Faculty in U.S. universities overwhelmingly hold views on the political left. That probably won’t be news to most THB readers. Today’s post documents just how extreme today’s left-leaning ideological uniformity…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | December 2, 2024
Of the American holidays, Thanksgiving is by far my favorite. Over my academic career, Thanksgiving provided a much-needed respite in the final weeks of the fall semester before the home…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | December 2, 2024
The leader of the Republican Party and our country’s next president has tapped a pro-choice scion of the country’s most famous Democratic dynasty to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. In keeping…
By M. Anthony Mills | December 2, 2024
In a nation where less than half of adults can name all three branches of government, a quarter cannot name even a single branch, and roughly 26 percent cannot name any First Amendment freedoms, America’s civic…
By Shane Tews | December 2, 2024
This year saw a new battleground in data regulation open with California’s Senate Bill (SB) 1047, which passed the California State Legislature but was ultimately vetoed by Governor Newsom. SB 1047…
By Will Rinehart | November 27, 2024
To better understand issues affecting governance over (and guardrails for) the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, it’s essential to step outside of one’s own research niche and…
By Clay Calvert | November 26, 2024
Roger Federer spent 24 years as a professional tennis player. Roger Clemens played 24 years in the major leagues. And at the end of next month, I’ll leave my position as tenured, full…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | November 25, 2024
Astronomer Carl Sagan observed in his popular 1980 television show Cosmos, “There are many hypotheses in science that are wrong. That’s perfectly all right; it’s the aperture to finding out what’s…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | November 25, 2024
On September 27, AEI hosted an event on federal broadband policies, featuring a conversation between AEI’s Mark Jamison and the Federal Communications Commission’s Brendan Carr and a panel featuring INCOMPAS’s…
By Mark Jamison | November 22, 2024
As Donald Trump prepares to begin his second term, his administration must change the direction of America’s antitrust policy. Over the past four years, antitrust enforcement has become unmoored from its…
By Mark Jamison | November 22, 2024
In an era when civic literacy is at concerning lows, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate’s Senate Immersion Module (SIM) is revolutionizing civic education by transforming…
By Shane Tews | November 21, 2024
As President Trump takes office for the second time, a pressing question will be how to handle the Biden administration’s legacy of targeting large businesses. In 2021, President Biden issued…
By Mark Jamison | November 20, 2024
The US government has acted as major contributor to science research since the mid-20th century, both in terms of broad basic research and targeted projects. As industrial policy has gained…
By James Pethokoukis | M. Anthony Mills | November 19, 2024
He’s a climate denier! That is the standard reaction of many in the climate lobby when encountering views on climate and energy deviating from the monomaniacal view that climate is…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | November 19, 2024
The US Supreme Court declined last month in National Press Photographers Association v. Higgins to hear a First Amendment challenge to a Texas law that restricts journalists’ newsgathering abilities by criminalizing using drones to…
By Clay Calvert | November 19, 2024