The Open Market Blog

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/18/2010

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick is proposing a 5 percent pay cut for members of Congress. For every $816,502 the federal government spends, that would save one…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/17/2010

Contrary to popular belief, the Bush administration was the best friend regulators have had in a generation or more.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/16/2010

Here's an excerpt from an early 1980s Office of Management and Budget report.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/12/2010

The Pentagon's official brownie recipe is 26 pages long.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/07/2010

In Yukon, Oklahoma, it is illegal for a patient to pull a dentist's tooth, plus more.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/07/2010

Today's Daily Caller features an article of mine about CEI's entry in the EPA's YouTube video contest on regulations.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 05/06/2010

This morning, the 2010 Federal Register passed the 25,000 page mark.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/30/2010

If you work for the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a regulation in 18 CFR 385.2201 requires you to keep records of off-the-record…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/28/2010

Just like church and state, hair and food are best kept separate. Which brings us to the latest fad in Brooklyn’s trendy Cobble Hill neighborhood:…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/27/2010

Despite its flaws, democracy has worked tolerably well in this country for a long time. Perhaps the best part of our particular democracy is that…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/23/2010

Some of the stranger governmental goings-on I’ve dug up recently.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/16/2010

Tax Freedom Day was April 9. But when you factor in the cost of regulation, it turns out we work nearly half the year just…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/15/2010

Federal regulations cost as much as the income tax plus another quarter-trillion -- $1.24 trillion in all. Read all about it in the freshly-released 2010…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/09/2010

It is illegal in Kentucky for anyone under 18 to play pool without photo ID and written parental consent.

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/09/2010

Today, April 9, is Tax Freedom Day. According to the Tax Foundation, that's how long you have to work just to pay off your taxes.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/08/2010

A new ordinance in San Luis Obispo, California makes it illegal to feed ducks.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/07/2010

Cries for tax simplification grow every year. How does Congress respond? By introducing legislation to "amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify automatic…

Consumer Freedom

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/05/2010

March 31 was Cesar Chavez Day. Cesar Chavez Day has been celebrated in California for some time. But this year, for the first time, it…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/02/2010

Some of the stranger governmental goings-on I dug up over the week.

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/01/2010

Laws are supposed to be made by legislative branch, not the executive. What we have here is one more case of regulation without representation, out…

Labor and Employment

• By: Ryan Young
• 04/01/2010

A dying patient in the UK's NHS made the news after nurses refused to bring him a glass of water, despite his repeated begging. Had…

Consumer Well-Being

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/29/2010

In New York City, it is illegal for four or more unrelated people to live together. At least 15,000 New York homes openly flout the…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/26/2010

Government does more wacky things than anyone could possibly write about in any detail. Listed here are just a few that I dug up over…

Regulatory Reform

• By: Ryan Young
• 03/19/2010

Washington, DC city law states that “No loose herd or flock shall be driven or conducted in the District, except with a permit issued by…

Labor and Employment