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CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.

CEI Weekly
January 21, 2011

>>Featured Story

This week, as President Obama attempted to defend his plan for regulatory reform in The Wall Street Journal, CEI released its own set of recommendations for the new Congress. Liberate to Stimulate is a “bipartisan agenda to restore limited government and revive America’s economy.” The Agenda includes a list of specific steps President Obama and Congress should take to achieve lasting, enduring reforms. Read the full Agenda for Congress here.



>>Shaping the Debate

6 Painless Ways to Cut Federal Red Tape
Wayne Crews and Ryan Young’s op-ed in AOL News

Why You Should Always Encrypt Your Smartphone
Ryan Radia’s article in Ars Technica

Obama Needs to Confront Regulation
Wayne Crews’ column in Forbes

Not All Public-Private Partnerships Are Created Equal
Marc Scribner’s op-ed in Multihousing News

Politicized Science Costs Us All
Iain Murray’s op-ed in The Washington Times

No Call to Arms in Fight Against Health Care Reform
Hans Bader’s letter to the editor in The Boston Globe

Ex-Congressman Gets Soapbox for Violent Remarks
Hans Bader’s letter to the editor in The Washington Examiner

>>Best of the Blogs

Repeal Senseless and Job-Destroying Volcker Rule from Dodd-Frank
By John Berlau

How the President Can Foster the “Civil and Honest” Debate He Called For
By Hans Bader

Harper’s v. UAW
By Ivan Osorio

New York City Taxi Alliance Opposes Competition
By Brian McGraw

>> CEI Podcast:

January 20, 2011: The Future of Space Policy

CEI Adjunct Scholar and space policy expert Rand Simberg explains why NASA stagnated after its early success in bringing man to the moon. Fortunately, the future of private exploration is looking brighter every year. Private exploration’s increasing viability means that it is time to reevaluate NASA’s role in future space travel.

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.


CEI Weekly
September 17, 2010


>>Shaping the Debate
Clearing the Way for High-Tech Jobs
Ryan Radia and Ryan Young’s op-ed on Real Clear Markets

The War Between SEIU and NUHW: What it Tells Us About Card Check
Vincent Vernuccio’s op-ed on Big Government

Upstream Battle for Genetically Engineered Salmon
Henry Miller’s op-ed in The Los Angeles Times

A Real Small Business Assist
John Berlau and Andrew Kwiatkowski’s op-ed in The American Spectator

Don’t Blame BPA on Lobster Decline
Angela Logomasini’s op-ed in The Cape Cod Times

Al Gore, Iain Murray and the ‘Tea Party’
Iain Murray’s citation in The Christian Science Monitor

Greens Want Their McCain Back
Myron Ebell’s citation in Politico


>>Best of the Blogs
Tricks Against Trade
by Fran Smith

The Dead Weight Loss of Union Disputes
by Ivan Osorio

Obama to Insurers: Stop Telling the Truth
by Michelle Minton


>>CEI Podcast
September 16, 2010: Creating High-Tech Jobs
Ryan Radia, CEI’s Associate Director of Technology Studies, talks about obstacles and opportunities for job creation in the high-tech sector. Regulatory uncertainty is making companies wary of making long-term investments. The sheer number of regulations makes it very expensive to hire workers. According to an article Radia coauthored at RealClearMarkets, rolling back the regulatory state could pave the way for more jobs.
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CEI Weekly
September 3, 2010


>>Shaping the Debate
[Video] Chris Horner on Fox News discussing new car stickers

[Video] Vincent Vernuccio sets out to prove unions hire non-union labor

No More Ethanol for America, Please
Brian McGraw’s op-ed in The Hill’s Congress Blog

Lobsters Should Fear Mother Nature More than Plastics
Angela Logomasini’s op-ed in The Providence Journal


>>Best of the Blogs
Antibiotics and Meat DO Mix
by Gregory Conko

Obama’s EPA: School Marms R Us
by Marlo Lewis

Expensive Jobs
by Ryan Young


>>CEI Podcast
September 2, 2010: How Zoning Laws Affected Hurricane Katrina’s Victims
CEI Policy Analyst Marc Scribner talks about his recent Forbes article, explaining how urban central planning made it harder to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina — and how well Houston, which has no zoning laws, coped with 260,000 Katrina evacuees.


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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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>>[Video] The Union Pension Bailout

Labor Policy Counsel F. Vincent Vernuccio was on Fox Business to discuss Sen. Robert Casey’s “Save Jobs and Create Benefits Act.” The Act includes a multi-billion-dollar bailout for mismanaged union pensions. Vincent slams the bailout and explains why bankrupt union pension plans are essentially “a giant Ponzi scheme.” Watch the clip.


>>Shaping the Debate
Nothing New About Privacy Fears
Carolyn Homer’s op-ed in AOL News

Just Another Liberal Advocacy Group
Iain Murray’s op-ed in The Washington Examiner’s Examiner Opinion Zone

China, Economic Growth and ‘Green Jobs’
Chris Horner’s
op-ed on BigGovernment

Federal Register Hits 50,000 Pages
Ryan Young’s op-ed on The Daily Caller

Why Republicans Should Favor Legalized Internet Gambling
Michelle Minton’s op-ed in Forbes

Bobby Bailout: Casey to Put Taxpayers on Hook for Teamsters’ Shenanigans
F. Vincent Vernuccio’s citation on National Review Online


>>Best of the Blogs
Mexico’s Retaliation – A Good Idea?
by Fran Smith

Primer on Extreme Weather Mortality
by Marlo Lewis

Radical Capitalism: A Noble Experiment We Ought to Try
by Michelle Minton


>>CEI Podcast
August 17, 2010: Another Union Bailout?
In the first episode of the new CEI Podcast, Vinnie Vernuccio talks about the latest big labor bailout, proposed by Sen. Robert Casey. His bill would put taxpayers on the hook for as much as $165 billion to bail out underfunded union pensions.

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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

>>Best of the Blogs

>>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
August 6, 2010


>>[VIDEO] The Open Internet and Lessons from the Ma Bell Era
What will happen to today’s open Internet if government imposes new rules on broadband providers? In this video, Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia explores the history of government regulation of the telecommunications market and the lessons we can learn from it.
View video.

>>Shaping the Debate
Brownback’s Mountain
William Yeatman and Iain Murray’s op-ed on National Review Online

Kagan and the Agency-Exhaustion Doctrine: A Response to Media Matters

John Berlau’s op-ed on National Review Online

Should Internet Gambling Be Legalized?
Michelle Minton’s op-ed in The New York Times’ Room for Debate

Department of Labor Inspector General Nominee: Too Political, Too Controversial
Vincent Vernuccio’s op-ed on BigGovernment

You Auto Know Better
Iain Murray’s op-ed in The Washington Examiner’s Examiner Opinion Zone

UAE BlackBerry Ban is Latest Clash Over Information Control
Ryan Radia’s citation in Voice of America


>>Best of the Blogs
Give & Take: Fifth Amendment Complicates Net Neutrality
by Carolyn Homer

Missouri Voters Overwhelmingly Reject ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate in Referendum
by Hans Bader

CSR and Oil Companies: The Truth Dawns?
by Iain Murray

>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 104: Battlefield Arizona

Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome special guest John Vaught LaBeaume to episode 104. We tackle Arizona’s immigration prospects, school reform efforts in D.C., the future of offshore drilling, why you have the right to remain French, and the stormy waters of congressional ethics investigations.

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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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