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The Coolest Part of a Bad Energy Bill: A Small Victory
There isn't much good news for consumers in the Senate energy bill passed last week. The world's greatest deliberative body seemingly forgot that the…
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Ice Shelf Collapse Triggers Debate
In February and March, an ice shelf known as the Larsen B ice shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula collapsed, leading many to raise once…
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Battling Hunger With Biotechnology
Needless restrictions on agricultural biotechnology would harm the world's ability to battle hunger in the 21st century, say Gregory Conko and C.S. Prakash, co-founders…
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A Man, A Plan, A Boondoggle
The Bush administration is not his father’s Oldsmobile—I mean administration—but it isn’t Ronald Reagan’s either. Bush II is amenable to reducing government, but…
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Jumps At The Pump: Additives Add To The Price Of Gas
After staying relatively stable and inexpensive during most of the 1990s, gasoline prices have had a rocky time since 2000. In May of…
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Regulatory Route To Your Wallet
As if home prices weren’t high enough, an upcoming rule regulating radon in drinking water might raise the cost of your next home. Oddly, a…
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Cali’s Kyoto: Working Off A Bad Model – Corrected
View The Correction To This Article Undaunted by the mess they made of California's electricity marketplace, Sacramento politicians…
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California Scheming
The Washington Post first reported internal memos revealing that the vocal “global warming” movement and its 1997 Kyoto Protocol were fruit of a stealthy and…
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Controlling Hypocritical Authority: Gore’s Expertise
Former Vice President Al Gore published an opinion piece in this Sunday's New York Times, “The Selling of an Energy…
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Orbitz Foes Trying To Stifle Competition
The Department of Transportation has launched still another investigation into Chicago-based Orbitz, the online source of travel information and reservations started up last June by…
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Taxing The Innocent: Superfund’s Back
As the Senate debates the energy bill, Democrats are calling for reinstating the federal tax on petroleum and chemical industries under the Superfund law.
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IPCC’s ex-“Political” Scientist
Environmental activists are attacking the Bush administration for orchestrating the ouster of an American scientist, Robert Watson, as chairman of the…
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FDA Overreaches
Who could possibly oppose a pediatric-testing rule for drugs? For starters, physicians and parents who realize that while this rule is supposed to protect children,…
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Clearing The Air On Industrial Plant Emissions
The federal permit program that governs industrial emissions is seriously broken. Within the next few weeks, the Bush administration will release its plan for revamping…
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Forced Recycling Is a Waste
As New York City faces the possibility of painful cuts to its police and fire department budgets, environmentalists are bellyaching over garbage. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s…
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Uncle Sam’s Killer Cars
WHOM can you trust more — an old-time tobacco salesman, or a modern proponent of higher federal fuel-economy standards? If you ask Dr. Leonard Evans,…
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Energy Bill That’s Not So Cool
With summer not too far away, we should all be thankful for affordable air conditioning, but a little-noticed provision in the Senate version of the…
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Authoritarianism Is Not A Gadget, It’s A State Of Mind
The two dark-skinned young men, unshaven and heavily muscled, looked ominously foreign. No doubt more than one airline passenger breathed deeper in relief when security…
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Unfocused Federal Wildfire Effort Draws Fire From States
Following the lead of New Mexico — which not long ago declared mismanaged federal lands in the state to be disaster areas and threatened intervention…
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Unfocused Federal Wildfire Effort Draws Fire From States
Following the lead of New Mexico — which not long ago declared mismanaged federal lands in the state to be disaster areas and threatened intervention…
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Fools Rush In
The Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) just issued its annual “Economic Report of the President,” including a chapter on environmental policy. The report's language sent…
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Boeing Earnings At Risk In Europe Tax Fight
The European Union has won its case against the United States in one of the longest running trade disputes in international trade law. On…
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New Laws are Unnecessary
Politicians of all stripes are rushing into the Enron fray, eager to use this event as the pretext for enacting new regulations and laws against…
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New Laws Are Unnecessary
Politicians of all stripes are rushing into the Enron fray, eager to use this event as the pretext for enacting new regulations and…
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Outside View: Caught En Flagrente Kyoto
It was the Washington Post that was first to expose internal Enron Corp. documents revealing the failed energy giant's disturbing relationship with one of the…
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Rush Hour
In a June 11 Rose Garden speech, President George W. Bush detailed his plan to address the perceived threat of man-made global warming. Wisely, the…
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Bailouts: Picking Winners and Losers
Last September, after barely two weeks of debate, Congress enacted legislation to bail out the nation's airlines. Intended to help repair the economic…
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Financial Aid For Airlines Calls For Careful Decision
Last September, after barely two weeks of debate, Congress enacted legislation to bail out the nation's airlines. Intended to help repair the economic…
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Greenpeace on the Defensive
After years of playing offense, Greenpeace is now finding itself on the defensive. In addition to pulling much of the anti-Bush administration propaganda from its…
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Kyoto Through The Backdoor
Desperately seeking their Sally Field moment (“You like me! You really like me!”), with the likes of the New York Times and environmental pressure…
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Assisted Economic Suicide
A White House proposal under final consideration, for possible imminent release, would create a national inventory of certain naturally occurring gases — such as carbon…
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IMF Helped Sink Argentine Economy
When democracies create economic calamity, free markets get blamed. In today's world that means the International Monetary Fund, with U.S. backing, bails out lenders on…
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WHO Cares? World Health Organization Cares More About Its Own Life Than The Lives Of The Poor
Paul Dietrich was visiting Mozambique’s capital city, Maputo, during its civil war in 1984, when an educational billboard taught him a lesson he never…
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Outside View: The choice: Kyoto or WTO?
Mid-November brought us reports from two international negotiations, whose sole common thread appeared to be each took place amid tight security in Muslim countries. These…
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Fight Rages Over Fate of Deadwood And Timber Sales
How much wood should a woodcutter cut if a woodcutter could cut wood? That debate has been raging in the western United States for more…
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Model Behavior: EPA Promotes False Climate Scares
Horner Op-Ed in Tech Central Station: The Environmental Protection Agency is telling the Northeastern United States to be very afraid. “Climate change” will…
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Red Tape and Tech
Lieberman Op-Ed in National Review Online During the tragedies of September 11th, our new technologies delivered extraordinary value. E-mails sent to handheld devices…
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Airport Insecurity
DeLong Op-Ed in National Review Online Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge recently told Chris Matthews that airplane security ultimately depends on the passengers,…
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Breathe Easy, But Not for Long
America's air quality continues to get better. A recently released Environmental Protection Agency report concludes that "since 1970, aggregate emissions of six principal pollutants tracked…
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Insecurity Blanket: Greens Preparing Kinder, Gentler Guilt Campaign
Horner Op-Ed in Tech Central Station September 11 brought to the fore numerous realities that in our comfort we had sublimated, including the…
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Uncle Sam’s Vaccines
Miller and Kazman Op-Ed in National Review Online The recent germ-warfare attacks are cause for concern, but so is one proposed government response:…
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Private Sector Is Better At Providing Airline Safety
Today, after weeks of stalemate in Congress, President Bush will sign the Aviation and Transportation Security Act. On the key sticking point, federalization…
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Punxsutawney Protocol: “World Reaches Warming Pact” Again, Only Not Really
Establishment-press reporting of Kyoto “global warming” treaty negotiations would embarrass even Bill Murray's character in the movie Groundhog Day. They laughably trumpet the same nonachievement,…
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Energy-Policy Jujitsu: Using 9-11 To Block Bush’s Proposal To Increase Our Energy Security
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is using the September 11 terrorist attacks to block President Bush's proposal to increase our energy security. (If this sounds…
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Let’s Clear The Air About Air Pollution Levels
America's air quality continues to get better, with particularly strong progress in the Chicago area. A recently released Environmental Protection Agency report concludes that…
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Settlement Implications For Microsoft
The settlement that Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice presented to Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly last Friday is good for the parties and represents…
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Government Goes Too Far On Microsoft Case
The 5 days since the release of the proposed settlement between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice have seen a barrage…
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U.S. Shouldn’t Seek Energy Independence
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have raised fears about U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil. It seems that nearly everyone believes that if the United…
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A “Hole” Lot of Alarmism Should Be a Lesson in Marrakech
Scary autumn tales about the Antarctic ozone “hole” have become an annual media ritual that treats the phenomenon of ozone thinning as an ominous threat…
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Armed Crews Can Protect Airliners
DeLong Op-Ed in The Providence Journal <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The Senate recently passed an airport-security bill that contains…
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Precaution (Of A Sort) Without Principle
Miller and Conko Article in Priorities For Health: Volume 13, Number 3 Published by The American Council…
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Under Seige: One Reason Our Military Readiness Is Down: We Won’t Let Them Train
As it prepares sailors, soldiers, and airmen to face enemies abroad, the U.S. military also finds itself under new pressure on the homefront.
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Environmental Terrorists Deserve No Special Treatment
There is no shame in believing that those among the Left who most profess their “caring”, for animals, the environment, and other non-human “causes” are…
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Beware “Simple” Solutions
Gattuso Op-Ed In The USA Today<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Everyone agrees that action is needed to improve…
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If Pork Had Wings
Horner Op-Ed in The Washington Times<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> That didn't…
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Energy Independence: It Doesn’t Work
The Sept. 11 attacks have raised an old idea: By reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil, can we reduce America’s vulnerability to oil shocks that…
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FlashPoint #4: CEI Dispatch on Anti-Terrorism and Civil Liberties
FlashPoint #2: CEI on Anti-Terrorism and Civil Liberties Singleton Dispatch on Terrorism and Civil Liberties This is the fourth…
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Anonymity in America: Does National Security Preclude It?
Anonymous speech has proud roots stretching to the origins of America. Gentlemen calling themselves “Publius” wrote the Federalist Papers. Thomas Paine's Common Sense…
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Fear of Federalizing
Gattuso Op-Ed In The Washington Times<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Less than a month after…
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Liberty And Order: A Clear But Delicate Balance
In Defense of Freedom, an ad hoc group ("coalition" was thought to imply too much chumminess) of 130 organizations of wildly v Delong…
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Regulating CO2 As A Pollutant: Costly In More Ways Than One
Mallinger Op-Ed in Heartland Environment and Climate News Mallinger Op-Ed in Heartland Environment and Climate News President George W. Bush has taken…
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Zoned to Extinction: Overzealous Regulation May Soon Render Commercial Fishermen A Dying Breed
We’ve got water coming in!” the captain announced abruptly as he poked a flashlight through a torso-wide hatch to where the Detroit diesels fretfully thrumbled…
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Innocent No More: America Can No Longer Be Naive About Security
Logomasini Op-Ed in The Washington Times Logomasini Op-Ed in The Washington Times Events in recent days serve as…
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Government Pursues Microsoft Case It Has To Lose
Delong Op-Ed In TechCentralStation<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The Antitrust Division and the state attorneys…
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Hug a Terrorist: The Earth Island Institute’s take on September 11
As Jerry Seinfeld might ask, “So, what’s the deal with supporting terrorism?” Indeed, that is precisely what now needs to be asked of anyone perpetuating…
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Bush Emerges As Leader For His Time
Great leaders so often come to us when we least expect them, but need them the most Kemp Column Syndicated by Copley…
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Is Bailout The Best Remedy?
Gattuso Op-Ed in The Washington Times<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Before the tragedies of Sept.
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A Crashing Failure: The Stupid Tragedy of CAFE
Provided courtesy of www.nationalreview.com/ If the National Academy of Sciences discovered that a certain chemical was killing several…
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It’s Too Late To Wait And See: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Monetary…
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Another Gas Spike: The Energy Crisis, Take Two
Lieberman Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Once again, gasoline prices are on the rise. As in…
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Hard Facts On ‘Renewable’ Energy
Pearson op-ed in the Washington Times. Imagine that you inherit a sizable chunk of money and, following your broker’s advice, invest it in a…
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Jaws 5: Return Of The Commercial Shark Fishery
Paige Op-Ed In The National Post<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> This summer’s horrific shark attacks may be nothing more than blind…
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Sharks Are Only Doing What Sharks Do
Paige Op-Ed In The Calgary Herald<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> News stories…
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You Bastards: You Killed Bambi!
After recently watching Bambi, I worry that I may never again have an intelligent thought about man and nature. First we killed Bambi’s…
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Half a Cheer for the U.N.
Just when you thought you could count on a group to be consistent – they do something reasonable. The United Nations has rarely been a…
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It’s Magic!
The Left has a strange view of technology. Sometimes they like it, sometimes they fear it, and other times they view it as…
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Privatizing National Parks
Wonders never cease. China, once the poster child for socialist nonsense (remember the backyard steel furnaces?), seems determined to experiment with a wide…
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It’s About Economic Growth, Stupid!: Kemp Nationally Syndicated Column
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service President George W.
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Phlebotomizers at the IMF: Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> In the 18th and 19th centuries, the foundation of…
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Reducing Red Tape, Not Energy Output
Lieberman Op-Ed in The Washington Times Lieberman Op-Ed in The Washington Times One of the more controversial…
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Don’t Cap Access To Affordable Energy
President Bush has persisted in his admirable determination to keep the U Ebell Op-Ed in Human Events President Bush…
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Hidden Mischief In Bush’s Energy Plan
Lieberman Op-Ed in Investors Business Daily<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The Bush administration's energy plan,…
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In Too Deep: Wetland Rules Move Toward Local Control
Freeman Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in hot water…
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Wildfire Witch Hunt Will Likely Miss The Real Culprits
A witch-hunt is under way in Washington state for the negligent weenie roasters believed responsible for sparking a modest forest fire that suddenly turned deadly…
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Scientific Uncertainty As Weapon: Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service
Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service Kemp Column Distributed by Copley News Service July 23, 2001,…
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The Jaws Of Government: Are The Feds To Blame For Shark Attacks?
Sean Paige article in National Review Online. The horrific, near-fatal shark attack on a boy off a Florida beach in July — followed just days…
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One Who Lived By His Principles: Kemp Column In The Washington Times
Africa is beset by problems: AIDS, malaria, unemployment, undereducation and poverty Kemp Column In The Washington Times …
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A Corporate Folly: Business Donates To The Ideologues Who Hate Markets
Philanthropy is a demonstration of good will toward one's fellow man, but the ability to give depends on the wealth, success a…
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Dredging Politics: A Purely Political Decision
Klutz and Riggs Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> With a few highly visible environmental decisions under…
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How the IMF Could Become a Real S&P for International Debt
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Two key members of Congress, House Majority Whip Tom Delay and House…
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Dangerous GM Gets Off Scot-Free
Conko and Miller Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal Europe<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> …
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Old Law vs. The New Economy: How New Deal-era Regulations Stifle Flexible Work Arrangements
Delong Article Published In Reason Magazine<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> In August 1997, a certain Mr. T. Trahan of CSC…
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When Property Rights Lead to Socialism
Economists have long been ecstatic about the growing enthusiasm of the greenies for the market. At last, economists chortle, our expertise will play a…
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CO2 Controls Are a Bad Idea: Voluntary or Not
Smith and Crandall Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal The Bush administration courageously rejected the Kyoto Protocol but is now considering “voluntary” carbon-dioxide suppression…
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A Heated Letter From Bonn
BONN – Word has it an historic agreement emerged from the negotiations in Bonn, Germany, over how to implement the Kyoto "glob…
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Cutting Regulation From the EPA: Gene-splicing Policy Should Be Excised
Miller Op-Ed in The Washington TImes Miller Op-Ed in The Washington Times A persistent criticism of the…
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Clinton’s Legacy: Senate Dems Second-guess Bush for Second-guessing Clinton
Lieberman Op-Ed in National Review Online<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Senate Democrats are beginning to flex their majority muscles, and…
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Placing Private Property Rights at Risk
Freeman and Riggs Op-Ed in The Washington Times<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> If the presidential election were based on surface…
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Placing Private Property Rights at Risk
If the presidential election were based on surface area, there would have been no contest Freeman and Riggs Op-Ed in The Washington Times…
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Meet the New Kyoto, Same as the Old Kyoto
Bonn Voyage Horner Dispatch from the Bonn Climate Negotiations Now, Let’s Get Serious Bonn —…