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August 14, 2019
TX Gas Regulator Registers Concern About Flaring
"If this is the start to them hammering down then they certainly wrapped the hammer in an awful lot of velvet,” fellow Gabe Collins said of the Texas Railroad Commission's response to record-high natural gas flaring in Texas.
Read more at Bloomberg. August 13, 2019
Oman's New Embassy in Palestine
Oman is seeking to de-escalate Israeli-Palestinian tensions and move toward a form of normalized relations with Israel — but not at the expense of its support for an independent Palestinian state, wrote fellow Kristian Coates-Ulrichsen of Oman's plans to open an embassy in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Read more at the Middle East Institute. August 9, 2019
Texas Relaxed Gun Laws After Recent Mass Shootings
"When Texas Republicans look at these massacres, they don't blame guns or gun laws. They blame people," fellow Mark Jones said of state lawmakers who expanded gun rights during the last legislative session.
Read more at Associated Press. August 6, 2019
Election Security Running Aground in TX
"If I’m an evil nation-state trying to manipulate a U.S. election, I want to focus on states where a small security hack can have a large impact on the outcome," said Baker Institute faculty scholar Dan Wallach of Texas' vulnerable voting systems.
Read more at Politico. August 1, 2019
What 'Medicare for All' Really Means
"I don't care who's in charge of Congress — they're never going to approve a budget increase that large," said health economist Vivian Ho of expensive Medicare-for-All plans.
Listen to the discussion at Marketplace.