The Open Market Blog

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/26/2012

OPINION DAVID WEIGEL: "Inside the Worst Congress Ever" "I was halfway through Do Not Ask What Good We Do when I felt moved…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/24/2012

OPINION THE ECONOMIST: "What Makes Heroic Strife'" "[I]n the war-games rooms and think-tanks of the rich world’s military powers, bright minds are…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/23/2012

OPINION STEVEN CHAPMAN: "Killing the Dream" "They sound like a group custom-built and poll-tested to appeal to Republicans: hardworking youngsters with a…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/20/2012

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/20/2012

OPINION MATTHEW PHILLIPS: "Why Obama's Crackdown on Oil Speculators Won't Work" "Those pesky oil speculators. If only we could rein them in…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/19/2012

OPINION JAMES HAMILTON: "A Ban on Oil Speculation?" "Here I have a modest suggestion. If Representative Kennedy knows a way to go…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/18/2012

OPINION JACOB SULLUM: "From Hackers to Slackers" "If you are reading this column online at work, you may be committing a federal…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/17/2012

OPINION CHRIS EDWARDS: "The Tax Code Mess" "In addition to being complex, the federal tax code is constantly changing. The Taxpayer Advocate…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/16/2012

OPINION CHRISTOPHER J. CONOVER: “Death By Taxes” “A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has concluded that there’s…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/13/2012

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/13/2012

OPINION MEGAN MCARDLE: "Why You Can't Get a Taxi" "Where I live in Washington, D.C., about a mile and a half north…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/12/2012

OPINION MATTHEW YGLESIAS: "Who Cares About E-Book Price Fixing?" "It looks like the DOJ is going to pull the trigger on a…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/10/2012

OPINION RICHARD EPSTEIN: “My Primer for Obama” “In dealing with the proposed budget of Representative Paul Ryan, the president sought to…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/09/2012

OPINION L. GORDON CROVITZ: "Complexity Is Bad For Your Health" "The Supreme Court has long had the role of declaring what the…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 04/06/2012

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/30/2012

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/30/2012

OPINION ERIC CRAMPTON: "Copyright Stagnation" "Paul Heald demonstrated the effect of the stagnant US copyright wall in seminar at Canterbury last week.

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/29/2012

OPINION JIM MAXEINER: "What Germany Can Teach the U.S.: Rewrite Old Laws" "In 1955, after ten years of American occupation and 80…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/28/2012

OPINION RICH LOWRY: "Madison's Last Stand" "The shade of James Madison hovers over the Obamacare argument at the Supreme Court. It is…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/27/2012

OPINION JEB BUSH: "Have You Ever Tried to Eliminate a State-Run Commission?" "The accretion of old law is a problem across the…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/26/2012

OPINION SHIKHA DALMIA: "Obamacare's Terrible Twos" "[T]he court has given Congress expansive powers to regulate economic activity under the Commerce Clause that…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/23/2012

OPINION GUY BENSON: "Obama: Solyndra Was Not Our Program, You Know" "Obama professes to be heartbroken over the fate of the 1,100…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/22/2012

OPINION CHRIS REED: "Solyndra Times Seven: Why California's High Speed Rail Project Is an Even Greater Waste of Federal Tax Dollars" "The…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/21/2012

OPINION DAVID HILL: "Will Obama Take a Bite of Apple?" "Whenever products and services become ubiquitous, Democratic consumers and voters start treating…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/20/2012

OPINION TIMOTHY B. LEE: "Samsung and RIM Sued For Infringing LOL-Worthy Emoticon Patent" "In an apparent quest to make the patent system…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/19/2012

OPINION EMILY BAZELON: "Dharun Ravi Found Guilty" "Because Tyler Clementi took his own life a few days after Ravi glimpsed him on…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/16/2012

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/16/2012

OPINION ELSPETH REEVE: "Could You Really Get Rid of Porn on the Internet?" "Rick Santorum is the latest politician to promise to…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/15/2012

OPINION WASHINGTON EXAMINER EDITORIAL: "Institute For Justice Lawsuit Challenges IRS Power Grab" "Last year, the federal tax agency issued a new rule…

• By: Nicole Ciandella
• 03/14/2012

OPINION BRADLEY R. SCHILLER: "California, a Bad Bet for Business" "Californians like to dismiss such assessments of the Golden State and instead…