Blog
Don’t Believe the Ethanol Hype
We happy few here at Open Market have really been in tune with the rock journalists of America recently. First Kurt Loder trashes Michael…
Blog
Chris Horner on Book TV
Chris recently gave a presentation on his book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism) before an eager audience here in Washington.
Blog
Nevada Network Security: Good Enough for Government Work
Declan McCullagh has a hilarious story today about the crack team that Nevada’s governor has providing his office with computer security: If you ever…
Blog
David Thibault, RIP
Blog
The Marshall Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Our good friends over at the George C. Marshall Institute have a new study out on cap and trade by economist Michael Canes. And…
Blog
FDA Authority: Less Is More
Our good friend (and adjunct fellow) Henry Miller of the Hoover Institute responds in the pages of Regulation to charges that the FDA…
Blog
People Always Throw Tantrums When They’re Young
Blog
Worthy Pleasure Seekers of the World Unite
Today the Senate Finance Committee is considering the “Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007,” which, according to James Thorner of…
Blog
Just Say No…to The Yes Men
Blog
We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Tablet
Blog
They Can Have My Maserati When They Pry My Cold, Dead Hands off the Steering Wheel
Bloomberg’s Doron Levin presents a sad vision of Europe’s future – one in which high-performance sports cars are a thing of the past: If…
Blog
Syndicated Vindication
Another CEI milestone – we’ve made it into the popular syndicated newspaper column The Straight Dope (the column has published since 1973 under the…
Blog
What Passes for Good News in Washington
Blog
Satellite (Radio) of Love
The FCC is currently presiding over the proposed merger of satellite radio companies XM and Sirius. And, to no one’s surprise, a host of…
Blog
Pelosi v. Dingell: Energy Policy Smackdown
The Hill has the latest today on the, shall we say, “evolving tensions” between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Energy and Commerce Chairman John…
Blog
Myron Debates Global Warming on CNN (7/7/07)
Blog
I Think I Hear Lee Greenwood in the Background
In the spirit of Independence Day Eve, we should all read Peter Hartlaub’s column in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, and admire its praise of…
Blog
Khosting on Fumes
Our old friend Vinod Khosla is back in the news, this time with something to show for his efforts: the world’s first commercial-scale…
Blog
By His Enemies Shall You Know Him?
Blog
Tune into the Space Angels Network
Kerry Howley is covering the latest developments in private exploration in space exploration today over at Hit & Run. Also, the July/August ’07 issue…
Blog
Do We Want Cuba and Burma Regulating our Naval Operations?
George Mason University Professor (and CEI Adjunct Scholar) Jeremy Rabkin has an important op-ed in the Washington Post today on that ole devil,…
Blog
Bureaucrash Does Dallas (Morning News)
Congratulations to Jason and our friends at Americans for Prosperity and the Moving Picture Institute for their recent anti-Sicko demonstration here in DC. Photos…
Blog
LOST at Sea
Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media quotes our beloved Fred in his column today about the Law of the Sea Treaty, and the debate…
Blog
George H.W. Bush Only Feared One Opponent Enough to Put Him in Jail
Blog
Every Day is Christmas When You’re an Ethanol Producer
Our good friend Tim Carney has an excellent op-ed today in the Examiner on who’s getting screwed and who’s getting rich off of the energy…
Blog
You Know You Need to Get a Life When…
Blog
Racist School Policies Get the Supreme Smackdown
The Associated Press is reporting on the latest SCOTUS opinion from this morning, and as it turns out it’s one on which we filed…
Blog
Gouged by the Government
Blog
Radio Frequency Your Way to Good Health
AFP reports on a new study by the American Medical Association recommending the implantation of RFID tags to carry medical information in case of…
Blog
All Real Crimes in Hot Springs Now Solved
Blog
Meet Marc “Brass Knuckles” Morano
Our good friend Marc Morano, communications director for the minority staff at Senate EPW, is treated to a “Hill People” profile (sub. req’d.) in…
Blog
Dave Barry for Candidate!
Blog
Pantless Judge Goes Home Empty Handed
In more legal news, DC administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson has lost his case against his local dry cleaner, whom he was suing…
Blog
The Supreme Court Rulez
The Supreme Court today struck a small chunk out of the mountain of unconstitutionality that is the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. From the Mark…
Blog
Michael Moore’s “Sicko” – Diagnosis: PWNED
Michael Moore’s new attack-umentary on the American health care system, Sicko, seems to be having viral problems of its own. A mysterious source has…
Blog
Reasonable Energy Policy Blown Away in House
The Industrial Wind Action Group just sent along a press release on the emerging monster of a House energy bill and a recent change…
Blog
Open Letter to Caterpillar on Cap-and-Trade
This week heavy-machine manufacturer Caterpillar held its annual shareholders meeting, and we and 70 or so of our good friends weighed in on one…
Blog
The New Rationale for Central Planning
Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus writes in today’s Financial Times on climate change: As someone who lived under communism for most of his life, I…
Blog
100 Million is Enough
Blog
eHarmony Critics Tone Deaf on ‘Discrimination’
Eli – You make an excellent point about the sexual-orientation discrimination lawsuit against eHarmony. Even if one takes a fairly statist view of…
Blog
Environmentalism: Not Just for Dirty Hippies
Our old friend Tim Carney has a great piece up on the presumed conflict with being a conservative (or libertarian) and being an environmentalist.
Blog
Thanks for the Cheap Diesel – Yours Truly, Europe
There are plenty of reason to dislike the tangled array of subsidies and mandates woven through the market for alternative fuels in the U.S., and…
Blog
Jann Wenner is Insufficiently Green
The New York Times reports today that despite switching to what it calls “carbon neutral” paper for printing, Rolling Stone magazine is still getting…
Blog
Warmer Winters Are Good for You
The front page of the Washington Post has an astonishing article by foreign correspondent Doug Struck on the positive – yes, positive –…
Blog
Greens Gouging Gas Prices up North
The Canadian Green Party is calling for a $0.12 per liter (about $0.45 per gallon) gas tax to combat the threat of climate change.
Blog
USA Today: Full Medical Coverage or Nothing at All?
A write-up in USA Today by reporter Julie Appleby about health insurance gets some attention from our friends at the Business…
Blog
A Two-Pronged Triumph for Science
Iain – Thanks for noting the triumph of unreason in the EU, where they’re banning barometers because of the presence of that ole…
Blog
Rahall’s Energy Bill: Join the ‘Growing Clamor’
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) of the House Natural Resources Committee is holding a markup on his energy bill today, and surprise – it’s…
Blog
The Hidden Persuader?
Tony Blair on Bush and global warming, on the occasion of this week’s G-8 Summit: “I can persuade George Bush on climate change.” As…
Blog
Washington, DC: We’re #1!
Blog
Conservatarian Thoughts on the FCC
Our friend (and former Open Market editor) Peter Suderman makes an excellent free market point at The Corner today about broadcast obscenity and…
Blog
Will Jefferson: A Man of Political Convictions?
Blog
Chronic Vague Symptom Syndrome: Wi-Fi Edition
There’s more wi-fi scaremongering this week in The Indepedent, which cites an alleged wave of parents and school administrators in the UK who have…
Blog
Forget the Money – Follow the Emissions
It seems Hillary Clinton is defending herself against charges that she accepted private jet rides she shouldn’t have from a campaign contributor. She is…
Blog
Time-Delayed TV Popularity
According to Television Week’s Jon Lafayette, broadcasters have begun taking note of the increasing difference between traditional Neilsen ratings vs. traditional ratings + DVR…
Blog
Department of Pre-Regulation
One of the highlights of our big annual dinner last week was our faux public service announcement from a future where nanny-state regulators have…
Blog
Future Fred Greets You from 2107
Blog
No Cab For You!
Blog
CEI and the Online Video Revolution
Sam is understandably excited to have our “Underwear to the Undersecretary” campaign profiled in Cindy Skrzycki’s Washington Post / Bloomberg column today:…
Blog
Rachel Was Wrong
Today we launch our campaign urging people to rethink the legacy of environmentalist icon Rachel Carson, with the site www.RachelWasWrong.com. Today she’s mostly remembered…
Blog
The Only Green Vacation Is Staying Home
Being a Malthusian environmentalist is getting more difficult every day. When I was volunteering for an enviro non-profit many years ago in high school,…
Blog
Tim Carney on Drugs
Our good friend Tim Carney writes in today’s Examiner about how Congress is pushing to expand the FDA’s authority over prescription drugs, and why…
Blog
Property Insurance Becomes a Legislative Casualty
The Florida legislature recently passed a bill regulating property insurance rates in response to complaints that premiums in certain hurricane-prone areas were too high.
Blog
Trial Lawyers at the Public Trough
Legal Newsline has an interesting story today on President Bush’s executive order forbidding federal agencies from hiring trial lawyers on contingency. Bonus: it quotes…
Blog
Underwear Coverage Examined
Our latest video on efficiency regulations, “Send Your Underwear to the Undersecretary,” has happily gotten the attenion of business reporter Alison Bert at the…
Blog
Death By Regulation on Web Video
The Hill’s Congress Blog features Sam on video today, responding to moves on Capitol Hill (and this week’s announcement from the White House)…
Blog
We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 2012
According to a new announcement from WWF, the governments of the world only have five years left to stave off global catastrophe from climate…
Blog
BBC: Global Warming Alarmism Counterproductive
Fark picks up on this interesting story from the Beeb: Alarmist messages about global warming are counter-productive, the head of a leading climate…
Blog
Send Your Underwear to the Undersecretary
Sam‘s latest obsession has produced glorious YouTube offspring. Inspired by the current issue of Consumer Reports, he’s been drawing our attention to the fact…
Blog
Sell the Elephant to Save It
The International Fund for Animal Welfare is complaining about people selling items made from elephant ivory on eBay, arguing that such sales hurt elephant…
Blog
Bureaucrash’s Blaze of Glory
When it rains anti-anti-smoking indignation, it pours. In addition to Brooke’s press statement, Jason reminds me that Bureaucrash was hot on this MPAA/smoking tip…
Blog
These Foolish Things Remind Me of the MPAA
As Eli informed us this morning, the MPAA has caved into Big (anti-)Tobacco and decided to rate movies that include smoking by adults more…
Blog
More on Unsustainable Policies
Blog
Sustain This
Blog
Don’t Count Your Cobs Before They’re Grown
Corn growers are riding high these days, as ethanol moves into place as the default alternative fuel for automobiles. Lots of money is pouring into…
Blog
The Present State of America’s Future
Blog
Gas Prices a-Go-Go
Tomorrow is the exhaustively-named House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming’s hearing on high gas prices. According to Chairman Ed Markey, it…
Blog
Cable News Grudge Match: Sam vs. Phil on CNBC
In case you missed him earlier today, here’s our very own Sam Kazman debating Phil Clapp of the National Environmental Trust on federal…
Blog
Libertarian Smack Down
Blog
The Department of Energy Liberates Us from Clean Clothes
CEI doesn’t always see eye-to-eye with the editors of Consumer Reports (to put it mildly), but they do have a great feature in the…
Blog
Sam’s the Man
Blog
Another Victim of the Nanny State
In the spirit of Friday afternoon, allow me to direct your attention to the sad demise of Sudan’s only married goat. Her name was…
Blog
The CAFE Debate: Safety v. Mileage
With today’s Senate hearing on fuel economy, it’s a good time to turn again to CEI’s work on the Department of Transportation’s corporate average…
Blog
Chris Horner on Glenn Beck’s Global Warming Special
In case you missed him last night:…
Blog
A Knight to Slay the Green Dragon
Our friend Peyton Knight had an (intentionally) hilarious op-ed piece in yesterday’s Examiner, highlighting the (unintentionally) hilarious display of eco-hypocrisy in Vanity Fair‘s…
Blog
Glenn Beck Takes on Global Warming Alarmism
Here’s the transcript from last night’s CNN/Glenn Beck special on global warming, which included our very own Chris Horner. Beck sets the tone of…
Blog
Rep. Scott Garrett on Sarbanes-Oxley Reform
Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) delivers remarks to the Center for Entrepreneurship’s recent conference on “Entrepreneurs, the Stock Market and the American Dream.”…
Blog
Myron Debates Carbon Offsets and ‘Green’ Power on CNBC
Blog
Anyone Want to Buy Some Venezuelan Oil Futures Contracts?
Hugo Chavez, celebrating Communist New Year in style, has stripped the world’s major oil companies of operational control of drilling projects in the Orinoco…
Blog
Incandescent Damsels in Distress
The front page of today's Washington Post breaks the dramatic story I've been waiting to see reported on for some time: U.S. consumers don't care…
Blog
Free Kareem Roundup
Blog
Supporting Online Gaming Is No Gamble
House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank has proposed repealing last Fall’s ban on Internet gambling, though according to the punsters at the Associated…
Blog
Free Kareem Rally in DC
Blog
ED Ads: Tick’d off By Annoying Child Actors
First came Greenpeace’s Angry Kid: Now come ED’s clock kids: Why do big environmental groups think adults like being lectured by bossy…
Blog
Back to the Paleo Future
The delightful and fascinating blog Paleo-Future has some entertaining video clips up from a short film produced by AT&T in 1993, showing what…
Blog
More on the Neutrality Battle
If this whole net neutrality thing sounds a bit complex, let The Simpleton’s Guide explain it all. Because after all, simple is better:…
Blog
What’s the Gift for a One-Year Lobbying Anniversary?
The inaptly named Save the Internet coalition is celebrating its first anniversary today, and Wayne is on the case: “We all can probably agree…
Blog
Clotheslining Progress
It seems recent posts by myself and Fran were all too prescient. The clothesline is apparently merely beginning its green-inspired comeback. Following Kathy…
Blog
“Al Gore trains a global army”
Beware of the storm troopers of global warming alarmism. According to USA Today, they’re on the march.
Blog
From the Mouths of Babes: A Poetic Approach to Recycling
Yesterday's "How Did You Celebrate Earth Day?" post generated an unexpected response from Nishant Magar of the American Chemical Society. Apparently our friends at…