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CEI Weekly
August 27, 2010
>>Post-Spill, it’s Still ‘Drill, Baby, Drill!’
Gulf Coast residents are fed up with the politicization of the Deepwater Horizon spill. As Associate Fellow Ben Lieberman writes in The New York Post, it’s quickly becoming apparent to those most affected by the spill that “the biggest threat to the Gulf region economy isn’t the spill itself but Washington’s reaction to it.” Read Lieberman’s op-ed here.
>>[Video] Greg Conko Discusses Salmonella on Fox News
>>Shaping the Debate
Seeking Food Safety, Getting Human Harm
Angela Logomasini’s op-ed in The Washington Times
What They’re Up Against
Chris Horner’s op-ed in The American Spectator
Uncle Sam Wants to Cuddle
Iain Murray and Anne Sutherland’s op-ed in The Washington Times
>>Best of the Blogs
Privacy Isn’t Dead, It’s Evolving
by Ryan Radia
Biofuels and Tax Expenditures
by Brian McGraw
National Security Risks of Biofuel Mandates
by Marlo Lewis
>>CEI Podcast
August 23, 2010: The Salmonella Egg Scare
CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko talks about the salmonella scare that has led to the recall of 550 million eggs 22 states. He believes that the hype is overblown, and that regulators should take an incentives-based approach to food safety issues. The current command-and-control model needs reform.
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>>Congress Bails Out State Teachers’ Unions
This week the House voted to funnel more federal money to public employee unions. The $10 billion “Education Jobs Fund” will be set aside to bailout state teachers’ unions, who earlier this year received $53.5 billion. Labor Policy Analyst Vincent Vernuccio slammed the bailout in his recent American Spectator op-ed, calling it “payback” for the unions’ support for Democratic candidates. Senior Counsel Hans Bader also criticized the teachers’ bailout on OpenMarket.
Read more at The Washington Examiner.
>>[Video] Chris Horner of the Politics of Cap and Trade on Fox Business
>>Shaping the Debate
Before Net Neutrality Eats the World
Wayne Crews’ op-ed in The Daily Caller
Iain Murray’s op-ed in The Washington Examiner’s Examiner Opinion Zone
John Berlau and Andrew Kwiatkowski’s op-ed in The American Spectator
Ryan Radia’s citation on GamePro
by Ivan Osorio
by Marlo Lewis
>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome new media guru Brooke Oberwetter to the show to discuss the latest developments in the net neutrality battle, Minneapolis’ failures in urban planning, the FDA’s desire to regulate e-cigarettes, and legalizing Internet gambling.
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CEI Weekly
July 30, 2010
>>[Video] Robert J. Smith on the History of Environmentalism
Robert J. Smith, director of the Center for Private Conservation, explains in this short video how the modern environmentalist movement began in America. A celebrated author and environmental historian, Smith shows how the anti-war movement of the late 1960s evolved into an anti-capitalism movement that pushed for government control of the environment.
Read more by Robert J. Smith here.
>>Shaping the Debate
Energy Bills Could Include Trans-Atlantic Tax
Iain Murray and Matthew Sinclair’s op-ed in The Washington Times
Elena Kagan’s War on Small Business
John Berlau’s op-ed on National Review Online
New climate data reignite debate
Myron Ebell’s quotation in the Financial Times
Offsets are Crucial in Cap and Trade
Iain Murray’s letter to the editor in The Wall Street Journal
Climate Alarmism?
Myron Ebell’s citation in The Orange County Register
Deal for Credit Firm Draws Fire for GM
John Berlau’s citation in The Boston Globe
>>Best of the Blogs
Who is Elizabeth Warren and why does Big Labor Love Her?
by F. Vincent Vernuccio
Coalition Letter: Wine and Spirits Bill Affont to Consumer Choice
by Angela Logomasini
Jim Hood: Another of the Nation’s Worst State Attorneys General
by Hans Bader
>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 103: Katherine Mangu-Ward Edition
Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome very special guest Katherine Mangu-Ward to episode 103. We discuss the Pentagon’s brownie recipe, the organic food police, the war on online classrooms, and Katherine’s chapter in the recently released book from Templeton Press, New Threats to Freedom.
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CEI Weekly
July 23, 2010
>>The Nation’s Worst Attorneys General
Some of the nation’s state attorneys general have been very bad indeed, reports Senior Attorney Hans Bader. In the new study, “The Nation’s Worst Attorneys General,” Bader documents cases of AGs engaging in unethical behavior, usurping legislative powers, fabricating the law, and following predatory practices in regards to private (and out-of-state) businesses. He goes on to rank the worst of the worst, a list headed up by California’s Jerry Brown and Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal.
Read the study here.
>>Shaping the Debate
[Video] Vincent Vernuccio on Non-Union Pickets
Vincent Vernuccio’s media appearance on Fox Business
U.S. Tech Firms’ China Presence Furthers Internet Freedom
Ryan Radia and Greg Conko’s op-ed in The Seattle Times
Obama’s New Financial Regulation Bill Strangles America’s Economy with Red Tape
John Berlau’s op-ed on Fox Forum
More Muscle for Big Merchants
John Berlau’s op-ed on The New York Times’ Room for Debate
Climategate Inquiry Glosses Over the Facts
Iain Murray’s op-ed in The Washington Examiner
Economists vs. Economics
Ryan Young’s op-ed in The American Spectator
‘Climategate’ Fallout may Impact Legislation
Myron Ebell’s citation in The San Francisco Chronicle
Lift Government Barriers to Encourage Competition and Innovation
Wayne Crews’ news release
>>Best of the Blogs
President Obama Signs Dodd-Frank Financial “Reform” Bill: 2315 Pages of Special-Interest Payoffs
By Hans Bader
Blowout Prevention Act – Will Rs Get Buyer’s Remorse?
By Marlo Lewis
>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 102: Collective Insanity
Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome guest co-host Alex Nowrasteh to episode 102. We take on the health care tax, obscenity and the First Amendment, the prognosis for the Gulf of Mexico, and the collective insanity coming out of Venezuela.
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CEI Weekly
July 16, 2010
>>The Lady Gaga Economy
Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews, inspired by the seeming boundless demand for performances by flamboyant pop star Lady Gaga, meditates on “Say’s Law” in economics and what it has to teach us about the current recession. Wayne reminds us that the state of the economy is not the result of a general glut of overproduction – too much stuff for sale and not enough buyers – but of a relative glut in particular sectors of the economy. While there may be too many cars for sale, the demand for concerts, music videos, and merchandise from our most popular entertainers surges ahead unabated. Thus, what we need is not a general demand-side stimulus, but a retrenchment of government policies and preferences that keep the market from re-balancing itself. Tax cuts, deregulation, privatization, and the elimination of other government distortions are the strategies that will allow the U.S. economy to expand and flourish again.
Read Crews’ article here.
>>Shaping the Debate
Statement by John Berlau on Passage of Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation Bill
Florida’s Reedy Creek Improvement District
Arin Greenwood’s Issue Analysis
Cell Phones Don’t Cause Cancer
Ryan Young’s op-ed in The Daily Caller
With Debt, Deficit Come More Red Tape
Clyde Wayne Crews’ citation in The Washington Examiner
Teaching ‘stuff’ about ecology
Lee Doren’s citation in The Los Angeles Times
CEI’s Myron Ebell Says “Professional Whitewash” of Climategate Will Not Succeed
Myron Ebell’s citation in The American Spectator
>>Best of the Blogs
Mommy, Are We Beyond Petroleum Yet?
By Marlo Lewis Jr.
Federal Alcohol Bill Hits a Snag
By Angela Logomasini
>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 101: Urban Beekeepers Unite
Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome back long-lost co-host Michelle Minton to episode 101. We discuss the sobering recommendations of the White House debt commission, the intoxicating budgetary success of Chris Christie in New Jersey, the bunker mentality of UN climate scientists, the travails of urban homesteaders and the birth of scandal-based tourism.
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