Experts in the News

Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, the honorary chair of the Baker Institute, was the keynote speaker at President Ronald Regan's 107th birthday celebration at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Feb. 6.

Fellow Gabriel Collins comments on alleged flights of civilian and military aircraft over Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which he said "left space for a miscalculation," given a backdrop of tension due to diplomatic and trade sanctions. Reuters: http://reut.rs/2nBVwSX.

In testimony Thursday to the Senate Committee on Energy Natural Resources, Kenneth Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies, said "the U.S. has a very dense, redundant and relatively reliable energy architecture ... Of course, aging infrastructure requires maintenance and modernization to capture the latest technological innovations, and doing so will go a long way to ensuring a 21st century competitive advantage for U.S. interests."

Fellow Mark P. Jones comments on recent fundraising efforts by Andrew White — son of former Texas governor Mark White — who is running in the Democratic primary for governor of Texas.

Health economics fellow Vivian Ho is featured in a Dallas Morning News "Economic Snapshot" of Texas' freestanding emergency rooms. Her recent study showed that the state's freestanding E.R.s preferentially locate in high-income areas.