps on Internet Gambling Reform
Washington, D.C., July 30, 2010—This week the House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, originally introduced…
News Release
House to Vote on Oil Spill Bill
Washington, D.C., July 30, 2010—Today the House of Representatives will vote on an energy bill to address BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The bill,…
News Release
Senate Plan to Prevent Oil Spill Should Eliminate Government Cap on Liability
Washington, D.C., July 30, 2010—The Senate is preparing to vote next week on a bill aimed at preventing future BP-style oil spills—a plan that could…
News Release
EPA Refuses to Reconsider Harmful Energy Regulations
Washington, D.C., July 30, 2010 – The EPA Thursday rejected petitions to reconsider the agency’s move to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as a “public endangerment”…
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NOAA to Skeptics: We’re Right, You Can’t Deny It
A recent report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has received wide media attention, has come to the conclusion that evidence for anthropogenic…
Letters
Letter to House Financial Services Committee
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Understanding the Health Care System
Check out this flow chart of what the health care system will look like once Obamacare is implemented.