The Open Market Blog

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/15/2007

Wayne emails today with a link to an NPR story about an ominous milestone in U.S. history: The first member of the Baby…

• By: William Yeatman
• 10/15/2007

If Al Gore harbors Presidential ambitions, he would be insane to run in ’08. In the parlance of campaign operatives, Al Gore”‘owns” the global warming…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/15/2007

James Kirchik has an interesting column on Clarence Thomas and affirmative action in The Los Angeles Times. The Supreme Court justice’s revealing autobiography,…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 10/15/2007

Today’s Washington Post carries a story decrying the growth of bank branches in the District of Columbia. Reporter Paul Schwartzman writes: District officials…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/15/2007

One of the surest ways to create a budget deficit is to assume that a government health care program can be funded solely by a…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 10/12/2007

For all we know, SLORC may well have been nominated by some sycophant of theirs, but it’ll take us 50 years to find out,…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 10/12/2007

At Reason, Jesse Walker has an amusing guide on “How to Win a Nobel Peace Prize.” He points out three options. The first, “Be…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 10/12/2007

The reasons Al Gore was given the Peace Prize, according to Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel awards, was not because of any…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/12/2007

Our very own Marlo Lewis was on CNN this morning (twice!) to inform viewers why Al Gore does not deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. Early…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 10/12/2007

I’ll leave it to others who have thought far more about Al Gore’s work than I have but it’s worth noting that Nobel Peace Prize…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/12/2007

A committee selected by Norway's socialist legislature has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Its criteria…

• By: Lene Johansen
• 10/12/2007

I am ashamed to be Norwegian today. The Norwegian Nobel Committee chose to give the prize to a shyster and a bureaucratic ministry of truth.

• By: Ryan Radia
• 10/12/2007

Two lawsuits have been filed over the iPhone, accusing Apple and AT&T of illegal monopolistic behavior. The lawsuit seeks damages because of software Apple…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/11/2007

The City of Belmont, California has banned smoking in most apartment units as well as in public parks and other public spaces. (In Santa…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/11/2007

Jacob Sullum writes in Reason about the downside of the FDA tobacco regulation bill. CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman earlier wrote to Congress…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 10/11/2007

Edwin Meese, who served as attorney general under President Reagan, defends again the late President’s rejection of the Law of the Sea Treaty in…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/11/2007

David Freddoso has an interesting column in National Review Online about the D.C. Government’s lack of concern for crime victims. The District justifies its…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 10/11/2007

The New York Times today reports that Americans are neglecting the health of their teeth more than ever. While the number of dentists…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 10/11/2007

Dorris Lessing won the Nobel prize in literature today. I’ve never been a fan of her work myself. I don’t think I ever finished…

• By: Gregory Conko
• 10/10/2007

Lots of good commentary in today’s newspapers. In the Financial Times, Columbia University economist (and Friend of CEI) Jagdish Bhagwati notes that rumors of…

• By: Iain Murray
• 10/10/2007

The British government decided that it would be a good idea to send copies of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth to all schools, with then…

• By: Fran Smith
• 10/10/2007

Eli’s post on D.C. taxicab fare proposals comes out strongly for the zone system over metered cabs. As a person who used to take…

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 10/10/2007

A new report by the International Trade & Agriculture Policy Council (IPC) examines the “early lessons” from U.S. and EU biofuels policy. The report’s…

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 10/09/2007

For decades, the “rack” (wholesale) price of ethanol was higher than that of regular unleaded gasoline. This was the case even during late 2005,…

• By: Cord Blomquist
• 10/09/2007

On a note related to Jerry Brito’s post on “L’iPhone” at TechLiberation.com today, I’d like to point out Thomas Hazlett’s “How the…

• By: Hans Bader
• 10/09/2007

One of the problems of letting the Nanny State tell you what you can put into your body is that it often tells you to…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 10/09/2007

The New York Times today detailed New York regulators’ plan to “help” insurers meet their obligations. By forcing them to take less profit…

• By: Fran Smith
• 10/09/2007

The Progressive Policy Institute recently posted a new paper, “The Truth About Middle Class Jobs” by Stephen J. Rose. Rose, a prominent labor…

• By: Iain Murray
• 10/09/2007

It is quite possible the US Congress will follow, on environmental policy at least. The UK's Treasury minister, Alistair Darling, has just announced a raft…

• By: Eli Lehrer
• 10/09/2007

The Washington Post carries a…