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2008

July 23, 2008
Monticello, Minn. Fights TDG Lawsuit - ILSR Release
July 18, 2008
Low prices, but at what cost? - by Stacy Mitchell, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
July 2, 2008
Money is fleeing: Pennsylvania should get a cut of the state's increasingly valuable natural gas resources - by Justin Dahlheimer, published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 5, 2008

Trash is Big Climate Problem, New Report Finds - A zero waste approach revealed as a top climate protection strategy - ILSR Release

June 4, 2008
Monticello Fiber Network Fighting Frivolous Lawsuit - ILSR Release
Balancing Budgets By Raising Depletion Taxes - ILSR Release
May 20, 2008
Muni Broadband Networks: In for the Long Haul - ILSR Release
May 2, 2008
Be suspicious of megamall subsidy - by David Morris, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
May 1, 2008
An energy incentive is drifting in the wind - by John Farrell, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 28, 2008
Distributed Energy First, Wait On New Transmission Lines - by David Morris, published in Renewable Energy World
April 7, 2008
Let Americans Own The Power Plants of the Future - - ILSR Press Release
March 11, 2008
Oil-Free Transportation Looms Large on the Horizon - ILSR Press Release
March 5, 2008
25 Vermont Towns Join East Central Vermont Community Fiber Network - ILSR Press Release
February 15, 2008
New Anti-Ethanol Studies Reach Wrong Conclusion on Greenhouse Gases - ILSR Press Release
February 12, 2008
Giving the Money Back Can Lead to an Effective Carbon Cap - ILSR Press Release
Commentary: Recycling is Not Garbage - by Neil Seldman, published in E Magazine
January 22, 2008
New Report Concludes: To Be Competitive, Cities Must Own High Speed Information Networks - ILSR Press Release
January 17, 2008
New Study Proposes Powerful Strategy To Expand Renewable Energy And Boost Local Economies - ILSR Press Release

2007

December 12, 2007
Seek Out Locally Owned Stores This Holiday Season - by Stacy Mitchell, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
December 5, 2007
Fiber-optic networks - the roads of the digital age - by Christopher Mitchell, published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press
November 2007
Electric Avenue - by David Morris, Travel+Leisure Magazine
A new kind of hybrid uses less gas and more electricity. All-electric cars are already here. What will this mean for the road trip of the future? David Morris plugs in.
October 5, 2007
Global Warming Requires Local Solutions - by John Bailey, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
September 11, 2007
Is Eating Local the Best Choice? - by David Morris, published on AlterNet
August 15, 2007
On renewable energy, go local - by John Farrell, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
August 6, 2007
New Report: Locally Owned Wind and Ethanol - Better, Not Bigger - ILSR Release
July 10, 2007
Emissions cap is key in addressing climate issue - by David Morris and Peter Barnes, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
June 29, 2007
Maine Enacts Landmark Law Requiring Economic Impact Studies of Big-Box Projects - ILSR Release
June 24, 2007
"Green" Wal-Mart an oxymoron? - By Neal Peirce, syndicated columnist
June 18, 2007
Maine Passes Law Requiring Economic Impact Studies of Big-Box Projects
The Maine legislature has given its approval to a bill that ILSR worked on extensively that requires cities and towns to evaluate the economic effects of large-scale retail development and to approve only those projects that will not have an adverse impact on jobs, local businesses, and municipal finances. The legislation is the first of its kind in the nation.
June 13, 2007
Give Ethanol a Chance: The Case for Corn-Based Fuel - by David Morris, published on AlterNet
June 1, 2007
Greed, yes; public good, no - by David Morris, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
May 20, 2007
Informed Growth Act a needed tool for Maine communities - by Stacy Mitchell, published in the Maine Sunday Telegraph
March 28, 2007
The Impossibility of a Green Wal-Mart - by Stacy Mitchell, published in Grist Magazine
March 21, 2007
25 by ’25: Getting the Priorities Right - speech by David Morris, presented at the 3rd National Renewable Energy Summit
March 19, 2007
Giving tax breaks where credits are due - by David Morris, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 12, 2007
Cap and Tax, Don't Cap and Trade - by David Morris, published on AlterNet
February 23, 2007
Vinyl Institute Defends Lead In Children's Lunchboxes - Healthy Building Network News
February 2007
It Takes a City – How better rules and regulations promote local self-reliance -by David Morris published in In Character magazine
January 9, 2007
What Al Gore Hasn't Told You About Global Warming - by David Morris, published on Alternet
January 8, 2007
New Report:  U.S. Cities Fighting Global Warming Face Considerable Challenges - ILSR Press Release
Publicly owned networks are the key to universal access and healthy competition - ILSR Press Release
January 5, 2007
The Next Stage of Capitalism - by David Morris, published on Alternet

2006

December 19, 2006

New Rules Project - 2005-2006 Activities
Learn about our accomplishments in three sectors of targeted focus: telecommunications, specifically publicly owned telecommunications networks; energy, specifically dispersed energy generation and ownership and increasing public accessibility to energy decision making; retail business, specifically expanding, developing and protecting locally owned retail businesses.

Waste to Wealth - 2006 Report on Activities
Our program continued its tradition of solving problems in ways that reinforce economic and environmental security. Our work continues to help community development organizations, small businesses and government agencies increase productive employment, recover increasing amounts of valuable recycled materials and products, save environmental resources, and lower operating costs.

December 7, 2006
Big Box Swindle: The Fight to Reclaim America from Retail Giants - By Stacy Mitchell, published on AlterNet
The Pharos Effect - Pass It On! - Healthy Building Network News
December 4, 2006
Group Calls on Congress to Correct Its Mistake on Cellulosic Ethanol Mandate- ILSR Press Release
November 9, 2006
The Future of Materials Selection: Project Pharos - Healthy Building Network News,
October 27, 2006
GreenSpec Says: "Avoid PVC" - Healthy Building Network News
October 23, 2006
Wal-Mart's Drug Deal - by Stacy Mitchell and Jeff Milchen, published in TomPaine.com, October 23, 2006
October 20, 2006
Recycling Coalition Calls for Moratorium on PLA Bottles - ILSR Press Release
October 11, 2006
Wall Street Journal: PVC Elimination Prominent In Green Hospitals - Healthy Building Network News
October 8, 2006
Turn on the Electric Road - by David Morris, published in the NY Times
October 1, 2006
We Miss You, Paul Wellstone - by David Morris, published on Alternet
September 29, 2006
Green Chemistry at Greenbuild - Healthy Building Network News
September 25, 2006
BigBoxToolKit.com Launched to Help Grassroots Groups Counter Big-Box Stores - ILSR Press Release
September 13, 2006
Our Generation's Urban Renewal? - Healthy Building Network News
September 11, 2006
Farmer Ownership Should Be Federal Focus in Building Cellulosic Ethanol Industry - ILSR Press Release
August 17, 2006
Crops Into Plastics - by Brenda Platt, published in Waste Age
July 27, 2006
Ford Should Build Flexible Fueled, Plug in Hybrids - published on Ford's Bold Moves
July 24, 2006
Glimpse The Future of Green Building: A Webinar On Healthy Hospitals - Healthy Building Network News
July 12, 2006
Reading Between The Lies: Deconstructing One Industry's Attack On LEED - Healthy Building Network News
June 29, 2006
A Solution to the Flag Debate - by David Morris, published on Alternet
The Label Game - Healthy Building Network News
June 21, 2006
The New Ethanol Future Demands a New Public Policy - by David Morris (expanded version of NY Times Opinion Piece)
June 14, 2006
That's LEEDership: California Targets Zero Formaldehyde - Healthy Building Network News
June 8, 2006
Kicking Our Oil Addiction: Minnesota Becomes First State to Endorse an Electric-Alcohol Strategy - ILSR press release
May 31, 2006
As USGBC Tackles Wood Issue, Are Any Forests Out of Bounds For Green Buildings? - Healthy Building Network News
May 18, 2006
Boundaries of democracy deserve deeper analysis - by David Morris, published in St. Paul Pioneer Press
May 17, 2006
Architect of the Environmental Justice Movement - Healthy Building Network News
May 7, 2006
Business Forum: NAFTA helped increase flow of illegal immigrants - by David Morris, published in Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 27, 2006
The Great Debate Over Certified Wood: FSC, SFI, Green Globes and the USGBC - Healthy Building Network News
April 13, 2006
Blame NAFTA - by David Morris, published on Alternet
April 11, 2006
PVC Critic Publishes Groundbreaking Study On Molecular Evolution - Healthy Building Network News
April 2, 2006
Business Forum: 'Givings' could help fund LRT expansion - by David Morris, published in Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 1, 2006
Commentary: Before long, a vehicle that solves problems? - by David Morris, published in Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 2006
The Once and Future Carbohydrate Economy - published in The American Prospect, April 2006
March 24, 2006
Care About Forests? Don't Use The Green Globes Building Rating Tool - Healthy Building Network News
March 9, 2006
The New York Times On How (and why) to Build a Low-PVC, Reduced-Plastic, Polar-Bear-Sensitive House - Healthy Building Network News
February 24, 2006
Scotchgard™ and Stainmaster™: A Precautionary Tale for the Green Building Movement - Healthy Building Network News
February 14, 2006
The Slippery Slope of Self-Censorship - by David Morris, published on Alternet
February 13, 2006
Minnesota's Future Wind Energy Development An Opportunity to Nurture Local Ownership - press release
February 8, 2006
New Report Tells Communities How to Act Now to Reduce Global Warming - press release
February 7, 2006
PVC Softeners Used In Building Products Cited As Health Concern In Autos - Healthy Building Network News
February 2, 2006
Publicly owned citywide wireless network could generate millions in public benefits - press release
January 30, 2006
Reviving the Dems - by David Morris, published on Alternet
January 24, 2006
New Minnesota Building Should Not Increase Greenhouse Gases - by John Bailey, published in St. Paul Pioneer Press
January 23, 2006
Manufactured Housing: Blessing or Curse For Katrina Survivors? - Healthy Building Network News
January 9, 2006
Business Forum: Fiber optics and the city's can't-do spirit - by Becca Vargo Daggett, published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
January 5, 2006
Transitions In The Green Building World: Rick Maas & Nigel Howard - Healthy Building Network News

2005

December 21, 2005
2005 In Review: The Year PVC Phase-Out Went Mainstream - Healthy Building Network News
December 19, 2005
Rights and Liberties: The Pro-Life Continuum - by David Morris, published on Alternet
December 15, 2005
A Special Message From Bill Walsh - Healthy Building Network News
December 5, 2005
Ford can find its way by looking to future - by David Morris, published in Minneapolis Star Tribune
What To Do About Wal-Mart - by Stacy Mitchell, published on TomPaine.com
November 18, 2005
New Rules Project Responds to Minneapolis v. Time Warner Cable Court Decision - press release
November 17, 2005
Thomas Paine and Intelligent Design - By David Morris, published on AlterNet
GREENBUILD 2005: Perspectives from Tabletop 12 - Healthy Building Network News, November 17, 2005
November 15, 2005
Ownership Matters With Wireless Systems - by Becca Vargo Daggett, published in St. Paul Pioneer Press
November 10, 2005
HBN Announces 2005 Leadership Awards Winners at Greenbuild 2005 - Healthy Building Network
November 3, 2005
GREENBUILD 2005: Let The Good Times Roll - Healthy Building Network News
Roche Must Share Its Avian Flu Cure - By David Morris, published on AlterNet
October 21, 2005
Why this Texas town might not want to breathe easy - Healthy Building Network News
October 10, 2005
Andres Duany On Rebuilding After Hurricane Katrina: Part I - The Gulf Coast - Healthy Building Network News
October 3, 2005
George Vs. Jimmy on Energy - By David Morris, published on AlterNet
September 21, 2005
Rick Fedrizzi, USGBC President, CEO & Founding Chairman Discusses Trade Associations and the USGBC - Healthy Building Network News
September 18, 2005
Hybrids and biofuels would be a good fit for Minnesota - By David Morris
September 13, 2005
Katrina: In Black and White and Green - Healthy Building Network News
August 28, 2005
Airline deregulation wasn't cure-all - By David Morris
August 23, 2005
Our August 2005 report, The Carbohydrate Economy, Biofuels and the Net Energy Debate addresses the never-ending question "Doesn’t it take more energy to make ethanol than is contained in the ethanol?" In 1980, the short and empirical answer to this question was yes. In 1990, the answer was, probably not. In 2005 the answer is clearly no. Download the Report [pdf]
August 9, 2005
Green Building Movement Shows Its True Colors: Highlights From The AIA Sustainability Summit - Healthy Building Network News
August 4, 2005
Just the Votes, Ma'am - By David Morris, published on AlterNet
August 1, 2005
Publicly owned broadband would serve city best - By David Morris and Becca Vargo Daggett
July 21, 2005
Response to Wal-Mart's New "Green" Store in McKinney, Texas - New Rules Project press release
July 19, 2005
Conflicts of Interest at the American Institute of Architects: Trade Associations Set The Greenwash Agenda - Healthy Building Network News
July 13, 2005
Don't Blame Dems for Dreadful Energy Bill - By David Morris, published on AlterNet
July 7, 2005
The Politics of Land Grabbing - By David Morris, published on AlterNet
July 1, 2005
Economic Independence Day - by David Morris, published on AlterNet
June 29, 2005
HBN's Guide to Plastic Lumber is the first study to rate plastic lumber strictly on environmental and public health priorities.
The Time Is Now To Mold A Sustainable Plastic Lumber Industry - Healthy Building Network News
June 28, 2005
Celebrating Our Independents! - support locally-owned businesses in the coming week
June 27, 2005
Don’t Get Burned on Biomass Mandates - by David Morris, published in Renewable Energy Access
June 22, 2005
Consumer-Friendly Broadband Service Within Reach of Most Minnesotans; Municipalities Can Play Vital Role in Making Telecom Markets Competitive - ILSR Release
June 21, 2005
The Blasphemy of Flag Worship - by David Morris, published on AlterNet
June 17, 2005
Bad News For Babies: Research Links PVC Plasticizer To Genital Deformities - Healthy Building Network News
June 15, 2005

10 Years Later Minnesota's Biomass Energy Mandate Fails To Deliver - ILSR Release

The Sainted Clause - by David Morris, published on AlterNet
June 2, 2005
More Lies From The Vinyl Institute: Foiled Again By The Makers of BLUE VINYL - Healthy Building Network News
May 16, 2005
Small Twin Cities Businesses Unite in "Buy Local" Movement - Minnesota Public Radio [audio] - Stacy Mitchell is featured in this audio segment.
May 1, 2005
Watching minutes, ignoring hours - by David Morris
May 2005

New Rules Project Awarded the 2005 National Main Street Civic Leadership Award!

Read our press release...

May 2005
Democratic Energy e-Bulletin - May 2005

The Hometown Advantage e-Bulletin - May 2005

Preemption Watch - May 2005
Tracking preemption of state and local initiatives.

April 21 2005
Acres for Wal-Mart - By Stacy Mitchell

February 2005

Bill Walsh, HBN's National Coordinator, is Grist Magzine's InterActivist for the week of February 21st - Read Bill's Grist Interview

February 2005

Democratic Energy - February 2005
A free e-bulletin reporting on the rapidly growing movement to democratize the energy system. We also offer actual rules that encourage technologies and ownership forms and systems that decentralize power and energy production and energy policy decisionmaking.

February 2, 2005

Instructive Lessons on Ethanol - David Morris

February 2005

The Hometown Advantage - February 2005
A free e-bulletin to learn about land use policies and other tools that can protect the character and vitality of your home town.
Click and get the bulletin directly by e-mail

January 10, 2005

Malpractice suits aren't what needs fixing here - David Morris

January 10, 2005

Where Is The US Green Building Council LEEDing Us? Trade Associations Draw The Map - HealthyBuilding.net News

2004

November 28, 2004

Ethanol production makes sense, when you consider the facts - David Morris

November 28, 2004

Who gets fruits of public R&D? - David Morris

October 13, 2004

Citizenship Group Urges Media To Show Votes by Political Party - AmericanVoice2004.org Release

September 1, 2004

Here Come the Low-Mileage Hybrids - David Morris

July 25, 2004

Business Forum: Teaching People to Think - Badly - David Morris

July 2, 2004

Celebrating Independents: America's Independent Businesses Have Reasons for Optimism - Stacy Mitchell

June 30, 2004

Devil in the Details - David Morris

May 4, 2004

Reaping What We Have Sown - David Morris

April 21, 2004

International Alliance Releases ILSR Report on Economic Pitfalls of Waste Incineration - Waste to Wealth Program

April 12, 2004

O Canada; Oy Vey United States - David Morris

April 6, 2004

The American Voice 2004: A Pocket Guide to Issues and Allegations - New nonpartisan web site offers voters one-stop policy center

March 17, 2004

Home Shopping Networks - Stacy Mitchell

March 4, 2004

Time To Think Big - David Morris

March 3, 2004

Folly of running government as a business - David Morris

Febuary 2004

The Hybrid Highway - David Morris

Febuary 17, 2004

Gimme Shelter - David Morris

Febuary 15, 2004

Cruising the Ethanol Highway - David Morris

Febuary 13, 2004

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen vs. Hybrids and Biofuels: Should we build a hydrogen or a carbohydrate economy? - David Morris

Febuary 3, 2004

Faulty Intelligence My Eye - David Morris

Febuary 2004

Protecting Locally Owned Retail: Planning Tools for Curbing Chains and Nurturing Homegrown Businesses - Stacy Mitchell [© National Main Street Center, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2003. All rights reserved.]

January 25, 2004

States Rights vs. Federal Tyranny - David Morris

January 13, 2004

Wal-Mart's False Plays at Ignorance - Stacy Mitchell

January 11, 2004

Massive retail expansion could harm Maine's economy - Stacy Mitchell

January 10, 2004

Where We Shop and Why It Matters - Smart City Radio featuring Stacy Mitchell and Steve Bercu

January 9, 2004

Try hybrids, biofuels to wean us from oil - David Morris

2003

December 18, 2003

Solar Comes to (Part Of) The Earth - David Morris

December 8, 2003

A Tale of Two Countries - David Morris

December 1, 2003

Does Wal-Mart Really Need Our Tax Dollars? - Stacy Mitchell

November 9, 2003

Energy Doldrums - David Morris

October 2003

October 20, 2003

The Totalitarian Pope - David Morris

September 21, 2003

Corporations Don't Have the Same Rights as People - David Morris

Summer 2003

The Public Good - by David Morris

September 2003

The Ethanol Glass Is Still Only Half Full - David Morris

September 8, 2003

Mad in the USA - Stacy Mitchell

September 5, 2003

A Tale of Two Septembers - David Morris

September 2, 2003

Blackout Proves Nation's Infrastructure is Still Vulnerable Since 9/11 - David Morris

July/August 2003

Independent Businesses Unite! - Stacy Mitchell

August 25, 2003

Bring Power to the People - David Morris

August 15, 2003

Blackout: Energy History Repeats Itself - David Morris

August 8, 2003

There's Something To The State Of Denmark - David Morris

August 5, 2003

We Don't Need a National Energy Bill - David Morris

June 27, 2003

Saving Banff - Stacy Mitchell

May 2003

Rebuilding Community-Rooted Enterprise - Stacy Mitchell

April 24, 2003

More Public, Less Private - David Morris

February 24, 2003

Second Thoughts on a Hydrogen Economy - David Morris

February 12, 2003

It Won't Cost Much to Reduce a Major Source of Nuclear Waste - John Bailey

January 31, 2003

Towns Choose Quality of Life Over Chain Stores - Stacy Mitchell

January 1, 2003

Time Warner Could Strangle the Internet - Stacy Mitchell

2002

December 2002

Why Has the Hemp Revolution Bypassed the United States? - David Morris

December 16, 2002

Business Forum: Free Trade is Not Free - David Morris

December 5, 2002

Kissinger and Bin Laden Offer a Dangerous Symmetry - David Morris

November 17, 2002

Local Retailers Can't Grow in the Shadows of Supercenters - Stacy Mitchell

October 13, 2002

Business Forum: When it comes to good energy planning, Xcel is in the way - David Morris

October 2, 2002

Bush Is Not Going to War With Iraq -David Morris

September 29, 2002

For Farmers, a Rare Exercise in Economic Democracy - David Morris

August 20, 2002

Chain Reaction - Stacy Mitchell interviewed on Working Assets Radio

August 19, 2002

Letter to the Editor of the New York Times about "Putting Garbage to Good Use" article

June 10, 2002

Let 'Em Drown in the Dark - David Morris

May 1, 2002

April 28, 2002

Business Forum: Regenerating History - David Morris

April 25, 2002

The Ethanol Enigma - David Morris

February 11, 2002

Rebuliding Communities Through Deconstruction -Conference

February 7, 2002

Fashioning Minnesota Energy Policy: The Legislature's Role - David Morris Testimony before the Minnesota Senate Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities Committee on The Minnesota Economic, Environmental and Energy Security Act of 2002 (S.F. 2672)

January 11, 2002

Recycling Sector Has 30-Year Record of Impressive Growth- ILSR Media Advisory

2001

December 9, 2001

Through Enron, Lay Left His Mark, All Right - by David Morris, Minneapolis Star Tribune

November 9, 2001

Anacostia River Photography Exhibition Extended - ILSR Media Advisory

November 8, 2001

Poisonwood Rivals Released - HealthyBuilding.net Media Advisory

November 7, 2001

Homeownership Workshop Is A Success - NCHDO Members Housing Opportunity Workshop in Ward 5 - ILSR Media Advisory

November 5, 2001

National Deconstruction Training Program Announced - ILSR Media Advisory

October 30, 2001

Our Decentralized Energy Future: On-Site Power Generation Arrives - by David Morris for TomPaine.com

September 4, 2001

Rogue Federal Agencies Gut State Banking Laws - ILSR Media Advisory

Autumn

Homegrown Economics: How Boulder Businesses are Staying Ahead of the Chains - by Stacy Mitchell

August 27, 2001

Power Surge: How We're Adding Energy From Below - column by David Morris

August 27, 2001

Back the Dairy Compact - column by Stacy Mitchell

August 2, 2001

Looking Locally: A Bottom-Up Energy Solution - column by David Morris

July 8, 2001

Belfast votes in self-defense - column by Stacy Mitchell

June 24, 2001

Bush rebuff should motivate state - column by David Morris

June 13, 2001

Bush's Rejection of Oxygenate Waiver Should Encourage California to Become a Major Transportation Fuel Producer - ILSR Media Advisory

June 5, 2001

Midway Home Depot dismantles concept of quality of Life - by Stacy Mitchell

Solutions to Electricity Crisis - by David Morris and Daniel Kraker

May 17, 2001

Analysis: David Morris on Bush Administration's Energy Policy - Twin Cities Public Television's NewsNight MN (real video)

May 16, 2001

A Bottom Up Energy Policy - by David Morris

May 8, 2001

Bush Energy Policy: A Flashback to 1974 - ILSR Media Advisory

May 2, 2001

Interview of David Morris on KPFK Radio in Los Angeles - Real Audio recorded from KPFK Radio

April 27, 2001

Senate, FERC Decisions Contradict Efforts to Build Local Electricity Systems -ILSR Media Advisory

April 2001

Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel for this Energy Crisis? - GreenWave Radio Interview of David Morris (real audio)

March 19, 2001

When it Comes to Power, Smaller is Better - by David Morris and Daniel Kraker

February 18, 2001

Democratizing the Electric System - by David Morris

January 21, 2001

Commentary: Conservative Rage vs. Liberal Guilt - by David Morris

January 8, 2001

Commentary: When a Giant Retailer Moves On, It Leaves Its 'Big Box' Behind - by Stacy Mitchell

2000

Fall 2000

In a Carbohydrate Economy, Ownership Matters - by David Morris

September 2000

The Other Gasoline Crisis: Speeding Up the Shift From MTBE to Ethanol - David Morris and Jack Brondum

September 28, 2000

The Other Gasoline Crisis: Speeding Up the Shift From MTBE to Ethanol - ILSR Media Advisory

September 8, 2000

Better Schools Come on Smaller Campuses - by Stacy Mitchell, San Francisco Chronicle

March 26, 2000

Use Construction Bonds to Fight Global Warming - by David Morris

March 17, 2000

Bucking the Chain Store Trend - by Stacy Mitchell

February 16, 2000

Why Minnesotans Should Not Subsidize the Burning of Poultry Manure - testimony by David Morris

January 30, 2000

One Government, With Free Trade For All - by David Morris

January 2000

Whose Rules? - by David Morris

1999

November 14, 1999

Really Light Rail - by David Morris

May 20, 1999

The CIA's Record of Incompetence Argues for Abolition - by David Morris

May 6, 1999

Bananas, Justice and Free Trade - by David Morris

April 20, 1999

By What Compass is Jesse Guided? - by David Morris

April 6, 1999

Consumers Say No to Genetic Engineering - by David Morris

March 23, 1999

Wasting Away - by David Morris

March 9, 1999

Abolish the Pentagon - by David Morris

March 2, 1999

Bill of Rights vs. Concentrated Power - by David Morris

February 9, 1999

Populism Circa 1999 - by David Morris

January 26, 1999

State of Union Address that Could've Been - by David Morris

January 12, 1999

State Should Seize Chance to Exploit an Asset - its Wind - by David Morris

1998

October 6, 1998

The Curse of Bigness - by David Morris

September 22, 1998

Capital Punishment for Corporations? - by David Morris

August 11, 1998

Will Free Software Be the Foundation of the Information Economy? - by David Morris

July 16, 1998

Does Community Matter? - by David Morris

June 30, 1998

Private Entrepreneurship for the Public Good - by David Morris

June 16, 1998

Canada and the U.S.: A World Apart on Hemp - by David Morris

June 2, 1998

The Marketplace Wins: Choice Loses - by David Morris

May 21, 1998

Stifling the Rights of Communities - by David Morris

May 7, 1998

A Single European Currency: High Risk, Low Returns - by David Morris

April 21, 1998

Size Matters - by David Morris

April 7, 1998

The Colonies of the Spanish American War - by David Morris

March 10, 1998

Electric Deregulation, California Style - by David Morris

February 24, 1998

Don't Let the IMF Reload - by David Morris

February 10, 1998

Can Communities Survive Electronic Commerce? - by David Morris

January 27, 1998

Economic Giantism Threatens Democracy - by David Morris

January 13, 1998

Privatizing Prisons is Dangerous to Our Health - by David Morris

January 1, 1998

Capital as Citizen - by David Morris, appeared in Minnesota Law and Politics

1997

December 16, 1997

The Bonding Bill Should Reflect Our Environmental Commitments - by David Morris

November 18, 1997

Here Comes the Sun - by David Morris

November 13, 1997

Too Bitter a Pill To Swallow by Pam Neary

November 4, 1997

Community Ownership Only Play Left in Playbook - by David Morris

October 21, 1997

When Money Usurps Economy, Something Is Seriously Wrong - by David Morris

October 7, 1997

Via Free Trade, Megabusiness Overthrowing Citizenry - by David Morris

September 25, 1997

Attack Ads - by David Morris

September 9, 1997

The Ethyl Corporation: Back to the Future - by David Morris

August 22, 1997

Can Hemp Break Through America's Drug Insanity? - by David Morris

July 15, 1997

The Human Species Faces Climate Change - by David Morris

July 5, 1997

The Republican Budget Plan: He Who Has, Gets - by David Morris

June 20, 1997

Putting the Public Back into Public Policy co-authored by Pamela Neary and David Morris

June17, 1997

Can a Representative of the Oil Patch Destroy America's HomeGrown Fuel Industry? - by David Morris

June 3, 1997

Do Sports Owners Have No Shame? - by David Morris

May 20, 1997

The Demise of Democracy? - by David Morris

May 6, 1997

Diminishing Citizenship - by David Morris

April 22, 1997

Ethanol and Gasoline - by David Morris

March 25, 1997

Local vs. Absentee Ownership - by David Morris

March 13, 1997

The Budget Surpluses Challenge Us To Manage Our Own Affairs - by David Morris

February 25, 1997

The Telecommunications Act Worsened the Situation - by David Morris

February 15, 1997

The Airline Companies Savage Our Sense of Community- by David Morris

January 29, 1997

Hemp Comes of Age - by David Morris

1996

December 31, 1996

Buy the Twins, Then Build a Stadium - by David Morris

December 17, 1996

Getting the Prices Right - by David Morris

November 19, 1996

Reclaiming Democracy Means Getting Money Out of Politics - by David Morris

November 5, 1996

Let's Go For Full Employment - by David Morris

October 22, 1996

Who Controls the Air Waves? - by David Morris

August 27, 1996

Utility Merger Frenzy Isn't Healthy - by David Morris

July 30, 1996

Recycling and the New York Times - by David Morris

May 7, 1996

Politicians' Response to Gas Price Rise is Pitiful - by David Morris

April 23, 1996

The Rise of Direct Democracy - by David Morris

April 9, 1996

What's In a Name? - by David Morris

March 11, 1996

NAFTA A Clear Failure of Public Policy - by David Morris

February 13, 1996

He Who Has The Gold Rules - by David Morris

January 30, 1996

The Dark Side of Privatization - by David Morris

January 16, 1996

Why has the Balanced Budget Become the Holy Grail? - by David Morris

1995

December 19, 1995

Global Warming is Real. What Will We Do About It? - by David Morris

November 21, 1995

Would Republicans Destroy Even Good Government Programs? - by David Morris

November 8, 1995

From Roosevelt to Gingrich A Revolution in Compassion - by David Morris

October 24, 1995

Congress, the Elderly, and the Future of Health Care - by David Morris

October 11, 1995

Republicans Support Fossil Fuels, Not Renewable Energy - by David Morris

September 26, 1995

Balance the Budget by Cuttiing Military Waste - by David Morris

September 12, 1995

Tax Pollution, not Jobs - by David Morris

August 29, 1995

The Republican War Against Workers - by David Morris

August 15, 1995

Wireless Communications Could Bring Information Power to the People - by David Morris

August 1, 1995

Making Workers Owners - by David Morris

July 4, 1995

The Future of Our Information Economy - by David Morris

June 6, 1995

States Rights and Wrongs - by David Morris

May 9, 1995

Here Comes Hemp - by David Morris

April 25, 1995

When Corporations Rule the World - by David Morris

March 28, 1995

The People vs. Corporate Farming - by David Morris

February 3, 1995

Superstores and Democracy - by David Morris

January 4, 1995

My State of the Union Fantasy - by David Morris

Editor's Notes Columns by David Morris

David Morris was the editor of our former periodicals - The New Rules and The Carbohydrate Economy.

The New Rules

The Carbohydrate Economy

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