By Andy Blom, TES Contributor While we wait for the chaos of the first Democratic Presidential Debate and watch the increasingly insane socialist, high tax social engineering and environmental doomsday proposals being put forth, free market conservatives are working every day on legislation, policy initiatives and practical approaches. Here’s a roundup of this […]
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MMV & Novartis: Solving market failure while saving children’s lives – the case of malaria
By Dr David Reddy, Chief Executive Officer of the Medicines for Malaria Venture, and Dr Harald Nusser, Head of Novartis Social Business In the 1990s, treating children with malaria in Africa was a grueling experience. The parasite had become resistant to the most common antimalarial treatments, and death rates were climbing – fast. […]
Hold Russian officials responsible for political prisoners
Between Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Crimea and Ukraine, the attempted assassinations of former Russian spies on British soil, and Russia’s control of a large proportion of Europe’s energy supply, Russia provides Western liberals plenty of reasons to be concerned. But they must be careful not to neglect an important group of victims of authoritarian repression: […]
Africa Trade Pact Is Great News for U.S., Too
As the rest of the world is gripped by tariffs and trade wars, Africa has quietly taken a leadership position in free trade with the adoption of a continental free trade agreement – by 52 countries, no less – that promises to boost commerce and productivity across the world’s poorest region. It’s also good news […]
WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Heritage Blasts Debt, CEI vs. Carbon Tax, and more…
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor While the media screams about Mexico, Tariffs, The Mueller Report and Impeachment, free market conservatives are working every day on legislation, policy initiatives and practical approaches. Here’s a roundup of this week’s activity in Washington… Heritage Foundation Attacking the Debt. The Heritage Foundation has focused its […]
Innovating for a cleaner environment
By Jasson Urbach, TES Contributor Humans today, almost everywhere on earth, enjoy lives and livelihoods better than those of their parents and grandparents thanks to fossil fuels. Aside from the car you drive or the bus you may ride to work, look around and see the thousands of everyday items we take […]
RARE EARTHS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING: How the U.S. can break China’s metal grip to foster innovation
By Larry Reaugh, CEO of American Manganese The U.S.-China trade wars took a turn last week into new and worrisome territory, as China unofficially floated the threat of cutting off rare earths exports to the U.S. The elements – unknown to most people but present in nearly every tech gadget […]
McGroarty on “60 Minutes”: Warns of China’s Stranglehold on Rare Earths (Again)
The U.S. had plenty of warning about China’s dominant position in the production of rare earths, elements key to the manufacturing of smartphones, and a wide range of defense technologies – not that anyone paid attention. This week TES GeoPolicy Editor Dan McGroarty was featured for the second time on “60 Minutes,” explaining […]
Bringing science back to environmental protection
Unlike the fever swamp of politics, science has a nice way of looping in things like facts and evidence on occasion, which is great because it makes it easier for people to analyze and understand what is going on, maybe sometimes at least. On that note the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken a big […]
UK needs to be cool on drugs (let the Church lead the way)
The British political scene got a little uptight over drugs this week, with reports that top Tory leadership contender and environment secretary Michael Gove used cocaine on a handful of occasions while working as a journalist in the 1990s. The not terribly surprising story first surfaced in Michael Gove: A Man in a […]