CEI Weekly: The Government Continues to Attack Personal Choice

Friday, January 14, 2010 Feature: Fred Smith on e-cigarettes, personal choice, and nanny-state regulations.

FEATURED STORY: The Government Continues to Attack Personal Choice In wake of recent power grabs by the FDA, John Stossel dedicated an episode of his show to discussing how nanny state regulations violate inviduals' right to govern themselves. CEI President Fred Smith was invited to explain why people should be concerned about decreasing personal freedoms and why the government so often gets away with destructive regulations. Watch the video segment here.  SHAPING THE DEBATE The Limitations of Public-Private Partnerships Marc Scribner's Issue Analysis Our Mistaken Sugar Policy is Killing American Jobs Fran Smith's letter to the editor in The Wall Street Journal The Online Poker Players Next Door Michelle Minton's op-ed in The Washington Times The FDA Needs Strong Medicine Henry I. Miller's op-ed in Forbes U-VA Receives New FOIA for Global Warming Documents Chris Horner's citation on The Washington Post Blogs CEI PODCAST January 12, 2011: Public-Private Partnerships Land-use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner talks about his new CEI Issue Analysis, “The Limitations of Public-Private Partnerships.” Marc argues that PPPs are an improvement over the status quo in surface transportation because they introduce at least an element of competition into a sector where there is usually none. But PPPs are harmful in real estate developments because they tend to favor politicians’ preferences over those of consumers BEST OF THE BLOGS Financial Advice From Two Sides of an Age Gap By Kathryn Ciano The Political Climate is Too Dull and Conformist Already By Hans Bader Autism Doctor a Fraud, But Hardly Alone By Michael Fumento SEIU Arbitrates Life or Death By Trey Kovacs

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