Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/06/2006

Issues in the News   1. ENVIRONMENT Delegates to a United Nations global warming conference defend the U.S. record…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 11/03/2006

Full Document Available in PDF…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/03/2006

Issues in the News   1. INTERNET Delegates to a United Nations conference on Internet governance complain of “too much”…

Business and Government

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 11/02/2006

In a recent letter to ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson, Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and John Rockefeller (D-WV)…

Business and Government

• By: John Berlau
• 10/31/2006

This election season, much of the GOP’s difficulties stem from the disaffection of conservative talk radio. For the past two years, while supporting…

Business and Government

• By: Jeremy Lott
• 10/27/2006

WednesdayVermont is cold. That message will be repeated several times Wednesday night but it's bleeding obvious from the minute I step out of…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/13/2006

1. INTERNET      President Bush prepares to sign a bill effectively banning Internet gambling. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice…

Business and Government

• By: Timothy Carney
• 10/11/2006

WASHINGTON – We’re still figuring out who knew what and when about former Florida Rep. Mark Foley’s behavior toward pages, but the disgraced…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/11/2006

Issues in the News   1. BUSINESS        The Justice Department approves the merger of AT&T and BellSouth Corp., leaving the decision…

Antitrust

• By: Isaac Post
• 09/29/2006

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> While the antics of Canada's left-wing, anti-Israel ideologues have been…

Business and Government

• By: Isaac Post
• 09/16/2006

It’s the beginning of the fall semester and MBA programs across the world are preparing students to become good business leaders.

Business and Government

• By: Henry I. Miller
• 09/15/2006

A clinical trial that went badly awry at London's Northwick Park Hospital in March became the drug-testing community's worst nightmare. Six healthy volunteers ended up…

Business and Government

• By: Peter Suderman
• 09/15/2006

It's a familiar experience for many moviegoers: You walk out of a theater scratching your head, wondering why a movie was given a…

Business and Government

• By: Steven J. Milloy
• 09/14/2006

Did the use of performance-enhancing drugs cause seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong’s testicular cancer? That’s what a Sports Illustrated columnist suggested this…

Business and Government

• By: Steven J. Milloy
• 08/24/2006

“Just a few extra pounds could mean fewer years, study finds,” headlined a front-page, above-the-fold story in the Washington Post this week. The…

Business and Government

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 07/07/2006

Full document available in PDF America’s national hotel chains are bracing for union trouble. The UNITE-HERE labor union thinks it has found…

Business and Government

• By: Hans Bader
• 06/30/2006

Back in 1999, in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, the Supreme Court laid down a test for when sexual harassment rises to…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/27/2006

Issues in the News   1. FINANCE The Senate Finance Committee considers the nomination of Goldman Sachs chairman Henry Paulson…

Antitrust

• By: Hans Bader
• 06/26/2006

Last Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that a worker alleging retaliation for complaining about discrimination may sue even if she has not suffered a…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 06/14/2006

Full Document Available in PDF Big government, pro-regulation groups like MoveOn.org want the…

Antitrust

• By: CEI Staff
• 06/13/2006

Full Document Available in PDF The undersigned organizations would…

Business and Government

• By: Timothy Carney
• 06/12/2006

In one of the least surprising developments of 2006, a Louisiana politician has been snared in a corruption scandal. Democratic Congressman William Jefferson has…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews, John Berlau
• 06/08/2006

Members of Congress, both Republican and Democrat, now say that Sarbanes-Oxley can be unduly burdensome on business. The law that, in…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 06/08/2006

Washington, D.C., June 8, 2006—Congress is scheduled to vote on a plan for putting the federal government in charge of regulating Internet traffic,…

Antitrust

• By: Isaac Post
• 05/21/2006

by Isaac Post | May 21, 2006 David Vogel’s The Market for Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility offers…

Business and Government

• By: Timothy Carney
• 05/19/2006

Senator Schumer is on a roll. After coasting to an easy and well funded re-election in 2004, the senior senator from New York is…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/19/2006

Issues in the News   1. ENERGY The House of Representatives rejects a proposal to allow offshore drilling for natural…

Antitrust

• By: John Berlau
• 05/18/2006

How many Objectivists are there among television actresses? Well, there is one for sure: Tracey Ross of NBC’s popular soap opera “Passions.” As you…

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 05/16/2006

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., May 16, 2006— Consumer, taxpayer, humanitarian and public policy groups sent a letter today,…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 05/16/2006

Overview. Alarm over the prospect of the Earth warming is not warranted by the agreed science or economics of the issue. Global warming is happening…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 05/15/2006

Contact:     <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252                    [email protected] Washington,…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 05/11/2006

The European emissions trading scheme (ETS) was launched with great fanfare last year. The idea was to require certain energy-intensive industries to have a…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/10/2006

Issues in the News   1. ENERGY Companies pour billions of dollars into ethanol production to meet demand…

Business and Government

• By: Isaac Post
• 05/09/2006

Budgets and softwood lumber deals aren't Prime Minister Stephen Harper's only significant initiatives. On Friday, he followed through on an unfortunate promise he…

Antitrust

• By: Timothy Carney
• 05/08/2006

Pity poor Eddie Rickenbacker. His life so closely resembled the clichéd “American Dream,” that you can't blame him for buying into American mythology.

Antitrust

• By: Peter Suderman
• 05/08/2006

America has developed a proud paternal bond with the Internet.  We’ve watched and cheered the Net’s growth from its awkward, text-heavy infancy into…

Antitrust

• By: Gregory Conko
• 05/08/2006

The long-awaited World Trade Organization (WTO) decision on biotech food is due to be released this spring, but a leaked copy of the…

Antitrust

• By: Fran Smith
• 05/08/2006

Sugar is already shaping up to be a contentious issue in upcoming debates on the 2007 omnibus farm bill. The call for dismantling…

Antitrust

• By: Sam Kazman
• 05/08/2006

Violations of the Constitution come in all shapes and sizes.  Many of you may be familiar with the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), which CEI…

Antitrust

• By: Iain Murray
• 05/08/2006

Animal rights extremists—whom the FBI has labeled America’s biggest domestic terrorism threat—have encountered a number of serious reverses recently. These reverses are a great victory…

Antitrust

• By: CEI Staff
• 05/08/2006

Full Document Available in PDF New Era, or ‘Ancien Régime,’…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/08/2006

Issues in the News   1. LEGAL State attorneys general ask the Supreme Court to step into a dispute over the states’ 1998…

Antitrust

• By: Isaac Post
• 05/06/2006

Fast-food gadfly Eric Schlosser has a new book out. Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food is Fast…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/05/2006

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />  Issues in the News   1. HEALTH…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 05/04/2006

Full Document Available in PDF Reps. Melissa Hart and Anna Eshoo have introduced H.R. 5114, the Tax Return Choice Act of 2006,…

Antitrust

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 05/02/2006

Full Document Available in PDF Nearly…

Business and Government

• By: Myron Ebell
• 04/28/2006

As public anger over soaring gas prices continues to build, members of Congress have noticed that their re-elect numbers continue to go down. …

Antitrust

• By: Steven J. Milloy
• 04/28/2006

Amid the race between politicians to capitalize on consumer anger at high gas prices, at least one member of Congress, Rep. Marsha Blackburn…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 04/28/2006

  Contact:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252    Washington, DC, April 28,…

Antitrust

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 04/26/2006

The cover of Time magazine’s April 3, 2006 issue tells readers to “be very worried” about climate change. The issue features a “special report” on…

Business and Government

• By: Henry I. Miller
• 04/24/2006

Vaccination to prevent viral and bacterial diseases is modern medicine's most cost-effective intervention. Vaccines to prevent the expected avian flu pandemic could save…

Antitrust

• By: Timothy Carney
• 04/20/2006

The Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), a federal agency that subsidizes U.S. exports primarily through loan guarantees, dedicated a majority of its guarantee dollars again…

Antitrust

• By: Iain Murray
• 04/20/2006

Animal rights extremism—which the FBI has labeled the biggest domestic terrorism threat—has encountered a number of serious reverses recently. These reverses are a…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/19/2006

Issues in the News   1. TECHNOLOGY Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington State and meets with Microsoft…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/18/2006

Issues in the News   1. LEGAL Payments from tobacco companies to states are found to have been diverted away…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/17/2006

1. TELEVISION TV networks challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s indecency fines in court. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for…

Business and Government

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 04/15/2006

Reforming telecommunications law is a favored subject in the halls of Congress this year. Hot issues include streamlining video franchising and addressing the "net…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/14/2006

Issues in the News 1. FINANCE An adviser to the Securities and Exchange Commission suggests that the SEC will be receptive…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 04/13/2006

Contact:     <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252  …

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 04/13/2006

Contact:     <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252  …

Antitrust

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 04/13/2006

For more than two decades, the willingness of policy makers to rethink the presumption that economic regulation automatically benefits consumers has driven the deregulation of…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/12/2006

Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Google defends its business ventures in China. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President…

Antitrust

• By: Peter Suderman
• 04/11/2006

The French climate of economic sluggishness and widespread unemployment has led to a pervasive restlessness. Many—especially the youth—have taken to rioting, striking, and…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr., R.W. Grant
• 04/11/2006

  In the 108 years since the passage of the Sherman Act, there has probably never been a clearer and more concise statement of the…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/11/2006

Issues in the News   1. TECHNOLOGY The government of France tries to force Apple to hand over information about their iTunes…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/10/2006

Issues in the News   1. INTERNET ABC announces a free two-month trial access to its most popular shows…

Antitrust

• By: CEI Staff
• 04/07/2006

Full Document Available in PDF Dear Chairman Barton: As…

Business and Government

• By: Steven J. Milloy
• 04/06/2006

My web site JunkScience.com celebrated its 10th anniversary on April 1, 2006. To mark the event, this column spotlights…

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 04/04/2006

  Contact:     <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273  …

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 04/04/2006

Washington, D. C. 4th April 2006 Hon. Pete V. Domenici Chairman and Hon. Jeff Bingaman Ranking Minority Member Committee…

Business and Government

• By: Peter Suderman
• 03/30/2006

America has developed a proud paternal bond with the Internet. We've watched and cheered the net's growth from its awkward, text-heavy infancy into…

Antitrust

• By: Myron Ebell
• 03/29/2006

Robert D. Novak's March 23 op-ed column, “Iraq's Oil Crisis,” highlighted one result of the Bush administration's decision to retain nationalized ownership of the…

Business and Government

• By: Peter Suderman
• 03/28/2006

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />  Few industries are more demonized than Big Tobacco. From…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 03/28/2006

Contact: Jody Clarke, 202-331-2252 Washington, D.C., March 29, 2006—While the Department of Transportation touts higher fuel economy standards for light trucks, including SUVs, a fuel…

Business and Government

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/27/2006

Issues in the News   1. LEGAL An arbitrator is expected to rule today on a lawsuit brought by major…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 03/27/2006

Issues in the News   1. LEGAL An arbitrator is expected to rule today on a lawsuit brought by major tobacco…

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 03/26/2006

Contact:     <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Christine Hall, 202.331.2258 Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252…

Antitrust

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/24/2006

Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT A study in the journal Science predicts rapid sea level rise from the effects of global warming…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 03/23/2006

“People shouldn’t fear their governments, governments should fear their people.” This line from the movie V for Vendetta seems to have convinced libertarian luminaries…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 03/23/2006

During the Capitol Hill budget debates, many spectators must have found the use of the term “earmarking” somewhat strange.  What does it have…

Business and Government

• By: Peter Suderman
• 03/22/2006

Like it or not, comic books are no longer the domain of nerds and adolescents. Driven by the box-office success of adaptations of…

Business and Government

• By: Brooke Oberwetter
• 03/22/2006

When Christopher Buckley’s novel Thank You for Smoking came out in 1994 it was a surprising satire of the vilification of the tobacco…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/21/2006

Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Ethanol producers could face problems during the summer driving season when demand is expected to…

Business and Government

• By: Henry I. Miller
• 03/20/2006

“New Drugs Hit the Market, but Promised Trials Go Undone” and “FDA: Drug Companies Drop Ball on Studies,” the headlines blared.

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 03/20/2006

President Concedes Moral High Ground on Energy by Myron Ebell "America is addicted to oil." With these five words in…

Antitrust

• By: Iain Murray
• 03/19/2006

If you wanted to lower electric energy prices in the US, what would you do? If you answered, “Cripple the domestic railroad industry,” you'd…

Antitrust

• By: John Berlau
• 03/17/2006

I grew up here in Kansas City, on the Kansas side, Johnson County. Ewing Kaufman left the Kaufman Foundation as his legacy, along with many…

Antitrust

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 03/17/2006

Death closes so many books that are still being written. A book that was closed over the holidays was the Bill Bradford volume. Bill was…

Business and Government

• By: Hans Bader
• 03/17/2006

On February 9, the Competitive Enterprise Institute helped file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), a federal agency…

Antitrust

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/15/2006

In Monty Python’s classic "Hungarian Phrasebook" sketch, a Hungarian tourist walks into a British tobacconist’s shop, and, consulting a faulty phrasebook, tells…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 03/15/2006

Contact: Richard Morrison, 202-331-2273 Washington, D.C., March 16, 2006—As the U.S. Senate considers an important budget resolution, the Competitive Enterprise Institute urges…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/15/2006

Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS Delta airlines plans to terminate its pension plan and seek salary concessions amid a struggle…

Business and Government

• By: Ivan Osorio
• 03/13/2006

Is there a point at which societal change moves so fast that some people not only do not see it, but emphatically deny…

Antitrust

• By: Timothy Carney
• 03/12/2006

Some people accuse George W. Bush of seeing the world in simple terms, black-and-white, good-and-evil. He has been quoted as saying, “in Texas,…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/08/2006

Issues in the News   1. BUSINESS Democrats in the House of Representative announce a legislative agenda for spurring innovation…

Business and Government

• By: Hans Bader
• 03/07/2006

In 2001, the energy giant Enron unexpectedly filed for bankruptcy, laying off 4,000 of its employees and consuming the life savings of thousands more. In…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 03/07/2006

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., March 8, 2005—The Competitive Enterprise Institute applauds the House Democrats’ Innovation Agenda…

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 03/05/2006

Washington, D.C., March 6, 2006—AT&T’s announcement that it will merge with Bell South is a pro-competitive move that will benefit consumers, says <?xml:namespace…

Business and Government

• By: Isaac Post
• 03/02/2006

A Friday conference at the American Enterprise Institute will try to answer the question: "Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Serious Business?" And not…

Business and Government