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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...
"New Nuclear's Potential" with George P. Shultz and James O. Ellis, Jr.
Former Secretary of State George Shultz and retired Navy Admiral James Ellis in a conversation about small modular nuclear reactors: why people are interested again today and how they might measure up to the rest of the American energy landscape in terms of security, economics, and the environment.
Area 45: James Sweeney On California’s Electricity Woes
Why can’t the world’s fifth-largest economy keep its lights on?
Woolsey Wants to `Destroy' Oil's Monopoly as Motor Fuel
Former Central Intelligence Agency Director James Woolsey talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about his view that U.S. reliance on foreign oil is a national security issue...
Area 45: California: Back In Blackouts Again?
James Sweeney explains the differences between crises present and past, and suggests ways California can better balance population and environmental concerns.
Can Only Republicans Help Republicans On Climate Change?
On a Tuesday conference call, climate policy champion Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) predicted that the toxic politics of global warming will change “because of the public’s growing awareness” of the issue. Many people who want action on climate change share the same hope.
Terry Anderson On The John Batchelor Show (11:03)
Terry Anderson talks about his new book Free Market Environmentalism For The Next Generation.
A Tale Of Four Droughts
California is not suffering one drought, but four. Each is a metaphor of what California has become.
Arezki, Ramey, And Sheng On News Shocks
I attended the NBER EFG (economic fluctuations and growth) meeting a few weeks ago, and saw a very nice paper by Rabah Arezki, Valerie Ramey, and Liugang Sheng, "News Shocks in Open Economies: Evidence from Giant Oil Discoveries" (There were a lot of nice papers, but this one is more bloggable.)
Jerry Brown's California Water Welfare
Water: Amid California's drought, Gov. Jerry Brown has unveiled a $1 billion scheme packed with pork rather than the long-term planning and provisioning the crisis requires.
Governor Brown Says: Tear Out Lawns, Take Short Showers, Or Pay $500 Fine
Brown says NO statewide mandatory reductions for farmers since “they must feed the nation and the world.”
Going with the Market Flow
Even when the drought ends, California and the West will continue to thirst for water. Only a market can direct the flow where it needs to go.
Low-Hanging Fruit
Surgeon–turned–television doctor Mehmet Oz opened his show on March 10 with a “Dr. Oz Investigation” on the newly U.S. Department of Agriculture–approved “Arctic” apple, which doesn’t undergo the unappetizing browning that other apples do when it’s bitten, bumped, or cut.
Many Years Ago, California Governor Jerry Brown Said......
Simple Arithmetic For California's Water Crisis
California agricultural statistics can be found here. In 2013, the top 20 commodities ranged from a high of $7,618 billion for milk and cream to a low of eggs and chicken of $380 million. But water usage does not correlate with the dollar value of output of each of these commodities.
Saved by the Drill
“Drill, baby, drill” was derided as a political punch line—until it worked.
Bay Area and state warm up to solar energy, survey says
Spreading one rooftop at a time, solar panels in California are finally generating serious power...
Putting an end to oil dependency
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.
How the West Was Wired
California’s electrical power capacity is bottled up by an inefficient regional network. Here’s a bright idea: fix that grid.
Iran’s Oil Muscle Weakened By US Energy Dominance
America has emerged as a force in the world energy markets and that means geopolitical risks are not what they used to be for commodities despite tensions with Iran bubbling up again.