CEI Weekly: Annual Dinner Is a Night to Remember
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CEI Weekly
June 10, 2011
>>Featured Story
Wednesday night’s CEI Dinner was a great success — thanks to our Master of Ceremonies Andrew Langer, our brilliant keynote speaker Daniel Hannan, and, of course, all of our guests. If you weren’t able to attend (or if you did attend and want to relive the experience), check out the links below! Also, don’t forget to watch The Dinner Movie, shown above.
Slate: Capitalism and Freedom and Booze
Slate: Gary Johnson: Leave Weiner’s Fate Up to the Voters
The Washington Times: CEI Pumps Free-Market Values at Annual Dinner
American Spectator: Hannan Brings Down the House at CEI Dinner
>>Shaping the Debate
Nobody for Commerce Secretary
Iain Murray’s op-ed in The Washington Times
Donut Day: A Time to Protest Nutrition Efforts?
Sam Kazman’s citation in The Huffington Post
All the News That’s Fit to Scrub
CEI’s citation in The Wall Street Journal Blogs
What’s Really to Blame for Air Traffic Control’s Increasing Errors
Marc Scribner’s citation in AOL News
Needed: A Washing Machine That Washes
Sam Kazman’s citation in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Obama’s Funny Auto Jobs Math
John Berlau’s op-ed in National Review
Consumers Will Pay For Washington’s War on Debit Cards
John Berlau’s citation in The Oakland Press
Deregulation Now
Iain Murray’s blog post in National Review‘s The Corner
Let’s Face the Truth: The Stimulus and the Bailouts Failed
Iain Murray’s op-ed in Human Events
Commerce Nominee Appears to Endorse World Government in Video, Republicans Say
Myron Ebell’s citation in The Daily Caller
Feds’ Poker Ban Called Assault on Internet Freedom
CEI’s citation in NewsMax
>>Best of the Blogs
E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Organic Farming . . . Again
By Greg Conko
BitCoins: Four Objections
By Grant Babcock
Obama’s Chrysler Fiat–Missing Jobs Under the Hood
By John Berlau
Wisconsin Proposal Hurts Craft Beer, Protects Big Brewers
By Michelle Minton
GM’s Push for Higher Gas Taxes
By Sam Kazman
>> CEI Podcast
June 9. 2011: The Other Black Friday
The World Series of Poker is underway. The tournament is perfectly legal. And anyone over 18 can play poker in a casino. But it has been illegal to play the game online since April 15, now known to poker fans as Black Friday. Policy Analyst Michelle Minton goes over the controversy and explains why prohibition doesn’t work.