CEI Weekly: Taking Back Labor Day

Friday, September 7, 2012

Feature: Matt Patterson talks about the history and future of Labor Day.

FEATURE: Taking Back Labor Day As Americans celebrated Labor Day this past Monday, CEI Senior Fellow Matt Patterson proposes we start using the holiday to honor individual workers, not organized labor. When we start celebrating the hard work of individuals, we may be able to successfully empower individual workers with the freedom to choose whether or not to belong to unions. Too often now, they don't have a choice. Read Matt's Fox News op-ed, Time for Workers to Take Back Labor Day, here. SHAPING THE DEBATE Welfare Waivers Violate the Law Hans Bader's letter to the editor in The Wall Street Journal Wind Power Takes Precedence Over Protecting Endangered Cranes Brian Seasholes' op-ed in The Houston Chronicle Clinton's Deregulation vs. Obama's Uber-Regulation John Berlau's op-ed on National Review Rachel Carson's Deadly Fantasies Henry I. Miller and Greg Conko's op-ed in Forbes Why Liberals Should Love Low Taxes Matt Patterson's op-ed in The Washington Examiner  Polaroid, Kodak, Apple: No One Escapes the Winds of Creative Destruction Bill Frezza's column in Forbes How Did the U.S. Fall Behind Canada in Air Traffic Safety? Marc Scribner's op-ed in The Washington Examiner The Path to Job Creation Runs Through Regulatory Reform Wayne Crews's citation in Forbes Congress Looks at Sales Taxes for Online Purchases Jessica Melugin's citation in Vindy

CEI PODCAST September 6, 2012: Modernizing Air Traffic Control America’s air traffic control system can be charitably described as an antique. Land-use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribnerdescribes some of the problems the FAA has encountered in its attempt to move from the vacuum tube to GPS, and suggests a better path to modernization. BEST OF THE BLOGS Science and Technology Policy at the Democratic Convention By Wayne Crews Stern Review Not Fit to Guide UK Climate Policy, Report Finds By Marlo Lewis The Bias of Politifact By Hans Bader The Conventions Continue By Ryan Young