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US Loses Ground in 2011 Index of Economic Freedom

  • By: Christine Hall
  • 01/12/2011

The U.S. dropped from 8 to 9 on the just-released “Index of Economic Freedom” put out by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street…

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Afternoon Links: January 12, 2011

  • By: Nicole Ciandella
  • 01/12/2011

1. California Gov. Jerry Brown is confiscating half of the 96,000 taxpayer-funded cellphones currently owned by state employees. 2. Incipio has created a…

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The Political Climate is Too Dull and Conformist Already

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/12/2011

There is a lot of cynical and dishonest blather right now about the need to dial down America’s political rhetoric because of the shootings…

Consumer Freedom

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Why Do States Still Require Phone Books to Be Delivered?

  • By: Kathryn Ciano
  • 01/12/2011

Did you know that some states require companies to deliver phone books to state residents? Never mind the fact that most people don’t use phone…

Regulatory Reform

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Villaraigosa: Brown’s Elimination of Redevelopment Agencies “a Non-Starter”

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 01/12/2011

Pro-smart-growth, “green” Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is upset with Governor Jerry Brown’s remarkably sensible decision to shut down the state’s 425 redevelopment agencies, including…

Property Rights

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Troubles in Central Planning: New York City Cabs

  • By: Brian McGraw
  • 01/12/2011

Via the New York Times, an article with empirical evidence that regulatory incentives encourage cabs to disappear around 5pm, just when they are needed…

Labor and Employment

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Employee Rights at the Discretion of Unions

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/12/2011

The AFL-CIO has filed a formal complaint against Roquette for the ongoing lockout of union employees. The union claims that Roquette refused their terms of…

Labor and Employment

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Morning Media Summary

  • By: Lee Doren
  • 01/12/2011

Tech: Verizon iPhone Could Double U.S. Mobile Games Industry This Year: “Earlier today, Verizon and Apple finally confirmed what everyone knew was coming:…

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Press coverage of the Bachman case

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 01/11/2011

In Litigation Daily, Forbes.com, and the Washington Times. Also Amy Alkon’s blog.

Class Action Fairness

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Afternoon Links: January 11, 2011

  • By: Nicole Ciandella
  • 01/11/2011

1. If you live in Reconvilier, Switzerland and you have a dog, remember to pay your annual pet tax! Otherwise the government will execute…

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New Jersey Quietly Approves Online Gambling Bill

  • By: Brian McGraw
  • 01/11/2011

Yesterday the New Jersey Assembly voted to approve a bill that would allow for residents of New Jersey to participate in some forms of…

Consumer Freedom

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Americans Resist Blame Game Over Arizona Shooting, Poll Suggests

  • By: Christine Hall
  • 01/11/2011

Most Americans aren’t blaming a “harsh political tone” for the horrific January 8 shooting in Arizona, in which a lone and seemingly deranged gunman allegedly…

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Morning Media Summary

  • By: Lee Doren
  • 01/11/2011

Tech: Iceland protests to U.S. over Twitter data demand: “Iceland called in the U.S. ambassador in Reykjavik on Monday to register its displeasure…

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Pub Poker on the Table in Wyoming

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 01/11/2011

There are many bars in Washington, D.C., where one can find a free poker tournament. Such events draw in a diverse crowd of customers and…

Consumer Freedom

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Bachman v. A.G. Edwards coupon class action settlement appeal

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 01/10/2011

Our unsuccessful objection to the Bachman v. A.G. Edwards settlement, which consisted almost entirely of time-restricted non-transferable $8.22 coupons, received press coverage…

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Thoughts on the Tucson Shootings

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/10/2011

In the Washington Examiner, I have a commentary entitled “Shootings Obscure America’s Generally Bland and Timid Political Culture.”  In The Wall Street Journal, law…

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Commonsense Proposals for Sustainable Government

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/10/2011

In the midst of federal and state deficits at record levels, politicians are attempting to run the government similar to a business. Elected officials are…

Labor and Employment

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Afternoon Links: January 10, 2011

  • By: Nicole Ciandella
  • 01/10/2011

1. Citigroup says smoking will “virtually disappear” in Britain by 2050. 2. A wannabe Lothario stole photos of a dead American soldier from…

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Autism Doctor a Fraud, But Hardly Alone

  • By: Michael Fumento
  • 01/10/2011

“A deliberate fraud.” That’s what the British Medical Journal, one of the world’s most prestigious periodicals, has written of the study…

Consumer Well-Being

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Dime a Drink Tax in Maryland will Hit Everyone

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 01/10/2011

Though it is touted as a “dime a drink” increase on alcoholic beverages, the proposal in Maryland to raise the excise tax on alcohol…

Consumer Freedom

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The Fate of the Renewable Fuel Standard

  • By: Brian McGraw
  • 01/10/2011

As this article in Wired notes, the U.S. has effectively hit the “blend wall” for domestic ethanol production in the short term. Given current…

Energy and Environment

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Morning Media Summary

  • By: Lee Doren
  • 01/10/2011

Tech: Twitter endorsements face OFT clampdown: “How does a celebrity declare their affiliations to certain brands in fewer than 140 characters? Many may…

Energy and Environment

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Dodd-Frank Financial “Reform” Violates Property Rights and Equal-Protection Guarantees

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/09/2011

Last week, I described how the Dodd-Frank financial “reform” law passed last summer violates constitutional separation-of-powers safeguards by giving unaccountable bureaucrats the…

Law and Litigation

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Four Radicals Renominated to Federal Judgeships

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/08/2011

On Wednesday, President Obama renominated four radicals to federal judgeships, even though their nominations previously died in the Senate. A week earlier, he made six controversial recess…

Law and Litigation

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SEIU Arbitrates Life or Death

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/07/2011

In two recent reports revolving around the Service Employee International Union have shown their callous disregard for human life, in the name of contract negotiations…

Labor and Employment

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Dodd-Frank Violates Separation of Powers and Constitutional Checks and Balances

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/07/2011

In a recent edition of the Washington Post, former White House counsel C. Boyden Gray noted that the sweeping Dodd-Frank financial “reform” law passed…

Law and Litigation

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Afternoon Links: January 7, 2011

  • By: Nicole Ciandella
  • 01/07/2011

1. Quebecois children look at outdated pieces of technology–like floppy disks–and (adorably) try to guess what they are. 2. New research shows that…

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Committee Name Change Puts Big Labor on Offensive

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/07/2011

In the midst of the Republican takeover of Congress labor union officials have been vigilant to the changes that are sure to come concerning labor…

Labor and Employment

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Alcohol Regulation Roundup and Update on Four Loko: January 7, 2011

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 01/07/2011

Update on Four Loko: After being pulled off of shelves by FDA decree, the wholesalers who purchased of alcoholic energy drinks such as…

Consumer Freedom

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Fred Smith: Government Force vs Personal Choice

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 01/07/2011

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2NNL-3Kv6g 285 234]…

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CEI Weekly: Enviros Stubbornly Ignore Climate Evidence

  • By: Nicole Ciandella
  • 01/07/2011

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. This week features Chris…

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Morning Media Summary

  • By: Lee Doren
  • 01/07/2011

Tech: Hackers find new way to cheat on Wall Street – to everyone’s peril: “High-frequency trading networks, which complete stock market transactions in…

Energy and Environment

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CEI Podcast for January 6, 2011: D.C.’s Plastic Bag Tax

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 01/06/2011

Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellow Kathryn Ciano talks about Washington, DC's five-cent tax on plastic bags.

Consumer Freedom

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Committee Name Change Puts Big Labor on Offensive

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/06/2011

In the midst of the Republican takeover of Congress labor union officials have been vigilant to the changes that are sure to come concerning labor…

Labor and Employment

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More Signs of Incompetence in Washington, D.C. Transit System

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 01/06/2011

In the latest sign of dysfunction at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“Metro”), the struggling subway system has appointed a supervisor of escalators…

Labor and Employment

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Junk Scientist’s Autism Research “An Elaborate Fraud,” Reports British Medical Journal

  • By: Fran Smith
  • 01/06/2011

Yesterday the British Medical Journal found that Andrew Wakefield, who authored “studies” linking autism with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines, had committed “an elaborate…

Consumer Freedom

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What Government Unions Want: One, Two, Many Californias

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 01/06/2011

That the large Republican gains in the 2010 midterm elections pose a setback for organized labor’s agenda is hardly news. What will be newsworthy is…

Labor and Employment

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Afternoon Links: January 6, 2011

  • By: Nicole Ciandella
  • 01/06/2011

1. An eleven-year-old New Jersey girl is going to court for writing her name in a wet cement sidewalk. 2. Drug-sniffing dogs are only…

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More News on Ohio Bedbugs

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 01/06/2011

Bed Bugs have become such a problem in Ohio — as CEI noted earlier this week — that the state is now using Medicaid funds…

Energy and Environment

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Declining Access to Non-Ethanol Fuel

  • By: Brian McGraw
  • 01/06/2011

Via EENews ($ubscription required), and a letter (PDF) from Senator Inhofe and Senator Snow to the EPA on the declining availability of pure…

Energy and Environment

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Morning Media Summary

  • By: Lee Doren
  • 01/06/2011

Tech: HHS is Paying Google with Taxpayer Money to Alter ‘Obamacare’ Search Results (Updated): “The brazenness of the Obama administration never ceases to…

Energy and Environment

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Oral argument scheduled in the Bluetooth case

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 01/05/2011

The Ninth Circuit has scheduled oral argument in the Bluetooth case for Monday, February 7, 9 a.m., in the federal courthouse in Pasadena. (Five other…

Class Action Fairness

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D.C. Bag Tax Falls Short of Stated Revenue Goals

  • By: Kathryn Ciano
  • 01/05/2011

Last New Year’s saw the beginning of D.C.’s infamous bag tax, a 5-cent tax on each plastic shopping bag consumers take away from stores. In…

Consumer Freedom

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New York Snow Debacle Shows: It’s Government Unions vs. Taxpayers

  • By: Ivan Osorio
  • 01/05/2011

The longstanding alliance between Democratic politicians and government employee unions has come under increasing strain, as I recently noted in a Washington Times op…

Labor and Employment

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Afternoon Links: January 5, 2011

  • By: Nicole Ciandella
  • 01/05/2011

1. A teacher accidentally pocket-dialed his wife while listening to rap music in the car on his way home. His wife misinterpreted the lyrics as…

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Media Continue Spreading High-Speed Rail Misinformation

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 01/05/2011

Following the Obama administration’s decision to revoke Ohio and Wisconsin’s High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program funding that was included in the American Recovery…

Labor and Employment

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The Market for Responsible Drinking

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 01/05/2011

The alleged reason for many alcohol regulations — such as labeling mandates — is that consumers lack resources or ability to monitor and control…

Consumer Freedom

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Morning Media Summary

  • By: Lee Doren
  • 01/05/2011

Tech: CES 2011 Predictions: 7 Trends To Watch At The World’s Biggest Tech Show: “Las Vegas is currently gearing up for the Consumer…

Energy and Environment

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EPA Bed Bug Protection for Elderly “Not Enough”

  • By: Angela Logomasini
  • 01/04/2011

Outgoing Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says EPA’s response for help in the state’s battle against bed bugs is simply “not enough.”  He petitioned the…

Energy and Environment

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Afternoon Links: January 4, 2011

  • By: Nicole Ciandella
  • 01/04/2011

1. Homeless man Ted Williams has a “golden radio voice” — and he may very soon have a job, thanks to Reddit. 2.

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