In December, our Homeland Security and Terrorism fellow Joan Neuhaus Schaan wrote about Crime Stoppers’ decision to start a tipline for citizens of Juárez, Mexico. The hope was that the ability to phone in an anonymous tip would help reduce… Continue Reading
When I first met Ken Starr in 2005, I expected a dour — almost puritanical — partisan. After all, he was originally charged with investigating the Clintons’ involvement in the Whitewater land transactions but expanded his investigation into a number… Continue Reading
Tonight, the Baker Institute welcomes Nobel laureate Samuel Ting to discuss the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) project, a high-profile, space-based particle physics experiment. The project’s AMS-02, a state-of-the-art particle physics detector, is being constructed, tested and operated by an international… Continue Reading
Recently all eyes have been watching the fate of Google in China, but, out of sight, the cultural competition between China and America has picked up the pace. So what is the score now? In summer 2009, China’s central government… Continue Reading
Think “Valentine’s Day” and images of chocolates, flowers and, perhaps, a cute little teddy bear come to mind. It turns out, though, that the impetus for the first teddy bear was more gruesome than cuddly. Baker Institute Fellow in History… Continue Reading
What makes Houston a great entrepreneurial city also makes it an ideal operating environment for organized crime and terrorists. From an illegal activity perspective, the nature of the city provides anonymity, ease of entry and exit, readily available resources and… Continue Reading
John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance at the Baker Institute, thinks Washington is broken — particularly when it comes to the way the government spends money and taxes its citizens. In an op-ed… Continue Reading