Scott Blakeman is a research assistant in Domestic Policy Studies at the Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity at The Heritage Foundation.
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Which do Hollywood liberals hate more: hydraulic fracturing – “fracking” – or oil from the Middle East? According to the latest undercover sting by filmmaker… Read More
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A genre of film is emerging in the movie industry: climate fiction, or, “cli-fi” for short. It plays on fears and anxieties (and myths, quite… Read More
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is planning to award $25 million in government grants (i.e. your money) to help schools. This money will… Read More
The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that barriers such as excessive state occupational licensing are thwarting opportunity for low-income workers. Occupational… Read More
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have tremendous potential to help the hungry and malnourished. In 1999, two scientists created “golden rice,” rice genetically infused with beta-carotene… Read More
Senate Democrats gave a series of speeches all last night to help prevent climate change, despite that there is no evidence yet that the planet… Read More
Patrick Moore, ecologist and former prominent Greenpeace member who helped found the organization, had some strong words regarding anthropogenic climate change in a recent testimony… Read More
Ashton Kutcher, an entrepreneur and popular actor, denounced heavy-handed regulation in a recent interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Kutcher is a managing partner of the… Read More
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to be America’s nutritionist and control what we eat. Last November, the agency published a proposal to ban… Read More
As of last week, President Obama’s number one economic priority is a new farm bill. He recently stated: Number one, Congress needs to pass a… Read More
