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Thinking About Interest Rates and the Economy
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Vioxx Class Action Rejected in New Jersey
The New Jersey Supreme Court just rejected a nationwide class action against Merck over its drug Vioxx, recognizing that it would be inappropriate to…
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Pavarotti — RIP
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Federal Meddling Drove Up Youth Suicide Rate
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The chickens come home to roost . . .
The corn-ethanol boom is continuing to spike up costs for food producers. Tyson, the beef and poultry titan, announced yesterday that its costs were up…
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A Constitutional Right to Welfare?
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Sen. Johnson is Back
Senator Tim Johnson, returned to work yesterday. His return means that the debate over Optional Federal Chartering of insurance will heat up (link…
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D.C. Voting Rights Dilemma
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Don’t Worry be Happy, Valley
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Leo, Waterskis, Shark
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More British Government Baby Stealing
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NPR hits sugar program
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A defense of free trade and the Doha Round
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Why pay for WiFi?
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A New, Fairer Way to Tax Cigarettes and Fight Addiction?
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The Disappearing Blog Post About Spouse Killings
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District Seeks to Revive Gun Ban
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Quelle horreur!
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Social Engineering Fails Again: Surprise!
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Friars in the City
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How to Really Tax the Rich
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Happy Labor Day, y’all
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Chinaphobia?
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Bush mortgage plan — the good, the bad, and the neutral
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A subprime bailout or not?
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Basking in the Reflected Glory: Logomasini in the New York Sun
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OFC Debate to Begin Again
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Problems of models and scientific prediction — a physicist heretic
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Is reincarnation too important to leave to the market?
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FDA Tobacco Regulation Bill Violates Treaty, Indonesia Says
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Big Labor [hearts] Big Government
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Katrina anniversary musings
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Who’s an FDR, a Ronald Reagan, or a Herbert Hoover on trade?
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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NASA’s Chronic Problems
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NASA: Dodging the Green Bullet
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One Foot vs. 80 Feet
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Earmarks and Bipartisan Hypocrisy
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The Politics of Federal Flood Insurance
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Health Nannies’ Worst Nightmare
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The Death of Employer Sponsored Health Insurance
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A New Definition of Quality of Life
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Novak’s take on Colombia trade agreement
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Unlocking the iPhone and the Death of Exclusivity
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Apologism
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Discouraging Data
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A question well worth asking about the BBC’s “Planet Relief”
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Partnership or Payola?
Geeks get technology, but they don't always understand economics. John C. Dvorak, one of the brightest journalists in tech, has recognized many of the important…
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We’re right behind you
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Fund on licensing
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Virginia Tech Kept in the Dark by Disabilities Laws
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Credit where credit is due
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Computers: The Fun is Gone
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“Fidel Castro will never die”
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Porking One’s Way to Victory
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Weekly World News, RIP
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And the party on the left is now the party on the right…
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Cuban: The Internet is ‘Dead and Boring’
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Why buy when you can regulate for free?
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If it’s happening, it must be global warming
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Virginia’s Budget-Busting Preschool Program
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Carney on Education Pork
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Why do the poor drop out of college?
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One Light Bulb: $47.00
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Battered Food Police and the Battle Against Trans Fats
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Save the Planet, Reward Your Friends, Get Reelected
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Executive Summary of Peer-reviewed GW Science
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Markets Greener than Green Buidling Lobby
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Is the Department of Pre-Regulation Coming Soon?
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State attorneys general target social networking sites
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A Lone Dissident Uncovers the Terrifying Truth Behind Government-Issued Carbon Offsets
What with the current mania for carbon offsets, I should have known it would happen eventually. In addition to the already burgeoning crowd of…
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Alarming Waste
Today’s Washington Post includes a story on bisphenol A, a chemical that has been used to make flexible, clear plastic products–including baby bottles–since the…
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Jenkins in the WSJ on the subprime shambles
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.’s piece in the Wall Street Journal today (“Payback,” subscription required) is a thoughtful and cogent assessment of some aspects of…
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Kyoto? That is Illogical, Captain
The head of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, Yvo de Boer, has admitted that the principle behind the Kyoto Protocol is “illogical.”…
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Heritage to Congress: Ratify FTA with Colombia
Over at The Heritage Foundation, James M. Roberts, in a paper titled “The U.S.—Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: Don’t Let Progress Fall Victim to D.C.
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No such thing as a victimless ban
UK Telegraph columnist A.N. Wilson weighs in on a little-noticed pernicious effect of nanny statism. What do the following have in common:…
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Crash Across America Rolls On
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Gender Bias in the Courts — and in The Washington Post
For a glaring example of gender bias in the courts (and the media), you need look no further than The Washington Post story today…
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Jacoby on global warming — part 2
I missed until today Jeff Jacoby’s second article on global warming science in the Boston Globe on Saturday. (Hans had blogged about the…
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“Political pandering” on trade
The Denver Post yesterday ran an excellent editorial about the negative climate for free trade, with a focus on “election-year political pandering.” Here are…
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Fund on Mine Your Own Business
Today in OpinionJournal.com, John Fund looks at the environmentalist-led campaign against a proposed mine in Rosia Montana, Romania, documented in the film Mine…
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Ugly Purse, $52,500. . .and, as Cartman would say, ‘You Can’t Have It!’
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Why Wi-Fi?
David Robinson at The American said my last blog post on Wi-Fi was intriguing and asked me to write a piece for him. I can’t…
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Out on the Experimental Economics Frontier
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation — more corn acreage, more pollution
Growing more corn for ethanol in the mid-Atlantic region will mean increased pollution in rivers, streams and the Chesapeake Bay, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation…
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FDA Tobacco Regulation Bill: A Trojan Horse?
PR Watch has an interesting story on the cynical baptist-bootlegger alliance behind the bill to give the FDA oversight over the tobacco industry, which…
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Peru’s Post-Earthquake Prospects
The horrendous devastation of the recent earthquake in Peru could only have been exacerbated by government incompetence. That's my conclusion after reading Ian Vazquez's…
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DDT Deniers Deny Science
DDT-deniers—those who would rather let people die that allow DDT use to fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes—have been critiquing our blog posts on the topic…
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The Uncreative Indestructibility of Modern Farming
Over at the Mises Institute’s website, Dan McLaughlin highlights a little-discussed pernicious effect of U.S. farm policy: the short-circuiting of the market’s creative destruction.
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DDT Saves Africans from Malaria
Donald Roberts has an interesting Op-Ed in the New York Times about the crucial role of DDT in preventing the spread of malaria in…
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In Defense of the Prix Fixe Menu
Our old pal Peter Suderman, now writing for FreedomWorks, has a great takedown of the argument for “a la carte” cable pricing up at…
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What Gives in South Carolina?
I’m writing this from the new library in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. It’s a big, open all glass building that I wouldn’t want to be…
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Whole Foods merger: Using Antitrust to Protect Wal-Mart
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Federal judge rejects FTC’s arguments against Whole Foods-Wild Oats merger
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Elvis on the IRS
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In Brazil, a Moment of Silence against State Incompetence and Corruption
Tomorrow, Friday August 17, at 1:00 pm (local time), our friends at Brazil’s Instituto Liberdade will participate in the campaign “Worn Out,” (Cansei)…
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Drug lag — precaution or pipelines?
According to a CNN Money article, a report released yesterday shows that the FDA has been cracking down on new drug approvals. Pharmaceutical companies…
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Global Warming Alarmism Debunked
In the Boston Globe, Jeff Jacoby has an interesting editorial debunking attacks by Newsweek and others on scientists and CEI staffers who have…
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Foreign Aid Kills
Foreign food aid often causes, rather than alleviates, hunger, by destroying the basis of the farm economy in the country that receives the aid, as…
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Getting the Word Out
Good news: Today’s Wall Street Journal highlights the recent study on DDT benefits in repelling mosquitoes and battling resistance issues. This study was highlighted…