In the annals of history, the first half of 2025 will be remembered for many things. I’d venture that very few are aware of one of the most momentous achievements…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 22, 2025
Today I am starting up a new feature here at THB — Five Figures. Every month, I will share five (or so) of the most provocative, interesting, or challenging figures to…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 22, 2025
The European Union is trying to engineer a digital revolution. Through its European Strategy for Data, EU officials hope to create a “single market for data,” knitting together governments, businesses,…
By Mark Jamison | July 22, 2025
The European Union is pursuing an ambitious digital policy project: create a unified data economy imbued with European values under European governance. Launched in 2020, the European Strategy for Data aims to…
By Mark Jamison | July 21, 2025
Twenty-five years ago this month, Dan Sarewitz and I published a widely read and discussed article in The Atlantic Monthly titled, Breaking the Global Warming Gridlock (unpaywalled version here). Today I quote extensively from it…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 16, 2025
Event Summary On July 16, AEI’s Shane Tews introduced Palantir Technologies’ Courtney Bowman, the Center for Democracy & Technology’s Alexandra Reeve Givens, the IRS’s Daniel Werfel, and Election Security &…
By Shane Tews | July 16, 2025
There is a cynical trick being played by some climate activists to promote misinformation and undercut the assessments of the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as they lobby for…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 14, 2025
This episode starts with a Very Special introduction in which I explain what’s been going on with the podcast over the last six months (lots of different offerings, which possibly…
By Carole Hooven | July 14, 2025
Late last month, the Supreme Court decided FCC v. Consumers Research. Although an undercard among the Court’s last-day decisions, the case was closely watched in administrative law circles as a…
By Daniel Lyons | July 11, 2025
The outer edge of absurdity in the 1970s Monty Python sketch comedy show may have been “The Larch.” For no evident reason, the sketch retrains viewers on larch trees and…
By Jim Harper | July 11, 2025
What does the rise of generative AI mean for how we educate, train, and prepare for the future of work? And despite AI’s growing capabilities, why have institutions been so…
By Shane Tews | July 10, 2025
Key Points Read the full report here. Download the crosstabs and topline here.
By Roger Pielke Jr. | Ruy Teixeira | July 10, 2025
Right before the 2024 election, my AEI colleague Ruy Teixeira and I engaged YouGov to conduct a survey of how Americans view various topics of energy and climate. Today at AEI, the full…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 10, 2025
Event Summary On July 9, AEI hosted an expert panel examining the Supreme Court’s decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, along with broader issues related to online expression, regulatory authority,…
By Clay Calvert | Daniel Lyons | Shane Tews | July 9, 2025
Event Summary On July 9, Ethics & Public Policy Center Fellow and Technology and Human Flourishing Project Director Clare Morell joined AEI’s Timothy P. Carney to discuss her new book, The…
By Christine Rosen | Timothy P. Carney | July 9, 2025