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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...
James Sweeney: The Impact And Influence Of California’s Ambitious Global Warming Legislation
Area 45: James Sweeney On California’s Electricity Woes
Why can’t the world’s fifth-largest economy keep its lights on?
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.
Hamilton on Debt, Default, and Oil
James Hamilton of the University of California, San Diego, and blogger at EconBrowser talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the rising levels of the national debt and the growing Federal budget deficit. . . .
Focus Legislative Energy On A National Carbon Policy, Not Keystone XL
Climate change warriors of all stripes were focused on the White House on Tuesday, where President Obama vetoed a bill that would have authorized construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Jerry Brown's Three-Point Energy Plan Appeases Only Democrats
Jerry Brown is California’s longest-serving governor, not to mention one of its more arcane chief executives in recent times. Brown doesn’t do many in-depth interviews; he cares little for insights into his political psyche.
Hoover Analyst: CA Already Met 50% Renewable Goal
Eureka! California already surpassed Gov. Jerry Brown’s 50 percent goal for renewable energy power by 2030. It did so, in fact, in 2011.
The Public Choice Behind Carbon Taxes
Jerry Taylor of the Niskanen Center, who co-authored an excellent piece, "Energy," in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, has a post titled "Oil and Gas Industry Opinions about Climate Change."
Henry Miller On The John Batchelor Show (19:15)
Hoover fellow Henry Miller discusses USDA regulations of biotechnology and how the regulations have prevented agricultural progress.
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.
Chain Reactions
Before we jettison nuclear energy, let's count the costs: to the economy, to the environment, and to national security.
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.
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...
Obama Orders Fuel Efficiency
On Monday morning, President Barack Obama signed executive orders that could speed the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles by improving fuel economy and setting stricter emissions standards...
The California Electricity Problem
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GoodFellows: One Nation Under A Groove
In the final episode of the series for 2020, Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster, and John Cochrane reflect on lessons learned from the pandemic, Donald Trump’s future, the ruinous state of the Golden State, how society will differ in 2021, plus what gets them through their daily routines—a mixtape of UK punk, Philly-brand funk, and the soothing sounds of “Sweet Baby James” Taylor.
How Green Is My Folly
European lawmakers want to protect their favorite regulations—effective or not, now and forever. By James Huffman.
Terminated
How Governor Schwarzenegger of California lost a rich opportunity. By Bill Whalen.