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How Sweet it is: Soda Pop Legalized in NYC

New Yorkers are free to drink large sodas again.  In 2012, the City of New York implemented a rule to ban some stores and restaurants from selling sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces.  The practical effect of the rule meant … Continue reading

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Senate File 74 Shows Professional Licensing is Seldom More than Protectionism

As the 2013 General Session gets underway today here in Cheyenne, the Legislative Services Office is quickly finalizing and publishing what promises to be hundreds of potential bills for consideration by our citizen legislature.  I look forward to Charles Curley’s … Continue reading

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FedSoc 2012: Federalism, Judicial Activism, Natural Law, and so on.

Last week I made my yearly pilgrimage to Washington, DC.  Although much is wrong in our American Rome (the Pax Romana this is not), there are still some diamonds in the rough like the annual Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. … Continue reading

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Consumer Advocate Leaves Consumers to Freeze in the Dark

Although government might have you believe its bureaucracies can protect consumers from rip offs, they can’t, and we have a perfect example of that right there. Continue reading

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Senator Enzi’s Internet Sales Tax Grab

The triumph of politics over principles Why do politicians say one thing then do the opposite? On Senator Enzi’s  (R-Wyo) website it says: I support pro-growth economic plans that provide welcome relief to taxpayers in every tax bracket, including small … Continue reading

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FDA-Gate: The Heavy Cost of “Mere Disclosure”

The First Amendment is the guarantor of all other liberties protected by the Constitution.  The reason for this is simple:  open public debate helps bring wide scale attention to other constitutional abuses.  Cut off critical debate and abuses go underground.  … Continue reading

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A Developer Tells It Like It Is in Cheyenne

It’s not often that titans of business tell it like it is.  I about danced a jig last year when Steve Wynn laid out exactly what “uncertainty” means regarding Obama Administration policies.  It’s great when very successful people can put … Continue reading

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Welcome to the Hotel California?

Yesterday Maryland passed an income tax increase on resident individuals making over $100,000 and couples making over $150,000. This is either a brazen attack on the middle class, a stark redefinition of what counts as rich, or both, depending on … Continue reading

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Porsche Refutes the Decline of the West

In 1979, in the twilight of the Jimmy Carter presidency, Ferrari North America entrusted journalist P.J. O’Rourke, then with Car and Driver magazine, with a Ferrari 308GTS.  His assignment was to drive the car from New York to Los Angeles, … Continue reading

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“If I Wanted America to Fail”

If I wanted America to fail… what would I do? A video released recently by Free Market America has gone viral, and caused quite a stir, already garnering close to two million views in under one month. What do you … Continue reading

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