The Open Market Blog

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/17/2010

Samuel Burgos is 8 years old. One day he brought a toy gun to school in his backpack. That got him expelled from his Miami…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/16/2010

Ryan Radia, CEI's Associate Director of Technology Studies, talks about obstacles and opportunities for job creation in the high-tech sector.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/15/2010

Over at RealClearMarkets.c0m, my colleague Ryan Radia offer some ideas for how to create more high-tech jobs. Our main points:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/13/2010

Cash for clunkers didn't change HOW MUCH people spent. It only changed WHEN they spent.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/09/2010

In the latest CEI Podcast, Alex Nowrasteh discusses birthright citizenship.

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 09/08/2010

Attorney Roy Den Hollander think ladies' nights are unconstitutional. So he sued several bars.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/27/2010

Stimulus spending costs $221,428.57 per job saved or created. Startlingly inefficient.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/27/2010

A Virginia man collected 12 years of salary despite never showing up to his government job.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/24/2010

In New York State, sliced bagels cost 8 cents more than unsliced bagels.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/20/2010

For most people, the TSA is merely an annoyance. For Kathy Parker, it was something far more serious.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/19/2010

In the world of regulation, no good deed goes unpunished.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/19/2010

If you're despairing over the state of the world, the data are a wonderful cure for pessimism.

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/18/2010

Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern in Herndon, Virginia has fire-breathing bartenders. Two of them are facing 45 years in prison for fire code violations.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/17/2010

And it's on pace to hit a near-record 80,447 pages.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/13/2010

The NTSB wants to throw away 50 lives to save an estimated 1 or 2 lives.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/11/2010

It wasn't because of spending cuts.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 08/03/2010

King Tut's chariot is now on exhibit in New York, but not without incident. Officials demanded to see its VIN before Allowing it in the…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/27/2010

It was mostly Democrats who favored the DISCLOSE Act. But Republicans are no heroes on this issue. Don't believe their posturing.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/27/2010

Bob Russ is 66 years old. He was denied entry to the Oregon Brewer’s Festival because he lacked a valid photo ID to prove he…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/19/2010

The Federal Register’s page growth has been accelerating as the year has progressed. It is currently on pace for 76,536 pages.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/13/2010

Over at the Daily Caller, I debunk the fear that long-term cell phone use can cause brain tumors.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/08/2010

This letter of mine ran in today's New York Times in response to Paul Krugman's July 4 column.

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/02/2010

If you have ever been in a duel, you are ineligible to vote in Mississippi, plus more.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/01/2010

A little government can do a lot of good. A lot of government can do little good.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 07/01/2010

New labeling rules for horse meat intended for human consumption, plus more.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/24/2010

In Japan, your bedtime is official government business.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/18/2010

Arizona spends $1,250,000 to save 250 squirrels, plus more.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/16/2010

Some people are scared that cell phones cause brain tumors. There are enough of these bedwetters that San Francisco just passed a new law requiring…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/15/2010

Ladies’ night bar specials are illegal in Minnesota. They are unfair gender discrimination, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/14/2010

Politicians love it when housing prices go up. That's why Cumberland, Maryland is mulling requiring all new homes to install fire sprinkler systems. Cost: $3,000-$9,000…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/10/2010

“Plastics are the future,” a pushy relative told a young Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate. Was he giving career advice -- or a warning?…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/08/2010

Watch Tom Palmer explain free trade in under three minutes.

Trade and International

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/04/2010

$300,000 of stimulus money to pay for floating toilets, plus more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/03/2010

In which a new regulation actually makes some sense.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 06/02/2010

H.L. Mencken defined Puritanism as “The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” He may as well have been talking about regulators.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/28/2010

This year’s Federal Register is on pace for 73,459 pages. Like most of President Obama’s policies, this represents less than a one percent change from…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/25/2010

Last year, angry New Yorkers spit on bus drivers 51 times. The average driver took 64 days of paid leave to recover.

Labor and Employment