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"Market Power - The Mistake of Subsidizing Pet Energy Causes," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review, October 21, 2009

"Free Trade Is a Boon to the Environment," by Sallie James, RealClearMarkets.com, October 8, 2009

"How Cap-and-Trade Is Like Ritual Self-Flagellation," by Will Wilkinson, The Week, October 7, 2009

"Cap-and-Trade Is Dead. Long Live Cap-and-Trade," by Patrick J. Michaels, TownHall.com, September 18, 2009

"Clunkering Down," by Doug Bandow, American Spectator, August 28, 2009

"Chumps for Clunkers," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), August 7, 2009

"Cash for Clunkers Is a Clunker," by Jeffrey A. Miron, CNN.com, August 3, 2009

"Fuel Standards Are Killing GM," by Alan Reynolds, The Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2009

"Ethanol Standards: Why Federal Policy Is Crazy," by Harry de Gorter and David R. Just, Cato.org, June 23, 2009

"All Cost, No Benefit," by Jerry Taylor, USA Today, May 20, 2009

"A High-Speed Rail Mirage," by Randal O'Toole, USA Today, May 20, 2009

"The U.N.'s Global Green Raw Deal," by Patrick J. Michaels, National Review (Online), April 9, 2009

"The Next Oil Shock," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, March 26, 2009

"Don't Provoke a Cap-and-Trade War," by Will Wilkinson, Marketplace, March 25, 2009

"Trains Are for Tourists," by Randal O'Toole, National Public Radio, March 19, 2009

"What Will Climate Change Cost Us?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, December 18, 2008

"Obama's the Candid Candidate on Energy," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Forbes, November 3, 2008

"The Case against Government Support for Alternative Energy," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Google Knol, October 24, 2008

"Nuclear Energy: Risky Business," by Jerry Taylor, Reason, October 22, 2008

"Renewables Aren't the Answer," by Robert J. Michaels, USA Today, October 20, 2008

"Global Warming Fantasies Meet Financial Contraction," by Patrick J. Michaels, Cato.org, October 9, 2008

"Stop That Energy Bill!," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 9, 2008

"Cancel FasTracks," by Randal O'Toole, Rocky Mountain News, September 8, 2008

"Don't Blame Bernanke," by Alan Reynolds, Forbes.com, September 5, 2008

"Random Oil," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Forbes, September 4, 2008

"Powering the Future," by Jerry Taylor, Los Angeles Times (Online), August 22, 2008

"No One Should Make Predictions," by Jerry Taylor, Los Angeles Times (Online), August 21, 2008

"Nukes to the Rescue?," by Jerry Taylor, Los Angeles Times (Online), August 20, 2008

"Pickens' Plan to Rig the Market," by Jerry Taylor, Los Angeles Times (Online), August 19, 2008

"Offshore Drilling Is a Risk Worth Taking," by Jerry Taylor, Los Angeles Times (Online), August 18, 2008

"Oil and Oily Politicians," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, August 14, 2008

"A Big Surprise on Gas," by Indur Goklany and Jerry Taylor, Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2008

"Wrong Then, Too," by Jerry Taylor, National Review, August 6, 2008

"Energy Plan Ads Just a Bunch of Wind?," by Will Wilkinson, Marketplace, July 31, 2008

"Captains of Today's Titanics," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, July 23, 2008

"T. Boone Hard-Wired for Subsidies," by Jerry Taylor, National Post, July 24, 2008

"Why Not to Panic on Inflation," by Alan Reynolds, New York Post, July 18, 2008

"China's Energy Woes," by Daniel J. Ikenson, Far Eastern Economic Review, June 30, 2008

"Weak Dollar and US Petroleum Reserves Behind Strong Oil Price," by Steve H. Hanke, Globe Asia, June 25, 2008

"Greedy Speculators?," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, June 25, 2008

"Letter to the Editor: Little More Than a Scheme to Destabilize Saudi Arabia," by Steve H. Hanke, Financial Times, June 24, 2008

"Scapegoating the Speculators," by Alan Reynolds, New York Post, June 20, 2008

"Rail Transit Just Isn't Trying to Improve Fuel Efficiency," by Randal O'Toole, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 15, 2008

"Get Ready for the Oil-Price Drop," by Alan Reynolds, New York Post, June 6, 2008

"Jakarta's Fuel-Price Gauntlet," by Ross H. McLeod and Steve H. Hanke, Far Eastern Economic Review, June 3, 2008

"Solving Pump Pain," by Jerry Taylor, New York Post, June 2, 2008

"Kingdom Done," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 23, 2008

"McCain-Clinton 2008," by Jerry Taylor and Jagadeesh Gokhale, National Review (Online), May 14, 2008

"Focus on Fuel-Friendly Cars, Not Rail," by Randal O'Toole, Seattle Times, May 1, 2008

"More Pain at the Pump," by Thomas A. Firey, Baltimore Sun, March 13, 2008

"Corn on the Mob," by Patrick J. Michaels, American Spectator (Online), January 30, 2008

"Hot Air and Wind," by Robert J. Michaels, National Review (Online), December 20, 2007

"Leave Those Car Buyers Alone," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), December 19, 2007

"Good Fuel Economy," by David Donadio, South China Morning Post, December 3, 2007

"Hooked on Subsidies," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Forbes, November 12, 2007

"Socialist Oil Death Spiral," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, November 6, 2007

"Is Ethanol the 'Energy Security' Solution?," by James Eaves and Stephen Eaves, WashingtonPost.com, October 3, 2007

"Fear and Mythology," by Daniel J. Ikenson, National Review (Online), October 2, 2007

"Be Not Afraid," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 28, 2007

"All Circuits Misloaded," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 26, 2007

"Don't Raise CAFE Standards," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), August 1, 2007

"It's a Syn," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review, June 11, 2007

"BGE Ratepayers, Behold the Man," by Thomas A. Firey, The Baltimore Sun, June 1, 2007

"Congressman, Step Away from the Pump," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 25, 2007

"Paying More Than Ever For Gas? Not If Buying Power Is Considered," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Investor's Business Daily, May 25, 2007

"OPEC Is Not in the House," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 24, 2007

"Dumber by the Day," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), May 16, 2007

"Energy Nonsense," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), May 16, 2007

"Don't Raise Gas Tax Without Reforms," by Thomas A. Firey, The Baltimore Sun, March 13, 2007

"Inconvenient Truths," by Patrick J. Michaels, National Review (Online), February 23, 2007

"Is Angela Lansbury President?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), February 21, 2007

"Ethanol Makes Gasoline Costlier, Dirtier," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Chicago Sun-Times, January 27, 2007

"Oil Subsidies in the Dock," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), January 17, 2007

"International Energy Blather," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, South China Morning Post, December 21, 2006

"Gas Tax Trial Balloon," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, October 29, 2006

"Technological Provincialism," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, October 15, 2006

"California Focus: Prop. 87 Equals Higher Gas Prices," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, October 4, 2006

"U.S. Ignores New 'Oil Democracies' at Its Peril," by Steve H. Hanke, The Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2006

"An Argument against Oil Price Minimums," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, WashingtonPost.com, May 29, 2006

"Ready for Higher Gas Prices?," by Bart J. Wilson and Thomas A. Firey, Hartford Courant, May 28, 2006

"Market Forces Only Cure for Oil Prices," by Robert L. Bradley Jr., Fox News (Online), May 26, 2006

"Republicans Out of Gas," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 17, 2006

"Gasoline Prices in Perspective," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Investor's Business Daily, May 17, 2006

"For Now, Gasoline Is Our Only Cheap Fuel," by Jerry Taylor, Arizona Republic, May 7, 2006

"Gas Prices Soar: Markets or manipulation?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, April 30, 2006

"Windfall Profits Tax Would Hardly Be Revenue Gusher," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Houston Chronicle, April 26, 2006

"Senate Sends in Clowns on Oil M&As," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Investor's Business Daily, March 24, 2006

"Crude Predictions," by Steve H. Hanke, Forbes, March 13, 2006

"Driving Bin Laden?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), March 8, 2006

"Stuck on Empty," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), February 3, 2006

"Exxon's Earnings: No Apology Necessary," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Investor's Business Daily, February 2, 2006

"Corner Extra: Energy Yack," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), January 31, 2006

"Running on Empty," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The New York Times, January 3, 2006

"Republicans vs. Oil," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), November 8, 2005

"Hydrocarbon Hype," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, November 6, 2005

"Price Gouging in the Public Interest," by Doug Bandow, TownHall.com, October 24, 2005

"The Foolish Factor," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, October 9, 2005

"It's Not Just Oil," by Daniel J. Ikenson, New York Post, September 8, 2005

"Gouge On," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), September 2, 2005

"Strategic reserves -- no strategy," by Alan Reynolds, TownHall.com, September 1, 2005

"Redesigning Trucks," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, August 28, 2005

"The Energy Bill: It Could Have Been Worse," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2005

"Energy Bill Blues," by Jerry Taylor and Daniel Becker, Washington Times, July 30, 2005

"Burning Money Produces Scant Energy," by Jerry Taylor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 29, 2005

"The Trial Lawyers' Additive," by Doug Bandow, American Spectator (Online), July 22, 2005

"Energy-Bill Follies," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), July 19, 2005

"Energy Piracy," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, July 3, 2005

"Oil Prices: Cause and Effect," by Alan Reynolds, TownHall.com, June 23, 2005

"High Pump-Price Fairy Tales," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), June 3, 2005

"Alternative-Fuel Nonsense," by Alan Reynolds, National Review (Online), May 17, 2005

"Why Gas Costs So Much In Maryland," by Thomas A. Firey, Cato.org, May 1, 2005

"High-Octane Amnesia," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2005

"Blowing Smoke On Gas Savings?," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, April 3, 2005

"Letters to the Editor: Iraq's State-Owned Oil Nullifies Market Economy," by Steve H. Hanke, Financial Times, December 23, 2004

"Take $10 off the Price of Oil," by Steve H. Hanke, Forbes, November 29, 2004

"No reason to cut U.S. oil imports," by Jerry Taylor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 26, 2004

"The Energy Mirage," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review, September 13, 2004

"Oil and Politics," by Steve H. Hanke, Forbes, August 16, 2004

"What's Really Under Indictment?," by Jerry Taylor, The Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2004

"Energy Disinformation," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, June 27, 2004

"A New Political Football Being Kicked Around," by Leon T. Hadar, Business Times of Singapore, May 28, 2004

"Riding Out the Gas Spike," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Fox News (Online), May 14, 2004

"Good News About Gas Prices," by Stephen Moore, National Review (Online), May 10, 2004

"The Price of Bad Policy," by Thomas A. Firey, The Baltimore Sun, April 21, 2004

"Oil Reserves and Politics," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, April 4, 2004

"Vapors at the Pump," by Stephen Moore, Washington Times, April 2, 2004

"Energy Bill Debate Confirms a Lawyer-Democrat Alliance," by Doug Bandow, Investor's Business Daily, February 3, 2004

"Energy Conservation Zealots 1, Consumers 0," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), January 21, 2004

"Mighty Porking Power Rangers: Scanning the energy bill," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), November 19, 2003

"A Complete Waste of Energy," by Jerry Taylor and Daniel Becker, Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2003

"Gasoline Lines for California?," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, September 7, 2003

"Not Cheap, Not Green," by Jerry Taylor, Washington Times, August 4, 2003

"Let the Market Free Up Transportation in U.S.," by Peter Van Doren, The Hill, May 19, 2003

"ANWR's Private Potential," by Jerry Taylor, Washington Times, April 7, 2003

"Let ’Em Gouge: A Defense of Price Gouging," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), April 1, 2003

"Balance Sheet of Gouging," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Washington Times, March 28, 2003

"Economics of Warfare Revisited," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, March 16, 2003

"Washington's Out of Its Orbit," by Patrick J. Michaels, USA Today, March 11, 2003

"Unsafe Driving Blind Spot," by Jerry Taylor, Washington Times, February 19, 2003

"Stop! Don’t Ditch Your SUV Just Yet," by Jerry Taylor, Washington Times, February 4, 2003

"Privatization and the Oil Industry: A Strategy for Postwar Iraqi Reconstruction," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. and Ariel Cohen, National Interest, January 22, 2003

"Anti-SUV Silliness," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), December 18, 2002

"Is Terrorism the Price of Saudi Oil?," by Doug Bandow, National Review, December 2, 2002

"It's Not About Oil?," by Charles V. Peña, Chicago Tribune, September 20, 2002

"Missed the Energy Crisis? We Hardy Knew Ye," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 4, 2002

"Fueled by Pork," by Edward H. Crane and Carl Pope, Cato.org, July 30, 2002

"Pricing the Fast Lane," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, July 12, 2002

"The Saudi's Con Game," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), May 14, 2002

"An Oil Embargo Won't Work," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2002

"Oh, No! That '70s Show: Against Carterism in energy policy," by Jerry Taylor, National Review, March 25, 2002

"Government Should Steer Clear of the Fuel Economy Issue," by William A. Niskanen and Peter Van Doren, Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2002

"Markets Work Magic," by Jerry Taylor, USA Today, December 24, 2001

"Oil Weapon Myth," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), December 5, 2001

"Don't Worry About Energy Security," by Jerry Taylor, Los Angeles Times, October 12, 2001

"No Matter What, The Oil Will Flow," by Jerry Taylor, Los Angeles Times, October 12, 2001

"Panic at the Pump," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 14, 2001

"Where Did the Energy Crisis Go?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 4, 2001

"Leave Those SUVs Alone," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), August 14, 2001

"Free market trumps policy," by Jerry Taylor, USA Today, July 17, 2001

"Governor Davis In Flames," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 31, 2001

"Just Say "No" to the Energy Plan," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), May 19, 2001

"Nuclear Power Play," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, May 18, 2001

"Energy Alarms," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Washington Times, March 23, 2001

"Market more effective at regulating prices than politicians," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), February 8, 2001

"Wrong Way Out of the Dark?," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Washington Times, October 27, 2003

"Bush's Energy Babble," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), September 30, 2000

"Drain the strategic petroleum reserve," by Jerry Taylor, Cato.org, September 26, 2000

"No Need to Panic over Oil Prices: Don't Believe the Politicians' Rhetoric," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), September 7, 2000

"Left, Right and Wrong on Energy," by Jerry Taylor, Cato.org, August 14, 2000

"Slick Trick," by Jerry Taylor, St. Paul Pioneer Press, July 11, 2000

"Extended Parade of Horribles," by Jerry Taylor, Washington Times, June 24, 2000

"Bad Government Policies Fuel Gas Prices," by Jerry Taylor, Chicago Tribune, June 21, 2000

"The Best Energy Policy Is No Energy Policy," by Jerry Taylor, The Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2000

"Bush's Task: Turn Out Lights On Energy Bill," by Jerry Taylor, The Wall Street Journal, October 22, 1992

"Energy Bill's Nemesis?," by Jerry Taylor, Washington Times, December 24, 1991

"Smaller Cars Can Save Fuel But Cost Lives," by Jerry Taylor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 19, 1991



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