In this WSJ video, Peter Thiel, founder of Clarium Capital and The Thiel Foundation, explains why young Americans need to be encouraged to take on more risk to spur innovation and why the cost of a U.S. education is hindering … read more >

From an article in yesterday’s Washington Post by energy writer Steven Mufson “Before Solyndra, A Long History of Failed Government Energy Projects“: “Solyndra, the solar-panel maker that received more than half a billion dollars in federal loans from the Obama … read more >

AreaDevelopment.com — “Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and horizontal wells now make it possible to economically produce natural gas from low permeability shale rock, greatly increasing natural gas supplies while reducing prices. These shale rock formations are found primarily in Louisiana, New … read more >