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In Vino Veritas
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Terminal Shortage
When government controls everything, it necessarily has to ration it, which leads to shortages. It’s probably a toss-up at the moment as to which is…
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More on Milton Friedman
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The climate is just like Bambi
The Los Angeles Times today has a story by Robert Lee Hotz that reports on a new scientific article reviewing what’s going on with…
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NOAA’s Ark: A Report That Includes Two of Every Conclusion
There’s a new study on the Arctic and global warming released by NOAA, and the results are, well, mixed. The Los Angeles Times reports:…
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God is Dead… Legally speaking, that is
Sir Simon Jenkins has a must-read column today on how the UK’s Health and Safety Executive has decided to abolish the…
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How Milton Friedman Made Me Buy A New TV
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Good Government! (Sit!…Stay!…)
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More on the Friedman Legacy
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John McCain Wants to Be One of the Cool Kids
Sen. Inhofe continues telling it like it is on the subject of climate change, this time in Nairobi at the (take a deep breath)…
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Capitalism and Freedom
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Junk Food Blogging
Sandy Szwarc, a registered nurse, certified culinary professional, CEI friend, and all around good person, recently started a blog on the science of food —…
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The Logic of Smoking Regulation: Your Apartment Is Now a Public Place
Dana Yates of the San Mateo, California Daily Journal brings us a bracing look at the future of tobacco regulation – a total ban…
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Power Lies
The lede of this Washington Post article [“Loudoun Excluded From Utility Route“] is jarring to me: Dominion Virginia Power has excluded most of Loudoun…
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Is DailyKos a tool of big oil?
Some may think that; we couldn’t possibly comment.
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Kelo Ruling Gutting Property Rights Will Live On
In Kelo v. New London (2005), the Supreme Court ruled 5-to-4 that private property (like your home) could be seized by the government for use…
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Beyond Petroleum?
Today’s Washington Post carries a full-page ad by BP boasting that the company, which calls itself “beyond petroleum,” is “investing up to $8 billion over…
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We know how he feels
Tony Blair is resisting demands from the environmental pressure groups and, err, the Conservative Party to impose annual targets on greenhouse gas emissions for the…
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The Fat Acceptance Movement Needs You
Jacob Sullum over at Reason reviews two of the latest books on weight loss industry and the obsession with the obesity “epidemic” in…
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Internet Medicine: Does that Make Al Gore My Family Physician?
A new study finds an increasing number of doctors using information from Internet searches to help diagnose illnesses: The internet search engine Google…
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Samuelson on Stern: “…a masterpiece of misleading public relations”
Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson has a bracing take on the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change today: [Based on the report’s…
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Warming Watch in the Senate
Barbara Boxer is slated to replace James Inhofe as chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, and she’s got big plans for…
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Thank Goodness for California
One of the least mentioned election day stories is that California – yes, California – rejected a punitive tax on oil production that would have…
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Taking Reagan’s Advice
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Oh, the Humanity!
Perhaps the most amusing moment of last night’s election coverage came from Chris Matthews, while he was interviewing congressional has-been Dick Gephardt. Let’s go…
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Mixed Signals from the Grand Canyon State
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Two Victories for Taxpayers
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It’s a Landslide!
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Midterm Nailbiting
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Kyoto Conference Reveals Disagreements
For all the supposed consensus on global warming, every time the Kyoto parties get together, there are disagreement s about what to do. The latest…