The Open Market Blog

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 01/14/2008

I never knew there were so many shades to a light bulb! But since Congress has basically banned incandescent light bulbs in favor of “energy-efficient”…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 01/13/2008

A recent New York Times article reads:  “If you’re one of the many New Yorkers who worry about throwing away plastic bags but seem…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 01/10/2008

The Chinese have allegedly decided to “clean up their act” environmentally speaking. Their solution: ban plastic bags at supermarkets and make shopping less convenient.

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 01/03/2008

I really hate to be morbid—but I can’t help but comment on a few news items that I came across on the “greening” of…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 12/14/2007

“‘Tomorrow is Christmas! It's practically here!' Then he [the Grinch] growled, with his grinch fingers nervously drumming, I MUST find a way to keep Christmas…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 11/29/2007

Apparently California attorney General Jerry Brown believes that bureaucracy is the answer to alleged environmental woes. He and ten other state attorney generals have launched…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 11/27/2007

An interesting article in today’s Washington Post highlights the trade-offs and market realities associated with green products. It addresses the packaging challenges faced by…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 11/13/2007

Target is replacing its PVC shower curtains with vinyl curtains. Whew, I feel so much safer now! Not really. The move is part of a…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 11/12/2007

While unapologetic free-marketers can enjoy the fruits of their labors (small or large) guilt free, the rich on the left have to find ways to…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 11/05/2007

Yet another study is out suggesting that air pollution is a considerable risk to our health, as highlighted in today’s Washington Post. This time…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 10/30/2007

In Today’s Washington Post, Cindy Skrzycki reports on Devra Davis’s book The Secret History of the War on Cancer. According to Skrzycki, Davis asserts…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 10/19/2007

You know things are bad when elected officials find it perfectly acceptable to call millions of Americans — including some of their own constituents —…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 10/18/2007

Today’s USA Today reports on the growing trend among city lawmakers to tax, ban, and otherwise regulate bottled water. CEI recently highlighted the absurdity…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 10/01/2007

Ever wonder why supermarkets don’t have an enormous excess supply of such things as bread and butter? Usually, the amount they have is about right.

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 09/30/2007

In an appendix titled “What You Can Do” found in their latest book — This Moment on Earth — Senator John Kerry and wife Theresa…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 09/20/2007

Cheers to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Yesterday, it released a…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 09/17/2007

Activists on the left don’t seem to mind expanding bureaucracy and red tape when it hits businesses, consumers, property owners, and taxpayers in general. They…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 09/12/2007

A story in today’s Washington Post highlights the fact that with all the news about Chinese toy recalls, regulators are ignoring other, more serious…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 09/11/2007

Today's New York Post reports that a medical center funded by the federal government to research potential health effects of the World Trade Center…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 09/10/2007

Canadian politicians are worried. News reports say that several politicians had recently given some of their blood to the greens, who examined it for…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 08/31/2007

With all the hype about recalls of Chinese toys, jewelry, and other children’s items, consumers — especially parents — in the West are understandably concerned…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 08/23/2007

According to a story in today’s Greenwire, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development has conducted a survey showing that people in the real…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 07/25/2007

It’s always a delight to see our research trumpeted by the presidential candidates. But resident SarbOx scholar John Berlau must have been particularly pleased to…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 06/22/2007

New York City Lawmakers are all worked up about garbage. It should be simple to collect and dispose of waste, even in a big city.