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Who Needs A High Tech Industry?

There’s a lot of political anger associated with the recent immigration debate. But with all the attention paid to unskilled immigrants from Mexico and the…

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An Off-Target Response

Target is replacing its PVC shower curtains with vinyl curtains. Whew, I feel so much safer now! Not really. The move is part of a…

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Ala carte is not on the menu

Frank Ahren’s “FCC Moves to Place Restrictions on Cable TV” was highly misleading in its description of a “largely unregulated cable television industry” that…

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Soothing Green Guilt

While unapologetic free-marketers can enjoy the fruits of their labors (small or large) guilt free, the rich on the left have to find ways to…

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Blue Laws and New Laws

The funny old laws from my homeland that Lene links to are actually a distraction from the real problem. When Michael Heseltine was President…

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ENDA Gay-Rights Bill Passes House

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would outlaw private-sector (and some public-sector) discrimination based on sexual orientation, passed the House last week by a…

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More confused conservatives

I have recently published several op eds on how the European Right has adopted the environmental policy of the Left, embracing greater interventions in the…

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Sunset provisions needed

A recent survey in Britain on which laws Brits regards as their most stupid laws make a case for sunset provisions. The laws include…

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Milton Friedman on Greed

Don Boudreaux of Cafe Hayek notes that on Friday [Nov. 16], nobel economist Milton Friedman will have been dead for one year. He forwarded…

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House votes for Peru FTA

Today the House of Representatives voted 285-132 to approve the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement. The Senate now has to consider legislation implementing the agreement.

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Cramer: Andrew Cuomo Is A Communist

CNBC’s Jim Cramer, no free-market conservative, is nonetheless appalled by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s clumsy meddling in the mortgage markets, which he believes…

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OFCFAQ.ORG

If you’re interested in the debate over Optional Federal Chartering for insurance companies, you may want to check out CEI’s new website OFC FAQ.ORG.

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More on Manhunt

I’d like to second Hans’s recommendation to read Manhunt — and I feel a more personal connection: The hunt for John Wilkes Booth…

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More on Immunity for Telecom Firms

Phone companies deserve immunity from lawsuits for cooperating the with federal antiterrorism surveillance program, according to a recent report by the Information Technology and…

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Robert Reich Reformed?

Tyler Cowan offers some generally positive thoughts on former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s new book, Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday…