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Barney Frank’s Committee to Rebuke Dodd-Frank’s Derivative Rules

Nicole Ciandella
11/30/2011

Washington, D.C., November 30, 2011 — This afternoon, the House Committee on Financial Services, formerly chaired by retiring Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), is set to…

Banking and Finance

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Today’s Links: November 29, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/29/2011

OPINION ELVIS COSTELLO: "Steal This Record" "Unfortunately, we at www.elviscostello.com find ourselves unable to recommend [Costello's soon-to-be-released compendium] to you as the…

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CEI Condemns Agency Plan to Restrict Salt Availability

Nicole Ciandella
11/29/2011

Washington, D.C., November 29, 2011 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today urged the Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture to reject…

Health and Safety

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Congress, NLRB to Vote on “Ambush Elections”

Nicole Ciandella
11/29/2011

Washington, D.C., November 29, 2011 — Tomorrow may be a game-changing day for labor policy in America. The Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (H.R.

Labor and Employment

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Today’s Links: November 28, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/28/2011

OPINION DALIA LITHWICK: "First Amendment Smackdown: What Would the Founding Fathers Have Thought of Mixed Martial Arts?" "MMA is a combat sport…

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Climategate 2: The Scandal Continues

Nicole Ciandella
11/22/2011

Washington, DC, November 22, 2011 – The 2009 Climategate scandal was re-ignited today with the release on the Internet of thousands of more e-mails…

Climate

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Today’s Links: November 21, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/21/2011

OPINION MICHAEL HIRSH: "The Supercommittee and a Never-Ending Cycle of Dysfunction" "If the '62 Mets were the worst team in major league…

Blog

And Now, a Word from John Waters . . .

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/21/2011

Financial Times’s November 18 interview with Baltimore native John Waters (available ungated at Slate) is a great read for a couple of reasons: First, because…

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Today’s Links: November 18, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/18/2011

OPINION NICK GILLESPIE - "Dems and Reps Agree: Let's Spend Tons More on Defense!" "Heritage Foundation, like most groups on the right,…

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CEI Weekly: New Study Urges Lawmakers to Reject Green Chemistry

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/18/2011

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…

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Today’s Links: November 17, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/17/2011

OPINION BRYAN CAPLAN: "The Reasons for my Hostility to ZMP" "ZMP [Zero Marginal Productivity] coheres well with my elitism, but coheres poorly…

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Today’s Links: November 16, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/16/2011

OPINION BRINK LINDSEY: "The Start-Up Act: Blueprint for an Innovation Recovery" "The best way to promote innovation is to clear the way…

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New Study Exposes Flaws in “Green Chemistry” Movement

Nicole Ciandella
11/16/2011

Washington D.C., November 16, 2011 — This holiday season, most Americans will be happily taking advantage of the comforts and conveniences of the modern world.

Chemical Risk

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Fannie-Freddie Outrages: Bonuses and Subsidies for McMansions

Nicole Ciandella
11/16/2011

Washington, D.C., November 16, 2011 — As the House Oversight Committee holds a hearing on the granting of nearly $13 million in bonuses for executives…

Banking and Finance

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Congress Should Amend SOPA to Address Cybersecurity, Due Process Concerns

Nicole Ciandella
11/16/2011

Washington, D.C., November 16, 2011 — This morning, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Privacy Act. Below…

Intellectual Property

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Today’s Links: November 14, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/14/2011

OPINION KATIE ROIPHE: "In Favor of Dirty Jokes and Risqué Remarks" "Codes of sexual harassment imagine an entirely symmetrical universe, where people…

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CEI Weekly: CEI Challenges Big Labor Corruption at AFP Conference

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/11/2011

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…

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Today’s Links: November 10, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/10/2011

OPINION NATE ANDERSON: "Remember the Borderless Internet? It's Officially Dead" "'The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there,' wrote…

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Today’s Links: November 9, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/09/2011

OPINION MICHAEL GRAHAM: "Obama Has a Lot to Learn" "In this political moment, the three big lies are 'Social Security is solvent,'…

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Today’s Links: November 8, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/08/2011

OPINION RICHARD EPSTEIN: "Three Cheers For Income Inequality" "As recent polling data reveals, the American public is driven by two irreconcilable…

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CEI Weekly: CEI Hosts Lively Hill Briefing on E-Verify

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/04/2011

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…

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Today’s Links: November 4, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/04/2011

OPINION REASON TV: "Steven Pinker on the Decline of Violence and 'The Better Angels of Our Nature' (VIDEO)" TANA GANEVA: "Why…

News Release

CEI Expert to Speak on Rogue Websites at AFP Summit

Nicole Ciandella
11/04/2011

Washington, D.C., November 4, 2011—CEI Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia is speaking tomorrow on a panel at the American for Prosperity Foundation’s…

Tech and Telecom

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The War on Ladies’ Night

By: Nicole Ciandella
11/02/2011

Let's face it: If you're the proprietor of a bar that caters to a predominantly heterosexual crowd, it's in your financial interest to attract female…

Consumer Freedom

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Bank of America Decision Doesn’t Negate Dodd-Frank’s Consumer Costs

Nicole Ciandella
11/02/2011

Washington, D.C., November 2, 2011—Think Bank of America and other banks’ decision to drop debit card fees is a victory for consumers? Not so fast,…

Banking and Finance

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E-Verify Hill Briefing: Video & Highlight Reel Now Available

Nicole Ciandella
11/01/2011

Washington, D.C., November 1, 2011 — On Monday, October 24, the Competitive Enterprise Institute hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on E-Verify, the controversial electronic employment…

Labor and Employment

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Today’s Links: October 31, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/31/2011

OPINION SONIA ARRISON: "Don't Be Afraid to Live Longer, Justin Timberlake" "While the film [In Time] is fun, it falls into a…

Blog

CEI Weekly: The Fiscal Union Delusion

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/28/2011

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…

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Today’s Links: October 28, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/28/2011

OPINION TIMOTHY B. LEE: "FreeBieber Campaign is Not Afraid of Justin Bieber or His Lawyers" "In 2007, a 12-year-old Justin Bieber began…

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Today’s Links: October 27, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/27/2011

OPINION NICHOLAS KRISTOF: "Crony Capitalism Comes Home" "Whenever I write about Occupy Wall Street, some readers ask me if the protesters really…

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Today’s Links: October 26, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/26/2011

OPINION DAVID KRAVETS: "Patriot Act Turns Ten, With No Signs of Retirement" "The USA Patriot Act, the law granting the government vast…

Blog

Today’s Links: October 25, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/25/2011

OPINION A. BARTON HINKLE: "Obama's Great Depression" "Barack Obama has joined George W. Bush in a dubious category. They are the only…

Blog

Today’s Links: October 20, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/20/2011

OPINION ROBERT LAWSON: "Medical Ethics Dilemma" "Let's suppose it is unambiguously true that a swine flu outbreak would save net lives (or…

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Today’s Links: October 19, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/19/2011

OPINION JACK BARUTH: "Sign Up For E-Z Pass, Get a Free Privacy-Invading Webcam" "It’s a common misconception that the 'E-Z Pass' automated…

Blog

Today’s Links: October 18, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/18/2011

OPINION WILLIAM D. COHAN: "Occupy Wall Street Loves Capitalism's Pearls" "It's no surprise that Occupy Wall Street's preferred methods for getting out…

News Release

CEI President to Join U.S. Senators in Press Conference on Privacy Reforms

Nicole Ciandella
10/17/2011

Washington, D.C., October 17, 2011 – Tomorrow at 11:00 a.m., CEI President Fred L. Smith will join U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark…

Privacy and Cybersecurity

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Today’s Links: October 13, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/13/2011

OPINION VIRGINIA POSTREL: "Web Bone-Marrow Bounty Takes on Paid-Donor Ban" "Amit Gupta is in a terrible situation, but he’s also lucky. He’s…

News Release

SEC-Sarbanes-Oxley Relief Bill Is Real American Jobs Act

Nicole Ciandella
10/13/2011

Washington, D.C., October 13, 2011—Now that the U.S. Senate has voted down the expensive “American Jobs Act,” CEI scholars are praising a House subcommittee for…

Banking and Finance

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Today’s Links: October 12, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/12/2011

OPINION GLEN WHITMAN: "Pan Am and the Economics of Hot Flight Attendants" "For an economist, the most fascinating aspect of Pan Am…

Blog

Today’s Links: October 12, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/11/2011

OPINION ANNIE LOWREY: "Why Small Businesses Aren't Innovative" "The stereotype of the small-businessperson as a start-up innovator is pervasive. But it's not…

News Release

New Study Reveals Mismanagement of FDA Medical Device Reviews

Nicole Ciandella
10/11/2011

Washington, D.C., October 12, 2011—The Food and Drug Administration’s 510(k) review process for medical devices has been severely mismanaged by agency officials, according to…

Health and Safety

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Today’s Links: October 7, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/07/2011

OPINION JEFFREY A. TUCKER: "Steve Jobs and the Beautification of Capitalism" "What made Jobs's tenure at Apple great is that he wedded…

Blog

CEI Weekly: Congress Should Start Quantifying Federal Regulation

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/07/2011

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…

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Today’s Links: October 6, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/06/2011

OPINION NATIONAL REVIEW EDITORIAL: "Truth in Budgeting" "As Americans struggle to balance their checkbooks in the real world, lawmakers in Washington continue…

Blog

Today’s Links: October 5, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/05/2011

OPINION KONSTANTIN KAKAES: "Some Crazy (And Not So Crazy) Ideas For Sending a Spacesehip to Another Solar System" "Space is about to…

Blog

Today’s Links: October 4, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/04/2011

OPINION JOHN F. COGAN and JOHN B. TAYLOR: "Stimulus Has Been a Washington Job Killer" "Temporary, targeted tax reductions and increases in…

News Release

Congress Should Start Quantifying Federal Regulation

Nicole Ciandella
10/04/2011

Washington, D.C., October 4, 2011—Lawmakers in the nation’s capital seem to be desperate to secure a big fix for the broken American economy. But as…

Regulatory Reform

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Today’s Links: October 3, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
10/03/2011

OPINION NEAL STEPHENSON: "Innovation Starvation" "Believing we have all the technology we’ll ever need, we seek to draw attention to its destructive…

Blog

Today’s Links: September 30, 2011

By: Nicole Ciandella
09/30/2011

OPINION TIM CAVANAUGH: "Steven Chu, Oh Where Are You?" "Sphinx-like Secretary of Energy Steven Chu may or may not be getting closer…

Blog

CEI Introduces Warren Brookes Fellow of 2011-12: Matt Patterson

By: Nicole Ciandella
09/30/2011

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…