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Market Signal

It is a tenet of free market environmentalism that market signals provide information about the environment and its value. Therefore, when people stop buying beachfront…

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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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CAFE klatsch

President Bush is set to address the nation this afternoon on plans to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, reports the Greenwire news service.

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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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More on Unsustainable Policies

Zimbabwe’s likely appointment as head of the UN Sustainable Development Commission (see below) bring to mind a recent Bureaucrash operation. On April 20th,…

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Sustain This

Iain passes on the only-at-the-UN news that Zimbabwe is about to be made the head of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.

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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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Gas Prices a-Go-Go No More

Speaking of gas prices, from Wisconsin comes a story that illustrates just how stupid government can be in trying to meddle with prices…