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Blame Government, Not Wal-Mart

Sunday’s Washington Post printed a sympathetic story about an independent pharmacy. The story appears to be about how the rapacious forces of capitalism are…

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Tires from China

Today’s news contains word that The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for the recall of 450,000 Chinese tires that apparently come apart…

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Chem Goes PC

An interesting, depressing article in today’s Inside Higher Ed describes the advances that the Green Left have made in the teaching of undergraduate…

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Do We Worry Too Much About Earmarks?

A recent CNN investigative effort shows–surprise, surprise–that the Democrats haven’t kept their promise to back off on earmarking. But I think that earmarks also…

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Buying Eyeglasses

I just went across the street from CEI’s offices to pick up some more pairs of eyeglasses. Amidst a generally dysfunctional health care system, the…

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Goodbye Antioch!

Antioch College announced yesterday that it would close its main undergraduate campus. Good riddance. Although the college had started a far-flung network of…

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$1 a year men?

In large part because of tax policy, this AP story reports on the number of CEOs taking home token cash paychecks and making it…

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Overworked Brits?

A new study from the International Labor Organization came to some interesting conclusions about the percentage of people working “excessively” long weeks (more than…

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On Thoroughbreds

Iain, Interesting points. I’m no expert on horse racing but my understanding is that the the races in the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred…

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The Quarter Century

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, USA Today is creating 25 top 25 lists. (Link goes to the first one.) They make for pretty…

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Buddy Cianci Pasta Sauce

Ivan, Yes, Buddy Cianci was courrupt. Very courrupt. That’s beyond dispute. I had an encouter with him and several with his legacy. Along…

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Of Cabs and Freedom

As Richard points out, D.C. has a pretty decent system for getting taxi medalions out. Last I looked into it–a few years ago–D.C. was…

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Malum Prohibitum

Brooke, I don’t think that strip clubs should be shut down and wouldn’t currently support any effort to do so. But, hypothetically, yes,…

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Sex! Strippers! Taxes!

Via fark I’ve learned that the Texas Senate has voted to impose a $5 tax on entry to strip clubs and other “adult”…

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Jerry Falwell, RIP

Rev. Jerry Falwell died today. To say the least, his brand of morality did not win him many friends among libertarians. He made some inane…

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Chrysler For Sale. Sold.

The biggest piece of business news this morning is the sale of 80 percent of Chrysler to a private equity firm, Cerberus Capital. As…

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Butt Out!

The Washington Post reports that the The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) will now give higher, more restrictive ratings to films that “that…

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