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A History of Bans: My Book Review in Reason

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My review of Christopher Snowdon’s latest book, The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition Since 1800 appears in the January, 2012 print edition of Reason. Modern-Day Prohibition The eternal temptation to ban things that give people pleasure Jeff Stier ...
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Now I’ve Seen Everything

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The left-wing DeSmogBlog website, which exists to slander people who disagree with Al Gore, is finally admitting that people who do not agree with Gore on global warming honestly disagree, and aren't just being paid to disagree by corporations: ...McCright ...
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Remember the Greens: Crony Capitalists Not Only Ones to Blame for Unforceable Light Bulb Ban

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Howie Carr of the Boston Herald has fun piece in today's Boston Herald explaining the green fundamentalists' thinking (feeling?) behind their support of the de facto light bulb ban. The Greens, of course, have a different motivation for supporting the ...
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Fairness Doctrine a “Knee-Jerk Reaction” by Liberal Lawmakers

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Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli, noting that the “progressive agenda is on the ropes,” says calls for reinstating “Fairness Doctrine” regulations to allow the government to control media content are a “knee-jerk reaction” by liberal lawmakers to last weekend’s shooting ...
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National Center at the Prow on U.S.S. Murtha Outcry

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In the November 2010 issue of Proceedings, the magazine of the U.S. Naval Institute, senior editor J.M. Caiella wrote about the problem in naming one of the Navy’s newest amphibious transports after the late Representative John Murtha (D-PA). Time magazine blogger ...
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Mr. President, You Are Right We Need to Bring Common Sense to our Regulatory System: Let’s Start with the Environment

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Mr. President, you are right on the mark when you write in today’s Wall Street Journal that “vibrant entrepreneurialism is the key to our continued global leadership and the success of our people.” You are right when you say we ...
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What Country is This Again?

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The FCC approved the NBC-Comcast merger under the condition that it offer more programming in Spanish ...
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Mr. President, Time to Increase Domestic Oil Production: Climbing Oil and Gas Prices Hurt Chances for Economic Recovery

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As President Obama and his team of regulators bring domestic oil production to a crawl via their moratorium on offshore drilling, near-standstill on drilling permits, and myriad regulations on accessing oil on public lands, is it any wonder oil and ...
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Opponents of Light Bulb Ban Win a Big Round, But Battle Far from Over

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Both The Hill and Politico are reporting tonight that the tentative agreement between the House and Senate for funding of the U.S. government in 2012 includes a provision blocking the Energy Department from spending money to enforce the ban on ...
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Christopher Caldwell’s Unfairness? No, Andrew Sullivan’s Chutzpah

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Andrew Sullivan today is requesting a retraction from the Financial Times for publishing this line in a Christopher Caldwell article: Many prominent people disheartened by the resurgence of the Republican party - notably the blogger Andrew Sullivan, the New York ...
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