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Farewell to Frank

Frank Johnson, the Thatcherite journalist and wit, died recently at the tragically early age of 63. It has been a bad year for Thatcherites –…

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Making Job Losses Bad Politics

Yesterday, President Bush announced that he may go along with Congressional Democrats’ proposal for an increase in the federal minimum wage, in exchange for…

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Who gets the farm pork?

According to news reports, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will release on Wednesday a database showing just which farmers get part of the $56…

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Model article

Excellent article from Ryan Meyer of the Center for Science, Policy and Outcomes at the University of Arizona on the inadequacies of models that…

Consumer Freedom

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Lucy’s “Top Twaddlers”

I missed reading the Financial Times yesterday (Fred stole it), so missed until today Lucy Kellaway’s riotous column where she gives business jargon awards…

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Who’s the Denier?

The Charleston Daily Mail editorial page recently featured “Rockefeller is Out of Line” a critique of the Senator’s “intemperate attempt to squelch debate.” Sen.

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Did he really just say that?

Daniel Schrag, a Harvard climatologist, is disgusted at the way the democratic process handles his issue. So disgusted, in fact, he…

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Ahmet Ertegun, RIP

The intersection between commerce and culture is a space that few people have occupied as successfully as Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, who passed away…

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Radicals for Capitalism

CEI and Fred Smith make appearances in Radicals for Capitalism, the upcoming history of the modern American libertarian movement by Reason Senior Editor and…

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Tobacco Scam

In 1998, the big tobacco companies entered into a $250 billion settlement with trial lawyers and the attorneys general of 46 states. Big Tobacco agreed…

Healthcare

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Regulation Before Occupation

Several public policy groups are beginning to set up limited operations within the virtual realm called Second Life; lectures, publications, that sort of thing.

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Oprah Viewers Respond

Some Oprah viewers are posting their thoughts on Al Gore’s appearance on “Oprah” today — and CEI’s Marlo Lewis’s response — and the comments exhibit…

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CEI’s Marlo Lewis on Oprah

CEI’s Marlo Lewis will be appearing on “Oprah” this afternoon, answering Al Gore’s claims of impending global warming catastrophe, as seen…

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I invented that sandwich!

It’s not often that one can claim she invented something more than a half-century ago that now in making it big in the retail sector.

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GAO report needs to hit harder

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office sent to the Congressional leadership on November 17, 2006, outlines some key areas where the…