For the U.S. European country topic, which current government dietary and nutrition policies should be reformed to enable improved metabolic health and reduced medical costs in the U.S. and across Europe? U.S./Europe Nutrition and...
Economic Thinking enables speech and debate students to better understand interconnected current events and public policies. Economic principles help students see why current and proposed government policies and programs lead to unintended consequences. Since...
Water is key to prosperity across the world, from rain for agriculture to rivers for irrigation, transportation, and recreation. Too much water, like too little, causing floods or leaving land too dry, devastate and...
Low Carb Denver, a health and nutrition conference, February 23-26, featured presentations by medical doctors, nutritionists, and nutritional biochemistry researchers. Most of the speakers were from the United States, and some of Europe, Australia,...
Yesterday I had the opportunity to discuss public policy ideas with two bright and motivated high school debaters. By email we discussed a recent debate on whether public employees ought to have the right...
Charles Dicken’s novel, A Christmas Carol, was set in England in the early 1840s. We hope England and Europe escapes the cold of the winter of 1840-41. Modern industrial societies should be safe from...
A November 12 article in The Hill explains why: Natural gas: A wellspring for the US and global energy future. For students advocating energy policy reforms, natural gas provides reliable, inexpensive, and clean energy...
Links to readings for this Liberty Fund colloquium on Population, Resources, and Liberty: The Continuing Impact of Julian Simon SESSION I : Julian Simon’s Contributions to Perennial Policy Debates• Simon, Julian.”Philosophy and My Work...
The US Federal Government promotes, discourages, taxes, subsidizes and regulates a range of energy policies toward European countries. Current policies raise costs, consume tax dollars, reduce energy reliability, and increase pollution. What’s not to...
