Like most people, the internet occasionally drives me crazy. Lately, that’s been due to coverage of the so-called McKittrick Policy—a…
Commandeering conservation obstructs environmental federalism
In the wake of the election, there’s hope that environmentalists will discover the benefits of federalism to the environment. Those…
Politics above principle: environmentalists against a carbon tax
Lost in the much bigger election day surprise was news that a Washington state referendum to adopt a carbon tax,…
A monument to presidential excess
The big news this week was the President’s declaration of Bear’s Ears and Gold Butte national monuments, totaling a little…
Federal prosecutors’ new favorite weapon: environmental criminal law
The Financial Times reports on federal prosecutors’ growing and aggressive use of the criminal provisions in several environmental statutes, even…
A government of laws, and not of men
Early this week, the Boston Globe reported on the nightmare a New Hampshire retailer experienced when he caught the attention…
Bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake
Earlier this week, the Boston Globe reported on the bureaucratic nightmare that a New Hampshire retailer experienced with he caught the…
‘Ignorance of the law is no excuse’ leads to bureaucratic nightmares
The Boston Globe reports the nightmare that a small New Hampshire retailer experienced when he caught the eye of bureaucrats…
Why do property owners care about critical habitat?
Recently, 18 states announced that they were challenging the Fish and Wildlife Service’s new critical habitat regulations. For decades, the…
The constitutional stakes of New Jersey’s sports gambling case
This weekend, the Daily Caller published a piece that I co-authored with CEI’s Michelle Minton. It begins Against all odds,…
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