Op-Eds/Articles

• By: William Frezza
• 06/02/2015

For the past year and a half I’ve hosted a weekly radio show where I interview guests about a wide range of subjects, giving…

• By: Iain Murray
• 05/29/2015

An unprecedented power grab. That’s the only accurate way to describe the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Waters of the…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 05/21/2015

The Obama administration has finally released its "National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators." It's the federal government's answer to…

• By: William Frezza
• 05/20/2015

Congratulations, Class of 2015! The diploma you hold in your hands today is the most expensive thing you’ll ever own. Why? Because you will surely…

• By: Iain Murray
• 05/12/2015

Well, that was a surprise. As I outlined in my pre-election article, everyone in British politics, including those in government, assumed from the polls…

• By: William Frezza
• 05/12/2015

Conflict, consternation, and litigation has spread across college campuses ever since a 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter from the Obama administration’s Office of Civil Rights…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 05/01/2015

Imagine you're playing poker at a friend's house, having fun chatting and trying to make a hand out of unlucky cards. Then there's a knock…

• By: Carrie Sheffield
• 05/01/2015

The tragic death of Freddie Gray and ensuing riots in Baltimore have highlighted the stark contrast between the city’s impoverished inner core and its…

• By: Iain Murray
• 04/27/2015

In Britain today, the economy is booming. Employment is up, growth is up, public spending is down, and the head of the International Monetary Fund…

• By: Carrie Sheffield
• 04/24/2015

As graduation approaches and students finalize their post-high school plans, families would do well to consider their financial paradigm about college. College pays off…

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/22/2015

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the first Earth Day, “the first National Environmental Teach-In.” Back then, its organizers were proud of its association with…

• By: Angela Logomasini
• 04/20/2015

The honeybee is a powerful symbol of nature’s generosity given that these industrious critters pollinate crops around the world. Green activist groups and others are…

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 04/15/2015

Antitrust is one of America’s worst exports, but one adopted with relish by the European Commission (EC) as exemplified in newly announced formal…

• By: Hans Bader
• 04/09/2015

CEI's Hans Bader pens a letter to the Wall Street Journal: Eva Moskowitz is right to criticize New York City’s new disciplinary code making…

• By: Carrie Sheffield
• 03/31/2015

The phrase “mergers and acquisitions” conjures to mind white-shoe investment banks, private equity and Fortune 500 firms. But as cities struggle to balance budgets, shave…

• By: Michelle Minton
• 03/27/2015

Since the early days of the Republic, the question of how gambling is regulated has largely been a right reserved for the states. However, this…

• By: John Berlau
• 03/23/2015

Last week was dubbed “Sunshine Week” by proponents of open government, and the administration that swept into office promising to be the “most transparent” in…

• By: Lawson Bader
• 03/16/2015

It’s “Deja-vu all over again.” Yogi Berra’s famous quip well describes the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s private email account. It’s no surprise she would be…

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr., Lawson Bader
• 03/09/2015

At a breakout session during the recent Conservative Political Action Conference, one of us posed a question to the audience: What do members of the…

• By: Hans Bader
• 03/06/2015

Civil-rights commissioners rightly objected to President Obama’s proposed budget increase for the lawbreakers at the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, where I used…

• By: Carrie Sheffield
• 03/02/2015

Pollster Kellyanne Conway has decades of experience in political messaging. At a recent gathering of Republican women in New York City she gave a savvy…

• By: Sam Kazman
• 03/01/2015

In King v. Burwell, four Virginia residents are a challenging an IRS Obamacare rule in the Supreme Court. While the case involves only a handful…

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 02/20/2015

When a government blocks a merger between two businesses, it denies consumers the benefits of the competitive response to the transaction. That’s what the Federal…

• By: Lawson Bader
• 02/09/2015

“We all knew it was true, but it needs to be said: A groundhog is just a groundhog.” So began a recent news story about…