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August 5, 2025
Well Cited
Last week, a colleague of mine sent me a copy of an email that they had received from ClimateBrief, a UK-based advocacy journalism group. The email asked for examples of how their published research had been “falsely or misleadingly characterised” in the Department of Energy (DOE) Climate Working Group (CWG) report. That email began as follows:…
August 5, 2025
Trump’s AI Plan Is Right to Cut Red Tape. But It Must Also Confront Europe’s Data Grab.
President Trump’s new AI Action Plan gets the big picture right: America’s private sector—not government central planners—should lead AI development. But to achieve that goal, the administration will have to do more than roll back domestic red tape. It must also confront a growing threat from abroad: the European Union’s data strategy, which deliberately hobbles…
August 5, 2025
A Deep Dive Into the Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan
At a recent American Enterprise Institute event, a panel of experts dissected the sweeping AI Action Plan released by the Trump administration just a few days earlier. Together, they unpacked the plan’s ambitious goals, its underlying approach, and potential roadblocks that could hinder implementation. Understanding the plan requires understanding the moment. White House AI advisor…
August 4, 2025
Emissions Scenarios, CWG Fact Check 1
The reactions to the DOE Climate Working Group (CWG) report released last week have been just as interesting as the report itself. The degree of vitriol and freak-out by activist climate scientists and journalists has surprised even me, who has seen it all. For instance, one NASA climate scientist wrote on X of the authors of the report: In…
August 4, 2025
Congress Must Lead on Universal Service Reform
Last week, I was privileged to participate in a panel discussion at the NARUC Summer Policy Summit. Titled “USF in the 21st Century: Where Do We Go From Here?,” the panel was moderated by Nebraska Commissioner Tim Schram and included representatives from the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association, and the Computer…
August 1, 2025
AI Tools for Economists and Policy Analysts
New artificial intelligence tools are rapidly transforming how economists and policy analysts conduct research, dissect data, and communicate findings. Rather than replacing traditional research methods, ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are serving as force multipliers, allowing analysts to explore ideas more thoroughly and overcome common bottlenecks in the research process. The Basics As of writing, I…
July 31, 2025
Spectrum at a Crossroads
President Donald Trump recently signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law which, among other action items, restored the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction spectrum. Although this authority is now back in place, questions are bound to bubble to the surface—how is this vital resource managed, and by whom? With spectrum powering everyday…
July 31, 2025
Data, Security, and Liberty: What’s at Stake in Federal Consolidation?
On July 16, 2025, AEI hosted an expert panel discussing the critical issues surrounding federal data consolidation and the protection of civil liberties in the digital age. The panel featured Courtney Bowman of Palantir Technologies, Alexandra Reeve Givens of the Center for Democracy & Technology, Daniel Werfel, former US Commissioner of the IRS, and Kim…
July 30, 2025
A Red Team Climate Report
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new assessment of climate science written by five scientists who have long-argued that climate science assessments have overlooked key issues. The report — A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate — was released yesterday accompanying the Trump Administration’s announcement that it was…
July 30, 2025
Letting Tech Companies Assert Their Users’ Online First Amendment Rights Is Vital
It’s increasingly clear how important standing is for asserting online First Amendment speech rights. Last year, the US Supreme Court in Murthy v. Missouri dismissed on standing grounds the claims of two states and five individuals alleging that multiple Biden administration officials unlawfully pressured and coerced social media platforms “to suppress protected speech in violation…