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Racist School Policies Get the Supreme Smackdown
The Associated Press is reporting on the latest SCOTUS opinion from this morning, and as it turns out it’s one on which we filed…
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Gouged by the Government
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Radio Frequency Your Way to Good Health
AFP reports on a new study by the American Medical Association recommending the implantation of RFID tags to carry medical information in case of…
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All Real Crimes in Hot Springs Now Solved
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Meet Marc “Brass Knuckles” Morano
Our good friend Marc Morano, communications director for the minority staff at Senate EPW, is treated to a “Hill People” profile (sub. req’d.) in…
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Dave Barry for Candidate!
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Pantless Judge Goes Home Empty Handed
In more legal news, DC administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson has lost his case against his local dry cleaner, whom he was suing…
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The Supreme Court Rulez
The Supreme Court today struck a small chunk out of the mountain of unconstitutionality that is the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. From the Mark…
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Michael Moore’s “Sicko” – Diagnosis: PWNED
Michael Moore’s new attack-umentary on the American health care system, Sicko, seems to be having viral problems of its own. A mysterious source has…
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Reasonable Energy Policy Blown Away in House
The Industrial Wind Action Group just sent along a press release on the emerging monster of a House energy bill and a recent change…
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Open Letter to Caterpillar on Cap-and-Trade
This week heavy-machine manufacturer Caterpillar held its annual shareholders meeting, and we and 70 or so of our good friends weighed in on one…
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The New Rationale for Central Planning
Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus writes in today’s Financial Times on climate change: As someone who lived under communism for most of his life, I…
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100 Million is Enough
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eHarmony Critics Tone Deaf on ‘Discrimination’
Eli – You make an excellent point about the sexual-orientation discrimination lawsuit against eHarmony. Even if one takes a fairly statist view of…
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Environmentalism: Not Just for Dirty Hippies
Our old friend Tim Carney has a great piece up on the presumed conflict with being a conservative (or libertarian) and being an environmentalist.
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Thanks for the Cheap Diesel – Yours Truly, Europe
There are plenty of reason to dislike the tangled array of subsidies and mandates woven through the market for alternative fuels in the U.S., and…
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Jann Wenner is Insufficiently Green
The New York Times reports today that despite switching to what it calls “carbon neutral” paper for printing, Rolling Stone magazine is still getting…
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Warmer Winters Are Good for You
The front page of the Washington Post has an astonishing article by foreign correspondent Doug Struck on the positive – yes, positive –…
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Greens Gouging Gas Prices up North
The Canadian Green Party is calling for a $0.12 per liter (about $0.45 per gallon) gas tax to combat the threat of climate change.
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USA Today: Full Medical Coverage or Nothing at All?
A write-up in USA Today by reporter Julie Appleby about health insurance gets some attention from our friends at the Business…
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A Two-Pronged Triumph for Science
Iain – Thanks for noting the triumph of unreason in the EU, where they’re banning barometers because of the presence of that ole…
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Rahall’s Energy Bill: Join the ‘Growing Clamor’
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) of the House Natural Resources Committee is holding a markup on his energy bill today, and surprise – it’s…
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The Hidden Persuader?
Tony Blair on Bush and global warming, on the occasion of this week’s G-8 Summit: “I can persuade George Bush on climate change.” As…
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Washington, DC: We’re #1!
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Conservatarian Thoughts on the FCC
Our friend (and former Open Market editor) Peter Suderman makes an excellent free market point at The Corner today about broadcast obscenity and…
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Will Jefferson: A Man of Political Convictions?
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Chronic Vague Symptom Syndrome: Wi-Fi Edition
There’s more wi-fi scaremongering this week in The Indepedent, which cites an alleged wave of parents and school administrators in the UK who have…
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Forget the Money – Follow the Emissions
It seems Hillary Clinton is defending herself against charges that she accepted private jet rides she shouldn’t have from a campaign contributor. She is…
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Time-Delayed TV Popularity
According to Television Week’s Jon Lafayette, broadcasters have begun taking note of the increasing difference between traditional Neilsen ratings vs. traditional ratings + DVR…
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Department of Pre-Regulation
One of the highlights of our big annual dinner last week was our faux public service announcement from a future where nanny-state regulators have…
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Future Fred Greets You from 2107
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No Cab For You!
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CEI and the Online Video Revolution
Sam is understandably excited to have our “Underwear to the Undersecretary” campaign profiled in Cindy Skrzycki’s Washington Post / Bloomberg column today:…
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Rachel Was Wrong
Today we launch our campaign urging people to rethink the legacy of environmentalist icon Rachel Carson, with the site www.RachelWasWrong.com. Today she’s mostly remembered…
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The Only Green Vacation Is Staying Home
Being a Malthusian environmentalist is getting more difficult every day. When I was volunteering for an enviro non-profit many years ago in high school,…
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Tim Carney on Drugs
Our good friend Tim Carney writes in today’s Examiner about how Congress is pushing to expand the FDA’s authority over prescription drugs, and why…
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Property Insurance Becomes a Legislative Casualty
The Florida legislature recently passed a bill regulating property insurance rates in response to complaints that premiums in certain hurricane-prone areas were too high.
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Trial Lawyers at the Public Trough
Legal Newsline has an interesting story today on President Bush’s executive order forbidding federal agencies from hiring trial lawyers on contingency. Bonus: it quotes…
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Underwear Coverage Examined
Our latest video on efficiency regulations, “Send Your Underwear to the Undersecretary,” has happily gotten the attenion of business reporter Alison Bert at the…
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Death By Regulation on Web Video
The Hill’s Congress Blog features Sam on video today, responding to moves on Capitol Hill (and this week’s announcement from the White House)…
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We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 2012
According to a new announcement from WWF, the governments of the world only have five years left to stave off global catastrophe from climate…
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BBC: Global Warming Alarmism Counterproductive
Fark picks up on this interesting story from the Beeb: Alarmist messages about global warming are counter-productive, the head of a leading climate…
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Send Your Underwear to the Undersecretary
Sam‘s latest obsession has produced glorious YouTube offspring. Inspired by the current issue of Consumer Reports, he’s been drawing our attention to the fact…
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Sell the Elephant to Save It
The International Fund for Animal Welfare is complaining about people selling items made from elephant ivory on eBay, arguing that such sales hurt elephant…
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Bureaucrash’s Blaze of Glory
When it rains anti-anti-smoking indignation, it pours. In addition to Brooke’s press statement, Jason reminds me that Bureaucrash was hot on this MPAA/smoking tip…
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These Foolish Things Remind Me of the MPAA
As Eli informed us this morning, the MPAA has caved into Big (anti-)Tobacco and decided to rate movies that include smoking by adults more…
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More on Unsustainable Policies
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Sustain This
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Don’t Count Your Cobs Before They’re Grown
Corn growers are riding high these days, as ethanol moves into place as the default alternative fuel for automobiles. Lots of money is pouring into…
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