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More Katrina Waste
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Tobacco Litigation Update
In Schwab v. Philip Morris, a federal judge in Brooklyn recently approved a class-action racketeering lawsuit against tobacco companies on behalf of millions…
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Let It Ride While You Can
Sad news for online poker fans: Congress has effectively outlawed Internet gambling, as part of legislation widely expected to be signed into law by…
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Masters of their own Domains
ICANN is moving toward greater autonomoy and away from direct ties to the U.S. Department of Commerce. As long as it doesn’t end up…
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Liveblogging an Environment Debate
The Conservative Party Conference in the UK are discussing the environment this afternoon. The Conservatives have rebranded themselves as a green party, fully in favor…
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Needed: Broad-based Coalition to Fight for Ag Reform
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New study shows promise, but not cure
A new study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows mixed results in dealing with Type 1 diabetes, also…
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Ring fingers and sports potential
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Is Mozart anti-Muslim?
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Of Mice and Men
A new study shows that mice that drink moderate amounts of wine everyday suffer from less memory loss and brain cell death. A huge…
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Haymarket Laugh Riot
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No “Grounds” for Antitrust Charges against Starbucks
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Incorrect correction of a correction
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“Until some of these scientists are dead.”
Dr. James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies in New York City, became a darling of the left by claiming that the…
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The New York Times Gets Chemical Plant Security Wrong
Why do liberals always assume that the solution to every problem is regulation and yet more regulation? That’s the thrust of an editorial…
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Perverse Incentives
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‘Net Neutrality’ for Credit Cards?
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Rachel Carson Lied, Millions Died
We were all happy to see the World Health Organization finally take steps to embrace wider anti-malarial deployment of DDT, but our…
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The Bureau is Exactly 37.1973% Incompetent
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Lockyer: SUVs Don’t Kill People, Car Companies Kill People
California’s attorney general has sued carmakers DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Ford and subsidiaries of Honda, Nissan and Toyota for global warming impacts…
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Sound Suggestion on Social Security Security
In what, for now at least, seems like good news, the president’s Identity Theft Task Force has recommended that the federal government…
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There Was a Farmer Who Played a Game…
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Best Headline of the Day
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Oman Trade Agreement and Protectionism
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Travel Opportunities for Politicians
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Don’t Tax My Timber
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A Taxing Question
The UK Conservatives, currently mulling over the idea of raising “green taxes” while lowering other tax rates, will be paying careful attention to reaction…
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DDT to the Rescue
In an extraordinarily good development, the World Health Organization has officially called for greater use of DDT around the world in order to combat…
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Department of Public Remarks
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Senators on 9/11 movie – “Public interest” is what makes us look good
No matter what anyone thought of the ABC’s “The Path to 9/11,” the actions of certain senators who objected to the miniseries should…
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Liberty stands up to Spitzer
Sometimes — but not often — some companies hang in there if they’re convinced they are right. That seems to be the case…
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A typology for risk assessment?
New research may help to explain why the term “risk” shouldn’t automatically be applied to new technologies, such as biotechnology. According to…
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Here He Is, Your Komodo Dragon…
There’s a new book for anyone ever frustrated by the bureaucratic enforcement of the Endangered Species Act: The Hunter’s Guide to Endangered Species by…
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Time to “Give Back” the EEZ?
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Take Your Dirty Economic Development Elsewhere
It’s only been a couple weeks since the state of California decided to create a cap on greenhouse gas emissions, and some businesses are…
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Is Hugo Boss?
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Getting those priorities straight!
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Worried about Immigration? Worry more about welfare state dependency!
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Trading Up to Free Global Markets
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Meet the New Change, Same as the Old Change?
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Beyond Accountability
Our friend Steve Milloy is back on the shareholder activist battleground, with a petition before the SEC to change the rules…
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E Pluribus Equine
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Osorio Takes on Latin America
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IPN to UNFPA: Drop Dead
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A Backyard Texas Tea Party
Despite recent good news on the oil front, some people are still upset with current energy prices. Louisiana oilman Steve Jordan has even decided…
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REACH: Coming to a Shore Near You
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The Dwarfs Beat the Justices
Guess what — a new poll shows that the Seven Dwarfs are better known in the U.S. than the Supreme Court Justices. According to…
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Wasting Time at the Farm Bill Hearing
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Splinternets
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