January 2009

Airport Kabuki: Bruce Schneier on “Security Theater”

Lynne Kiesling Bruce Schneier is one of the most thoughtful, knowledgeable security experts in the world, and he’s been constructively critical of the TSA’s airport policies and procedures for quite some time (so have I, but I have nothing like his expertise or his street cred). You may have seen Jeffrey Goldberg’s November 2008 Atlantic …

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Uscap’s Blueprint for Climate Policy

Lynne Kiesling The U.S. Climate Action Partnership group issued its blueprint for climate policy earlier this week, to lots of comments. This excellent Environmental Capital post summarizes the discussion that’s taken place this week. I wonder if that fact that it has upset almost all commentators means that it’s a pretty reasonable compromise; I will …

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Even in Texas Competition Between Electric Wires Companies is Prohibited, Except in Lubbock

Michael Giberson Power to The Woodlands, Texas, a little north of Houston, is delivered by two different companies. Depending on which neighborhood you live in, either your power comes via CenterPoint Energy or it comes via Entergy Texas.  After power outages caused by Hurricane Ike, it took up to a week longer for power to …

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Eric Morris: Why You’ll Love Paying for Roads That You Don’t Pay for Now

Lynne Kiesling Eric Morris, guest-blogging at Freakonomics, has two guest posts (one) and (two) on road congestion pricing. Congestion pricing is a much-discussed topic here at KP, and the two Morris posts are excellent discussions of the benefits of congestion pricing. In his first post he explains how variable tolling can generate the optimal level …

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