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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Economics 101: Demand is the demon behind high gas prices
The nation's journey to $3 per gallon gas has been more like a drag race than a meandering road trip…
Calif. Ballot Battle Over Big Oil May Be Costliest in U.S. History
Call it the battle of Big Oil vs. Silicon Valley with a whole lot of Hollywood funding thrown in…
Putting an end to oil dependency
Supreme Court deals major blow to environmentalists
Environmentalist Wisdom: Shoot One Owl to Save The Other
Global warming lawsuit twists concept of public trust
The Problem with a National Energy Policy
At least since the 1973 oil embargo there have been calls for a national energy policy. Most proponents of such a policy envision guidelines for the future mix of energy sources, targets for energy conservation, standards for balancing energy production against competing social needs and recognition of foreign policy considerations.
National View: Keystone: Testimony To Regulatory Sclerosis
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have both passed bills to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project. Assuming the two houses reach agreement, a reconciled bill will soon go to President Obama. He says he will veto the legislation because he does not want to short-circuit the established process for such approvals.
Fee & Dividend: A Climate Solution All Sides Can Agree On
What do George Shultz of the Hoover Institution, climate scientist James Hansen, former Republican Congressman Bob Inglis and evangelical climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe have in common?
Big Government As The New Terminator
Social observers from Aristotle and Juvenal to James Madison and George Orwell have all warned of the dangers of out-of-control government. Lately, we have seen plenty of proof that they were frighteningly correct.
No Shortage Of Talent At Space Foundations' Space Technology And Investment Forum
Investing in space to build our future is the subject at hand ... Satnews' Publisher, Silvano Payne attended today's Space Technology and Investment Forum.
Job-Saving Technologies
This is an age of anxiety about the job-killing effects of automation, with dire headlines warning that the rise of robots will render entire occupational categories obsolete. But this fatalism assumes that we are powerless to harness what we create to improve our lives – and, indeed, our jobs.
Finish Construction On Dakota Access Now
Right now the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is poised to hear an appeal from a September 9, 2016 decision by U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg that refused, at the request of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST), to enjoin the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in an area near and around Lake Oahe in North Dakota.
When 'Bioethics' Harms Those It Is Meant To Protect
An ex-con named James P. Morrow once sued Ohio Governor George Voinovich and 300 other officials because they allegedly tried to “beam” down security people to confront Morrow every time he entered a courthouse.
Cheap, Clean And Easily Accessible? An Energy Resource Any U.S. President Could Love
Energy efficiency, though not the most exciting topic in these political times, has been and will continue to be fundamental to three things President-elect Donald Trump has promised to improve – economic growth, trade deficits, and national security – and one thing about which he promised to keep an open mind – climate change.
Carbon Compromise?
In a remarkable and clear oped "A Conservative Answer to Climate Change" James Baker and George Shultz lay out the case for a carbon tax in place of the complex, cronyist and ineffective regulatory approach to controlling carbon emissions.
Robert Reich: A Carbon Tax Would Give Each Family $2,000 A Year
A group of former Republican administration officials (including James A. Baker, Henry Paulson, George P. Shultz, Marty Feldstein and Greg Mankiw) is proposing a carbon tax that would start at $40 per ton and gradually increase.
Heed Republican Elders’ Carbon-Tax Wisdom
The Climate Leadership Council, including former Secretaries of State James Baker and George P. Shultz, former Treasury head Henry Paulson and leading conservative economists, calls for taxing corporate polluters and sending the proceeds to Americans in the forms of dividends.
Integrate Western Power Grid To Reduce Emissions, Energy Costs
California has built up an excess of electricity-generation capacity in the years following the crisis of 2000-01, the Los Angeles Times recently reported. Some have sought to justify this as insurance against more shortages and blackouts.
Silicon Valley Energy Summit
The Silicon Valley Energy Summit provides workable ideas by exploring best practices with insights about upcoming energy technologies, markets and policies.