Experts in the News

Katharine Neill, Alfred C. Glassell III Postdoctoral Fellow in Drug Policy, comments on a bill filed in the Texas House that eases restrictions on marijuana possession.

Mark Jones, fellow in political science, comments on former Houston Mayor Bob Lanier's contributions to the city.

Michael Maher, senior program advisor for the Center for Energy Studies, examines the arguments surrounding the ban on U.S. crude oil exports.

Anna Mikulska, senior research analyst at the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies, writes that lifting the U.S. ban on oil exports could offer a healthier long-term view to U.S. oil producers and attract capital into the U.S. upstream sector.

Shale may not be quite the national job-creating juggernaut that boosters claim it will be, writes Mark Agerton, graduate fellow for the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies.