Despite 2024 Setbacks, Drug Policy Is Still on a Long-Term Trend Toward Reform

Despite 2024 Setbacks, Drug Policy Is Still on a Long-Term Trend Toward Reform

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In 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022, voters approved a raft of drug policy reforms. They included legalization of recreational marijuana in 11 states, authorization of medical use in eight, decriminalization of low-level drug possession in Oregon, approval of “psilocybin service centers” in the same state, and decriminalization of five naturally occurring psychedelics in Colorado. The 2024 election results were a 
different story. Legalization of recreational marijuana lost in Florida, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana, but a pending legal challenge may prevent implementation of […]

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Wildfires, Fried Smelt, and the Hoary Hoax of a Burning Planet

Wildfires, Fried Smelt, and the Hoary Hoax of a Burning Planet

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Here they go again, blaming the wildfire catastrophe in Los Angeles on Climate Change when the actual culprits are the very politicians who never stop howling about what is a monumental hoax. In the first place, of course, the current raging California fires, like those which have periodically gone before, are largely a function of misguided government policies. Officials have essentially curtailed the supply of water available to LA firefighters, even as they have drastically increased the supply […]

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Lawsuit Challenges Vermont Climate Program

Lawsuit Challenges Vermont Climate Program

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute sued the state of Vermont in federal court last week over its Climate Superfund Act. The plaintiffs argue that the law violates both the U.S. Constitution and the federal Clean Air Act. If they prevail, other state superfunds, such as New York’s, are likely to face similar challenges. Vermont’s law, which passed through both chambers of the state legislature with overwhelming support, fines domestic energy producers to fund a […]

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New Year, New AI Policy?

New Year, New AI Policy?

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Jennifer Huddleston The general public has become increasingly excited and concerned about advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). Many of us have been encountering and using AI in an array of products for some time without realizing it, such as search engines and chatbots. However, the popularity and advancement of publicly available generative AI products like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Dall‑E have captured the attention of both the public and policymakers. The previous Congress saw both the House and Senate […]

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Percentage of Nonfarm Workers in America Employed in Jobs Classified as “Manufacturing”

Percentage of Nonfarm Workers in America Employed in Jobs Classified as “Manufacturing”

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Tweet For a variety of reasons, I want to post this graph here. It is constructed by me from the St. Louis Fed’s FRED Data from two different FRED files: total number of manufacturing workers in the U.S.  (“MANEMP“) and total number of nonfarm workers in the U.S. (PAYEMS). It shows – from 1939 through 2024 – the percentage of nonfarm workers in America employed in jobs classified as “manufacturing.” This percentage peaked in 1943 (at just shy […]

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