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Freedom, Broadcasting, and the Public Interest
Introduction The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is invoking the public interest to justify regulatory moves that would, in theory, force television and radio station broadcast…
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Free Speech Week: The speech that ignited a revolution — and still speaks to us today
A Richmond story, a Virginia legacy, and the American ethos Richmond is my home city. My family has lived in Virginia for generations, and our…
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The First Amendment Vise
It’s been a rough ride for freedom of speech lately. The reads, “Congress shall make no law…prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of…
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Buy Nothing Day: Sustainable Consumption at the Cost of Sustained Consumption
Black Friday. The term evokes images of crowded malls and families rushing to get through Christmas shopping lists. The Friday after Thanksgiving is…
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New Rules May Give Diesel Vehicles a Needed Boost
The vast majority of Americans are satisfied with cars and sport-utility vehicles powered by gasoline. In contrast to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns…
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The Dog That Didn’t Bark
http://www.green-watch.com/news/news.asp?ID=167 Sherlock Holmes typically uses an innocent piece of evidence to solve a mystery. In the Adventure…
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The Power of Positive Drinking: Are Alcoholic Beverage Health Claims Constitutionally Protected
Full Document Available in PDF Food and…
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Baptists and Bootleggers
If politics makes strange bedfellows, then the coalition of the Baptists and the bootleggers has to be one of the oddest. In the early part…
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Coalition for Tax Competition Letter to Congressman John Sweeney
CEI joins more than 30 other free-market groups in praising New York Congressman John E. Sweeney for his strong opposition to UN and…