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CO2, Microsoft’s Antitrust Overseers and Anti-Tax Activists
The Environmental Protection Agency prepares to release a document that could require the federal government to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide. The Justice Department extends…
Blog
Stop Thief! NYT steals Examiner’s AIG scoop with no attribution
One week after Washington Examiner ace investigative reporter Timothy P. Carney broke the blockbuster story reporting that American International Group’s post-bailout CEO Edward Liddy…
Wall Street Journal
Small Cars Are Dangerous Cars
How Fuel economy zealots can kill you.
Wall Street Journal
Obama’s Energy Tax Hits Louisiana the Hardest
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Wall Street Journal
The Tea Party Protesters are Right
Tea party protests questioned the constitutionality of some of the massive bailouts over the past year, which amount to trillions of dollars. That drew…
News Release
EPA Issues Global Warming ‘Endangerment’ Finding
A just-published major ruling on the health and welfare implications of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions was announced Friday by the Obama administration. The Environmental Protection Agency…
Alexandria Town Talk
Obama’s Energy Tax Hits Louisiana Hardest
Candidate Barack Obama promised to give special attention to rebuilding Louisiana while campaigning for the White House. So why is President Obama pushing…
Blog
Tech is Key in Ideas Battle
Earlier today, Competitive Enterprise Institute President Fred Smith delivered an informative but lively, entertaining speech about the role of NGOs. The speech was delivered at…
Blog
Slandering the Tea Parties
The “tea party” protests against out-of-control government spending have been very clear in identifying what wasteful spending they object to. One example is…
Newsletter
Anti-Tax Tea Parties, College Quotas and Job-Killing Regulations
People across the nation rally to oppose high taxes and government spending in the spirit of the original Boston Tea Party. President Obama’s apparent support…
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D.C. Tea Party and the 1,000,000 Teabags
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Well, the Feds at least banned an “amusement tax”
Alexandria Town Talk
Upset Over Offsets
When the President proposed his budget, he tried a gambit aimed atfoisting a new energy tax on the American people without serious debatein Congress. It…
Alexandria Town Talk
US lawmaker: Bring back private pirate hunters
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Alexandria Town Talk
Backstop bill would be a disaster
Alexandria Town Talk
Ron Paul’s Piracy Plan: Let Ships Arm and Defend Themselves
Alexandria Town Talk
History offers an answer to piracy: bounty hunters
"If we have 100 American wannabe Rambos patrolling the seas, it's probably a good way of getting the job done," said Competitive Enterprise Institute's Eli…
Alexandria Town Talk
Ron Paul to pirates: Here come the bounty hunters
Alexandria Town Talk
US lawmaker calls for return of private pirate hunters
ABC
‘Bring back private pirate hunters’
ABC
Ron Paul: Deal with piracy like we should be dealing with terrorism
Asia One News
Bring back private pirate hunters
Asia One News
US Rep Paul Favors Revival Of Armed, Private Pirate-Hunters
Breitbart
US lawmaker: Bring back private pirate hunters
Breitbart
RON PAUL’S ANTI-PIRACY PLAN
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Chris Horner on Renewable Fuels and Corporate Welfare
Blog
Regulated Out of Work
CEI has highlighted the fact that poorly drafted drinking water regulations do more harm than good. In particular, the that greatly increased the stringency…
Blog
Horse Racing As A Public Good?
Maryland politicians really have their hands full as the legislative session draws to a close. Instead of focusing on their state’s looming long-term budget…
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1,000,000 Tea Bags Find a Home
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The Liberal War on Science
Christina Hoff Sommers writes about a looming liberal war on science. Based on a campaign promise Obama made to feminist groups in October…
Blog
DC Tea Party Draws Big Crowd in Pouring Rain
Hundreds of people turned out in the pouring rain for Washington, DC’s Tea Party – one of many tax protest events taking place around the…
Blog
We Wouldn’t Have Teaparties If It Wasn’t For Rentseeking
Those who say we tried the free market and it failed should research the history of the Boston Tea Party a little. We didn’t even…
Newsletter
Tax Day Protests, Small Car Safety and Union Organizing
People across the country gather to protest high taxes and excessive government spending. A new crash test study finds that smaller cars are especially vulnerable…
Blog
John Berlau Debates Credit Card Fees and the Bank Bailout
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Tea Parties and the Wisdom of Mobs
Blog
A National Anthem for April 15
As Tea Parties brew across the land today, I’m reminded of the infamous “Tax Poem” chain email, or, spam, if you like. Set to music…
Breitbart
1,000,000 Tea Bags Find a Home
After park officials turned away Tea Party protesters' 1 million tea bags, the press conference was moved to the Competitive Enterprise Institute. We were happy…
Breitbart
Ron Paul’s plan to fend off pirates
Breitbart
Human Achievement Hour: Can it Exist Peacefully with Earth Hour?
On the surface, though, the idea of Human Achievement Hour isn't bad at all when so much has been forgotten of how much we really…
News Release
EPA Poised to Issue Global Warming ‘Endangerment’ Finding
EPA Poised to Issue Global Warming ‘Endangerment’ Finding “Finding would trigger economy-chilling regulatory cascade” Washington, D.C., April 15, 2009—A major ruling on the…
Letters
Free Market Coalition Letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Why EPA's upcoming endangerment finding is a disaster waiting to happen.
American Spectator
A Good Time to Start Liquidating
The announcements by Senators Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) and BlancheLincoln (D-Ark.) that they intend to vote against cloture on theso-called Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) has…
Blog
Federalism and Opposition to Illegal Immigration Are Signs of Subversion, Obama Administration Claims
The Obama Administration’s Department of Homeland Security has developed new profiles of potential terrorists. Its definition of “right-wing extremism” is so ridiculously broad that…
Blog
“A good time to start liquidating”
How damaging would the so-called Employee Free Choice Act be to businesses? Enough to force some healthy companies into bankruptcy. Specificaly, EFCA’s binding arbitration provision…
Blog
Sacrificing Safety and Freedom for “International Law”
Piracy has flourished in the crucial shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia partly due to a treaty that the U.S. has not…
Newsletter
Justice Ginsburg’s Inconsistency, the Continuing Pirate Threat and Tax Day Tea Parties
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg defends the use of foreign legal codes in deciding U.S. Supreme Court verdicts. Somali pirates renew their attacks, seizing four new…
News Release
CEI Comment on Study on Safety Risks of Small Cars
New Study Again Shows Safety Risks of Small Cars White House Fuel Economy Push Poses Greater Safety Threat Washington, D.C., April 14, 2009—A…
News Release
April 15th Tax Burden Worsened by Hidden Taxes
April 15th Tax Burden Worsened by Hidden Taxes Americans Hit by Excessive Federal Regulations, Threatened by New Energy Rationing Washington, D.C., April 14,…
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