Government Bulbs: Slightly More Efficient, Vastly More Expensive
Incandescent Bulbs Return to the Cutting Edge – NYTimes.com
…the incandescent bulb is turning into a case study of the way government mandates can spur innovation.
… The first bulbs to emerge from this push, Philips Lighting’s Halogena Energy Savers, are expensive compared with older incandescents. They sell for $5 apiece …
Don't Attack My Mike's!
No More Mike’s Hard Lemonades For Me:
OK, perhaps it is a guilty pleasure, but I enjoy downing a couple of Mike Hard Lemonade’s on a hot afternoon. Now, it seems, the Food Nazi’s at the Center for Science in the Public Interest want to stop me.Public Citizen’s blog announced that CSPI plans to …
Banned for Your Own Good
The city of Madison believes that if it limits your freedom it can truly make you safer. Next up on their agenda: plastic water bottles.
The city of Madison, enamored of bans on everything from smoking to phosphorus fertilizers, may be setting its regulatory sights on another target — plastic.
In …
G.O.P. Outlook: Sunny
Above: New GOP logo.
Although the Bush Administration has quite typically failed to capitalize on it politically, all Americans are this week definitely enjoying the benefits of Republican-birthed legislation: additional sunlight.
According to FOX News,
”If you turned your clocks back one hour Sunday morning thinking it was the annual move back to Standard Time, all …
Hong Kong: The Last Free City on Earth
We’d all do well to occasionally remember what exactly we mean by the word ”freedom”.
I thought about that as I read through the Heritage Foundation’s Freedom Index for 2007, a list which rates each of 161 countries in the world according to that country’s level of economic freedom – that is, the level of control …
The Great Village Robbery
Local Oregon homeowners were flooded out last month. Six properties, worth about $1 million total, were significantly damaged. Now the homeowners want the village government to buy their properties — at their pre-flood value — so they can start over in a new house.
What?
Johnson said he’ll be happy if the village makes him …
DUI Abuse
It used to be that DUI citations were given out for actually driving while under the influence of alcohol. Increasingly, they’re being given out for simply being ”under the influence”. This strikes me as a gross violation of civil liberties. Since when did it become illegal to simply have alcohol in your system?
The first story …
Building the Healthcare Business
George C. Halvorson, CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals wants to force you to buy healthcare. He doesn’t care if you want healthcare or if you think you need healthcare.
”Anything short of an absolute single-payer system requires an individual mandate. If you don’t have that, then people will …
Smoking Insanity
Police officials in North Platte, Nebraska are moving dangerously close to an act of pure insanity:
In response to a recent report from the U.S. Surgeon General about the dangers of second-hand smoke, local police officials report they are preparing to crack down on drivers who expose their children to second-hand smoke.
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Rebuilding New Orleans
According to FoxNews, Mayor Ray Nagin said that New Orleans residents should be allowed to rebuild anywhere — as long as they do so at their own risk. Quoth the good mayor I don’t recommend you going in areas I’m not comfortable with. I’m confident that the citizens can decide intelligently for themselves..
Actually, I am …