Timothy P. Carney archive page

No neutrality in study funded by Microsoft, Google

President Barack Obama’s Federal Communications Commission ordered a taxpayer-funded...

 

Subsidies on trial in Caribbean rum rumble

If you drink Captain Morgan rum, you probably don't care where it came from. But to the...

 

Timothy P. Carney: A mining giant in bed with Boxer, Kerry

When a mainstream publication reports on “strange bedfellows” supporting a government...

 

Pfizer deserts its monument to corporate welfare

Susette Kelo's little, pink house in New London, Conn. -- like the houses of all her neighbors --...

 

McDonnell should let the market, not developers, guide transportation policy

Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell’s transportation plan reflects some constructive original...

 

Will Congress cover for a drug-maker’s billion-dollar mistake?

Amid President Barack Obama’s push to trim government and private-sector spending on health...

 

The Chamber fights Obama's regulatory robbery

Barack Obama's White House has declared war on the largest lobbying organization in the country,...

 

Tough talk at HMOs will give way to corporatism

If Democrats really want to stick it to the health insurers, now is their chance. Odds are,...

 

Dole, a health sector lobbyist, gets the statesman treatment

In August, a Republican majority-leader-turned-lobbyist took to the public with his health care...

 

Nike’s green lobbying: Corporate responsibility or regulatory robbery?

Nike has relinquished its spot on the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to...

 

Lobbying can be sordid, but it's not a crime

The U.S. government says Kevin Ring, onetime colleague of jailed influence peddler Jack Abramoff,...

 

Paul Kirk, senator from Pharma

If a health care overhaul clears the U.S. Senate this year, the key vote may be a former drug...

 

How a power giant profits from greenhouse regs

No electricity source emits as much greenhouse gas as coal, and no power company uses as much...

 

Wealthy developers vs. hipsters and firemen

Wealthy and well-connected developer Bruce Ratner wants to bulldoze an old neighborhood in...

 

Obama offers insurers their Holy Grail

President Barack Obama held out for more than 20 months, but on Wednesday night, the health...

 

Mattel exempt from toy-safety law it helped write

If you’re looking for a sure bet, find a New York Times editorial praising some new federal...

 

How a congressman brings business to K Street

Now that Disney has bought Marvel comics, it is reaching out for another partner: the federal...

 

How GE’s green lobbying is killing U.S. factory jobs

‘Government did us in,” says Dwayne Madigan, whose job will terminate when General...

 

How GE puts the government to work for GE

"The intersection between GE's interests and government action is clearer than ever,"...

 

Health care reform contains hidden gift to HMOs

Did you know that if your job-based HMO wrongly denies you coverage for a medical treatment and...

 

Novak’s public service: Exposing the power game

Bob Novak wrote columns because it was the only vocation he ever had. Though he never would have...

 

Down with health insurers, up with free market

Dear conservatives: Health insurance companies are not your friends. Keep opposing a new...

 

Obama’s pattern of intolerance toward dissent

Dissent, it turns out, is no longer patriotic. President Barack Obama’s White House and his...

 

 
 

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