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Christmas Liquor Bans: Is Your State on the List?

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 12/12/2011

If you were planning to go-a-Wassailing along this Christmas, you may want to read this post carefully so that you can plan your booze-buying accordingly…

Consumer Freedom

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: December 7, 2011

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 12/07/2011

Arizona: Liberalization of beer laws in Arizona has kick-started the state’s craft brewing market. The state allows small producers to skip the wholesaling tier…

Consumer Freedom

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Is the Four Loko/FTC Settlement on the Rocks?

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 11/28/2011

If you're a regular reader of OpenMarket.org, then you know we at CEI have written quite a bit on the issue of Four Loko.

Consumer Freedom

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: Turkey Day Edition

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 11/18/2011

As Thanksgiving quickly approaches many hosts and hostesses are scratching their heads about what drinks to pair with their meal items. The Washington Post…

Consumer Freedom

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: Beer for Our Soldiers Edition

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 11/11/2011

Not to overshadow the once-in-100-year numerically sequenced date, but today is also Veterans' Day. This isn't a great way to get free drinks at the bar…

Consumer Freedom

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Liquor Privatization Would Edge Washington State Toward Freedom

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 11/08/2011

Today voters in Washington State will finally have their say in whether or not to get the state out of the business of selling liquor.

Consumer Freedom

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: November 2, 2011

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 11/02/2011

A round up of the interesting booze-related news stories from around the nation. Hint: the two best are at the end. National: Our nation’s…

Consumer Freedom

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New Jersey Voters Likely to Support Legalizing Sports Betting

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 11/01/2011

In just one week, New Jersey voters will have their say on whether or not the state should pursue legalizing sports betting. According to…

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: Ale-oween Edition

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 10/24/2011

National: Phusion Projects, the makers of the now-infamous alcoholic energy drink Four Loko, have reportedly reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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Alcohol Myths Persist Beyond Prohibition

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 10/21/2011

In a recent article for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, I make the case that many elements of Prohibition did not fade away…

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: October 7, 2011

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 10/07/2011

National: A Supreme Court decision is being heralded as potentially liberating the advertising market for tobacco and alcohol as it expands first amendment protections…

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U.S. Government Responsible for So-Called Gambling Ponzi Scheme

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 09/22/2011

This week U.S. investigators accused Full Tilt, the online gambling website, which was shut down during the black Friday raids of being a “Ponzi scheme.”…

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State Losing Control of Pennsylvania Liquor

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 09/12/2011

Privatizing Pennsylvania's liquor stores has been a subject of debate for decades. Proposals in the past have been met with fear about the effects privatization…

Consumer Freedom

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Dear Labor, Don’t Fear the Robot

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 09/06/2011

In California, a war is quietly being fought: workers versus technology. And the war has materialized in the form of a bill that seeks…

Consumer Freedom

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: September 2, 2011

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 09/02/2011

I'm back from the West Coast with another (hoppier) edition of the Alcohol Regulation Roundup, a collection of stories about our nations constantly changing, sometimes…

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A “Condom Mandate” is No Benefit for Adult Film Actors

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 09/02/2011

I heard the news while driving home from work: a California porn star tested positive for HIV, resulting in a voluntary…

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Despite D.C. Legalization of Online Poker, Players Leave USA

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 08/30/2011

It is perhaps a little ironic that the most vocal opponents of online poker will soon be the only people in the USA who can…

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Alcohol Regulatory Round-up: August 11th 2011

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 08/12/2011

Federal: A proposed bill, Brewer's Employment and Excise Relief Act, would reduce the federal excise taxes for craft brewers in order to help them…

Consumer Freedom

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Massachusetts Reverses “Buy Local” Mandate for Brewers

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 08/11/2011

Public Outcry Forces Rule Reversal for Massachusetts Craft Brewers Despite the recession, one segment of the US market, at least, has been steadily growing. This…

Regulatory Reform

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Killed by Regulations: New Century Brewing, RIP

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 07/21/2011

Add another name to the list of the dead as a result of actions taken by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). I certainly feel a…

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: July 19, 2011

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 07/19/2011

California: In an attempt to lower the rates of minors drinking alcohol, a bill is being pushed that would prevent grocery store patrons from…

Consumer Freedom

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Another Shot at Pennsylvania Liquor Privatization

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 07/18/2011

Ah, Pennsylvania: home sweet home. The state known for its soft pretzels, Hershey’s chocolate and Sylvester Stallone statues. Unfortunately, it has also…

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Michelle Obama’s 1700 Calorie Hypocrisy

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 07/12/2011

I am no fan of ad hominem attacks, especially when it’s the President and his administration that deserve true criticism for their policies. So, when…

Consumer Freedom

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: Independence Day Edition

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 07/05/2011

Hopefully, this Independence Day weekend you liberated some nice libations from their containers. As Founding Father Ben Franklin said, “there can’t be good living where…

Consumer Freedom

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Improve Americans’ Physical and Fiscal Health: Cut Out the FDA

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 06/22/2011

President Obama made a big show about cutting “red tape” government regulations that kill jobs and hurt the economy. In addition, members of the…

Consumer Freedom

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Bed Bugs Now With Super Bug: Still Just a “Nuisance,” EPA?

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 06/22/2011

As my colleague Angela Logomasini noted in a post in January, the EPA has rebuffed the desperate pleas of lawmakers and residents to un-ban…

Consumer Freedom

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New Bill Would Tax Online Gambling

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 06/21/2011

Yet another online gambling bill to add to the pile, Rep. Jim McDermott introduced the igaming taxation and regulation bill that he unsuccessfully…

Consumer Freedom

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More States, Politicians Jump on the Internet Gambling Bandwagon

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 06/13/2011

The oncoming legalization of online poker charges ahead this week with more lawmakers “seeing the light” or at least the potential revenue dollars that online…

Consumer Freedom

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: June 10, 2011

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 06/10/2011

Reporting from around the nation on the ridiculous, the sad, and the sometimes positive news about the state of alcohol regulations. National: BuyaBeerCompany.com, a…

Consumer Freedom

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Breaking Up is Hard to Do for Michigan Brewers

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 06/10/2011

If you thought leaving a spouse was tough, just be thankful that you're not a brewery in need of a divorce from your dead-beat distributor.

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