Filter By:
Date
Topic
- Economic Policy (22) Apply Economic Policy filter
- Education (1) Apply Education filter
- Foreign Affairs & National Security (20) Apply Foreign Affairs & National Security filter
- Health Care (4) Apply Health Care filter
- History (8) Apply History filter
- Law (3) Apply Law filter
- US Politics (21) Apply US Politics filter
- Values & Social Policy (6) Apply Values & Social Policy filter
Type
Search
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...
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.
Silicon Valley Energy Summit Addresses Energy Efficiency
Attendees at the annual Silicon Valley Energy Summit (SVES) on Thursday, Jun. 21 developed plans that may enhance energy efficiency, both in the United States and worldwide. The event, which occurs annually, addressed contemporary issues with energy that affect both individuals and firms.
The Public Choice Problems With Carbon Taxes
Adrian College political science professor James Hanley, responding to this editorial in the Washington Post, wrote the following on Facebook and gave me permission to use it as a post.
Energy Efficient Lights Conserve 18 Million Kilowatt-Hours Over Four Years
Four years after officials first piloted LED lights in Amsterdam Hall, officials said GW has saved enough energy to power more than 2,000 homes for a year.
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.
Chain Reactions
Before we jettison nuclear energy, let's count the costs: to the economy, to the environment, and to national security.
Reducing Carbon Emissions With Nuclear Power
If we’re going to move to a low-carbon future in a way that makes fiscal and environmental sense, nuclear power needs to play a continuing, critical role.
Benefits of wind power extolled
Wind energy makes economic sense locally, environmental sense nationally and security sense globally, proponents said Wednesday. . . .
California Is Moving In the Wrong Energy Security Direction
In the soon-to-be-released Hoover Institution Press book, Blueprint for America, edited by former Secretary of State George Shultz, retired Admiral James Ellis explores how the United States is primed and ready to develop an energy security strategy.
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.
Redefining Energy Security: Blueprint For America
The United States is close to achieving energy independence for the first time in decades, but it should go further to achieve energy security.
Annus horribilis: Two futuristic looks at the crash of 2009
In 2005's fictional "Countdown to a Meltdown," The Atlantic magazine's James Fallows describes America's coming economic crisis by looking back from the election of 2016 -- when the 46th president of the United States will be the first since before the Civil War to be neither Democrat nor Republican...
As oil spill damages Gulf, will U.S. change energy use?
The Gulf oil spill has triggered a crisis of confidence, shaking Americans' views about BP, the oil industry, technology and President Barack Obama and slowing a planned expansion of domestic offshore oil drilling...
$100 million Precourt energy institute announced
Flanked by a group including Silicon Valley titans and renowned energy scientists, University President John Hennessy appeared in Memorial Auditorium yesterday to announce the launch of Stanford’s $100 million Precourt Institute for Energy...
Stanford launches $100 million initiative to tackle energy issues
Recognizing that energy is at the heart of many of the world's tribulations—economic, environmental and political—Stanford is establishing a $100 million research institute to focus intently on energy issues, President John Hennessy announced today...
Stanford News: Stanford Launches $100 Million Initiative to Tackle Energy Issues
Recognizing that energy is at the heart of many of the world’s tribulations—economic, environmental and political—Stanford is establishing a $100 million research institute to focus intently on energy issues, President John Hennessy announced today...
Reporter's Notes: Let's Weatherize!
Since people seem to nod off a bit when I say I'm working on a story about energy efficiency, I've had to re-tool my pitch...
Now is the time to invest in ending California's oil addiction
Oil price volatility will take a toll on California until we diversify energy supplies and reduce oil demand. The time has come for us to end our addiction to imported oil...
Oil Economics
I had been meaning to write a post about oil prices and the economy. Now this article in the New Yorker by James Surowiecki has beat me to it--and done it well. It's not that long and so I recommend reading it. I'll hit one highlight and then add a couple of my own thoughts.
Energy Efficiency: Our Best Source Of Clean Energy
Increases in energy efficiency are an often-forgotten component of our shift to clean energy and reduced carbon emissions. Higher prices triggered by the 1973 oil embargo caused America to drastically change how it used energy. The ensuing gains in efficiency had more of an impact on America’s energy consumption than all of the growth in solar, wind, geothermal, natural gas and nuclear energy combined.