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John Berlau is Senior Fellow for Finance and Access to Capital at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and blogs at OpenMarket.org. E-mail him at jberlau@cei.org.
by | Mar 10, 2011

&q Call it the NPR Walk-Back. A politician or commentator defending National Public Radio against its latest transgression — be it the firing and uot;> slandering of veteran journalist Juan Williams or the denigration of nearly everyone who doesn’t live…

by | Feb 17, 2011

In the battle against Obamacare, the first chinks in the law’s armor were resolutions against the law by state legislatures. These resolutions led to court cases that have been victorious in two instances, and a new majority in the U.S….

by | Nov 18, 2010

In his 1953 confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense in the incoming Eisenhower administration, former General Motors CEO Charles “Engine Charlie” Wilson was asked how he would handle conflicts of interests in the Defense Department’s dealings with his old firm….

by | Sep 24, 2010

Having excoriated the Bush administration and Republicans in Congress — on this site and elsewhere — for falling short of principles on TARP and mortgage bailouts for irresponsible borrowers and lenders (both of which have been magnified by the Obama…

by and | Sep 13, 2010

In his 45-minute lecture/speech in Cleveland last week — which mostly consisted of blaming his predecessors for the state of the economy and trying to turn House GOP leader John Boehner into a Gingrich-like bogeymen — President Obama once again…

by | Apr 26, 2010

As Congress prepares to vote on debating Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd’s “Restoring American Financial Stability Act,” and speculation is rampant as to whether Republican can hold together a filibuster to force changes the to bill, a broad spectrum…

by | Jul 10, 2009

Once again, the team of politicians and corporate bureaucrats pursuing the witchhunt against former American International Group CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg have struck out. Or maybe the better baseball analogy would be that they hit another ball into foul territory. Greenberg, who built AIG into…

by | Jun 25, 2009

My organization, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, has frequently been accused of being “in denial” regarding important issues. It’s a charge we most often wear as a badge of honor, because most often, our accusers are too quick to jettison important…

by | Jun 23, 2009

Given the Obama administration’s rapid takeovers of General Motors and Chrysler, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to conservatives that, in the name of “financial reform,” President Obama is arguing that government should get vast new powers to…

by | May 8, 2009

It was the biggest bankruptcy of an American automaker, as well as one of the biggest bankruptcies in U.S. history. Yet the stock market barely moved when Chrysler’s expected bankruptcy was announced early last Thursday morning and moved significantly upward…

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