The Open Market Blog

• By: Doug Bandow
• 11/26/2007

“Consumer advocates”–who spend their time demanding that everyone toss money at anyone who “consumes” a product or service, are on the march, this time against…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 11/26/2007

Government regulation almost always is biased towards inaction and prohibition.  Making a "mistake" and allowing something to happen will usually get you into far greater…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 11/26/2007

There may be no better evidence of change in China than the fact that the government now occasionally admits that problems exist in the country. …

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/21/2007

Bureaucrash has decided to take the anti-capitalist mentality to its natural extreme in a new video, just in time for the holiday season. What would…

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/21/2007

Earlier, I wrote about the Seattle Schools’ bizarre and racist definitions of racism, which branded all whites (and only whites) as racists, claimed that…

• By: Fran Smith
• 11/21/2007

For my Thanksgiving treat, here’s my list of five “Turkeys on the Hill” — legislation that is particularly onerous for consumers, taxpayers, and citizens —…

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/21/2007

Oklahoma attorney general Drew Edmondson’s latest outrage is chronicled today in an editorial in the D.C. Examiner. The paper points out that he is…

• By: Julie Walsh
• 11/21/2007

Should we be turning our turkey drippings into fuel for our cars instead of gravy? Though a great idea, it’s still not cost competitive.

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/21/2007

A Saudi Arabian court originally sentenced a victim of a gang rape to six months in jail and 90 lashes, after she reported her…

• By: William Yeatman
• 11/21/2007

It looks as if environmentalists have finally turned against biofuels. Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, many remained faithful to the illusion that biofuels are…

• By: Fran Smith
• 11/21/2007

The Wall Street Journal, in a front-page article today, points to the anti-trade, anti-globalization sentiment in Iowa, even though the state “is a…

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/20/2007

The school system in my county, Arlington, Virginia, certainly knows how to waste taxpayers' money. Like several school districts, they've hired an infamous race-baiting…

• By: Fran Smith
• 11/20/2007

For years the American Council on Science and Health has featured their "Holiday Menu" at Thanksgiving time. Their menu features "natural" foods that contain natural…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 11/20/2007

With the trial bar hovering around your house, ready to file an obesity lawsuit on behalf of the guests on whom you have forced slices…

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/20/2007

The Supreme Court has just decided to hear an appeal of the federal appeals court ruling striking down the District of Columbia’s handgun ban,…

• By: Fran Smith
• 11/20/2007

CEI’s Angela Logomasini and Ryan Radia focus on the bottled water issue in California country. Their op-ed in the Modesto Bee yesterday took on…

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/20/2007

Yesterday, a panel of federal appellate judges worried that declaring paper money a violation of the rights of the blind would open the…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 11/19/2007

Almost as if to celebrate the grand opening of the new store at Union Station of Fantom Comics — owned by our friend Matt…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/19/2007

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/19/2007

Two federal appeals courts have rejected the idea that a private employer's requirement that employees speak English on the job is racial or national origin…

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/19/2007

While tourism is rising rapidly in much of the world, it is falling in America, thanks to the hassle that our government puts foreign…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 11/19/2007

Prince George's County, Maryland, a D.C. suburb, has ordered parents to get their children vaccinated -- or go to jail. Two months into the…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 11/19/2007

Every health care system is going to have some “horror stories,” and the U.S. system is no different. But it’s important for Americans to realize…

• By: Doug Bandow
• 11/19/2007

Thus argues John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel. Admittedly, he’s not a Ph.D climatologist, but then, most of the alarmist propagandists aren’t Ph.D climatologists,…

• By: Hans Bader
• 11/16/2007

Glenn Singleton of Pacific Educational Group has become a rich man by preaching racism, hate, and scapegoating. School systems hire him for hundreds of thousands…

• By: Fran Smith
• 11/16/2007

This morning, the Senate voted on closing off debate on the 2007 Farm Bill. The cloture vote was 55-42 in favor of the measure;…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 11/16/2007

The Atlantic Monthly‘s 150th Anniversary issue features a series of short essays on “The Future of the American Idea” by a wide variety of…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/16/2007

We’ve had quite a bit to say about the anti-energy bill currently being co-sponsored by Joe Lieberman (D/I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA), including the…

• By: Cord Blomquist
• 11/16/2007

The Evansville Courier brings us a story that should be disheartening to libertarians and anyone who respects the right to own private property. The…

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 11/16/2007

Last week, I had the pleasure of learning about the new artistic tribute in honor of Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged on the 50th anniversary…