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Patrick Hauf of the Washington Free Beacon details the potential impact of one tax proposal touted by U.S. House Democrats. The Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget proposal relies on a $100…
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on teen vaping’s impact on the debate over safe alternatives to smoking. Terry Stoops’ Daily Journal asks whether a judge will order N.C.…
Steve Forbes‘ latest contributions to Forbes magazine take on two recent controversies. First, he discusses Facebook’s focus on an alternative currency. [R]egulatory pressures have forced a number of companies that…
This week, JLF’s Mitch Kokai commented on the recent efforts by the NC General Assembly to increase taxes on e-cigarettes for the Winston-Salem Journal. The article’s author, Richard Craver, explains:…
This week, the Cato Institute promoted the John Locke Foundation’s “HeadLocke No. 67” on its “Overlawyered” website, which focusses on the high costs of America’s legal system. This episode of…
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online that it’s hard to distinguish between flu and vaping-related illnesses. Andy Taylor’s Daily Journal challenges the claim that political polarization is based mostly…
News & Record reports: North Carolina’s attorney general is following the lead of the Food and Drug Administration commissioner in investigating the marketing and operational practices of Juul Labs Inc.,…
Robert Goldberg uses a Real Clear Policy column to challenge the “war on vaping.” Will the government hamstring what is potentially the most important public health innovation of the 21st…
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon documents the United Kingdom’s response to recent research involving e-cigarettes. While the federal government considers increased regulation for electronic cigarettes, the United Kingdom…
Matt Ridley explains how it happened at the Rational Optimist: More people use ecigarettes in the UK than in any other European country. It’s more officially encouraged than in the…
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on privacy concerns linked to the anti-opioid HOPE Act. Dan Way reports on legislation that would help more small businesses provide health insurance…
James Lileks devotes his latest “Athwart” column in National Review to the views of Britain’s “new vegan shadow farming minister,” a woman who will assume a cabinet-level post if the…