The rise of fracking has turned the U.S. into an oil exporter and raises the possibility of total energy independence, something unthinkable two decades ago. However the potential for supplying all its own fossil fuel demand will not magically free the U.S. from […]
By Federico N. Fernández, President of Fundación Internacional Bases, Senior Fellow with the Austrian Economics Center and TES Contributor The European Union (EU) and Mercosur signed a historical trade deal last Friday. The adjective historical is sometimes misused. However, in this case it is most pertinent. Indeed, the agreement […]
Psychologists and marijuana researchers Carl L. Hart and Charles Ksir assail writer Alex Berenson in The Guardian for his making alarmist claims about cannabis. In a new book and accompanying op-ed in the NY Times, Berenson claims legalizing cannabis has led to an increase in murders and violent crime in the US. Hart and Ksir […]