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Prescription Drugs Save Lives at a (Mostly) Reasonable Cost
Prescription drugs are an extraordinary lifesaving and life-enhancing technology, so integrated into our daily lives that, nowadays, we perhaps take them for granted. Headlines and…
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FDA deserves credit for approval pancreatic cancer drug
The FDA on August 26 approved a new breakthrough drug to treat pancreatic cancer. CEI Senior Fellow and Economist Jeremy Nighohossian praised…
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Fauci’s lasting legacy will be the damage he did to science and government
Anthony Fauci isn’t faring well in the court of public opinion. His recently divulged “diary” and subsequent July 29 appearance before the Senate Homeland…
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Scientists and Scholars Denounce Position of the Catholic Institute for International Relations on GM Crops
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Milan, Italy: July 17, 2004 — An international group of scientists and scholars released a statement…
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Debunk the Junk: June 1, 2004
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EU Is out of Step over Regulation of Modified Products
Sir, The premise of Steven Druker’s rant that the US criticises Europe’s application of the precautionary principle yet uses it itself (“America’s hypocrisy over modified…
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Chemical Risk Expert Testifies Before Government Reform Committee
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 …
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We eat only what we choose to
To answer John Gapper’s question (Who would be in Neville Isdell’s shoes?”) in his article “How to get fat on a healthy diet”…
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We Eat Only What We Choose To (Letter to the Editor)
To answer John Gapper’s question (“Who would be in Neville Isdell’s shoes?”) in his article “How to get fat on a healthy diet” (May 11),…
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Nobel Peace Laureate to Discuss Tools for Battling Hunger
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 18th, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Norman Borlaug will address a Newsmaker Breakfast sponsored…
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Crews Rejoins CEI as Vice President for Policy
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202-331-2273 Washington, D.C., May 11, 2004—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is pleased to announce the return of Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.
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Sympathy for the Mosquito?
“Save Our Mosquitoes,” isn't a plea one expects to see these days with the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus killing hundreds and making thousands…
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Soso R. Whaley Featured in The American Spectator
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Enter and Win!
Name that film!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> For a month, you’ve been reading about Soso’s…
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Media Conference Call, Wed., May 5
Contact: Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Washington, DC, May 4, 2004—Her quest started…
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Biotech’s Antagonists
This is part 1 of a two-part series. To read part 2, please click here.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />…
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Soso Whaley’s McDonald’s Diet Results!
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Soso Whaley and her doctor, Dr. Rayner Dickey, are proud to announce the results of her…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 30, 2004
“I always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted – stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 23, 2004
“In ten years all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 29, 2004
“I’m on a seafood diet, I see food, I eat it.” – Dolly Parton<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />…
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Abusing Substance Abuse Data
I haven't covered the issue of alcohol for a while, but a recent set of headlines had a reek of moonshine about them.
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 28, 2004
“A month long diet at McDonalds nearly killed one filmmaker…..” – Channel 4 Evening News, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 27, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “The world faces some real problems, but those problems do not portend…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 22, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 26, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it’s the only one…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 25, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don’t.” – Anonymous …
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 24, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “I have not been afraid of excess: Excess on occasion is exhilarating. …
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Broadcast Update on Issues in the News
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 …
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 20, 2004
“There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.” <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />…
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This Should Go over Like a Lead Balloon
Brewing in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington D.C. is a new public health scare that may soon reach beyond the beltway…
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Commentary: Europe’s Ban on GMOs Is Still Firmly In Place
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> There is an old saying among political veterans in <?xml:namespace prefix =…
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The Politics Behind Pesticides and the West Nile Virus
In a new study published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, author Angela Logomasini exposes how environmental activists are opposing vital efforts to combat the deadly…
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Filmmaker Debunks “Super Size Me” Claim
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Judy Kent, 202.331.2266…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 16, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Receipt available as a pdf. “All substances are…
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Filmmaker Debunks “Super Size Me” Claim
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Judy Kent, 202.331.2266…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 15, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Receipts available as a pdf. “Man prefers to believe what…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 14, 2004
Receipts available as a pdf. Take the “Does the Government Think You're Fat?” test at www.BMIscale.com. Users can plug…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 12, 2004
“I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks.” – Joe E. Lewis<?xml:namespace…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 13, 2004
Receipts available as a pdf. Luigi Cornaro was born in 1467 in Padua, Italy and found himself at…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 4, 2004
Receipts available as a pdf. “I don't really care how time is reckoned so long as there is some agreement about it, but…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 11, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate,…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 10, 2004
Receipt available as a pdf. “Once during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 9, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Vegetarian: a person who eats no meat, and sometimes no animal products…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 8, 2004
Day 8: Despite the claims of certain food nannies that McDonalds has a uniform menu throughout the country, I have found that this…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 7, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Receipt available as a pdf “So somebody ate at McDonalds…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 5, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Receipts available as a pdf. “A gentleman never…
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DAILY DIARY – DEBUNK THE JUNK, APRIL 6, 2004
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Receipt available as a pdf Day 6: Exhausted. After traveling…
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DAILY DIARY: DEBUNK THE JUNK – APRIL 3, 2004
My academic journey has not been easy. Fortunately, I have always been very inquisitive and love reading so that combination has led me…
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DAILY DIARY – Debunk the Junk Report – APRIL 2, 2004
Receipts available as a pdf. “Even when all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.” – Bertrand…
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Q&A with Roger Bate and Richard Tren
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Q&A With Paul Driessen
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Sympathy for the Mosquito? Anti-Spraying Hysteria Reaches the Absurd
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Soso’s receipts
Proof that Soso is adhering to her all McDonald's diet.