Jay Lehr

Jay Lehr, Ph.D. is senior fellow and science director of The Heartland Institute, an independent... (read full bio)

Freedom Leads to Hope

Jay Lehr

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February 08, 2012

Review of The Audacity of Freedom, by Dennis Hedke (Tate Publishing, 2011), 268 pages, ISBN- 978-1613464083
Nuclear Fears Trumping Reality in Wake of Fukushima

Jay Lehr

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January 30, 2012

New lessons are beginning to emerge from the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant shutdown.
Entertaining Lessons in Finance from This Tour of Battered Economies

Jay Lehr

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January 20, 2012

Review of Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company, 2011, $25.95), ISBN 978-0-393-08181-7
Explaining the Myths and Dangers of Anti-Humanism

Jay Lehr

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January 06, 2012

Review of Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism, by Robert Zubrin (Encounter Books, 2012), 312 pages, ISBN- 978-15
With Time and Reflection, Fukushima Lessons Taking Shape

Jay Lehr

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January 05, 2012

2011 was a historically important year for the application of nuclear power on our planet.
The Higher Education Power Shift to Administrators

Jay Lehr

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January 03, 2012

Review of The Fall of the Faculty, by Benjamin Ginsberg (Oxford University Press, 2011), 264 pages, $29.95, ISBN: 019978244X.
America’s Energy Future is Bright, If Government Doesn’t Shut It Down

Jay Lehr

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November 22, 2011

With the exception of our declining public education system, the single greatest obstacle to our nation’s future economic growth is a near-total lack of understanding of our vast energy resources.
A Look Inside the EPA’s Assault on Common Sense

Jay Lehr

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November 21, 2011

Review of Regulators Gone Wild: How the EPA Is Ruining American Industry, by Richard Trzupek (Encounter Books, 2011), 160 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1594035265
Diabetes and Personal Triumph

Jay Lehr

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October 28, 2011

Review of Not Dead Yet: My Race Against Disease: From Diagnosis to Dominance, by Phil Southerland and John Hanc, Thomas Dunne Books, $17.00
Now You Can Finally Understand Your Environmental Activist Friends

Jay Lehr

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September 26, 2011

Review of Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment, by Todd Myers (Washington Policy Center, 2011), 240 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0615486147
The Simple Physics of Nuclear Safety

Jay Lehr

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September 26, 2011

Simple physics demonstrates the safety of power production in modern U.S. nuclear power plants.
Vaccine Fearmongers Exposed

Jay Lehr

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September 13, 2011

Review of The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear, by Seth Mnookin, Simon & Schuster, 448 pp, $15
A Nuclear Power Plant Cannot Produce a Nuclear Explosion

Jay Lehr

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August 29, 2011

Conventional power sources produce electricity by creating steam to power a turbine. The turbine is attached to an electrical generator which creates electricity.
Nuclear Power Opposition Rejects Human Health Benefits

Jay Lehr

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August 02, 2011

There is no such thing as totally safe energy conversion on a large scale.
Mesmerizing Insight into the Infamous Hockey Stick Scandal

Jay Lehr

Jay Lehr

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June 13, 2011

Review of The Hockey Stick Illusion, by A.W. Montford (Stacey Intl., 2010), 482 pages, ISBN-13: 978:1906768355
Book Provides Sound Prescription for Economic Growth

Jay Lehr

Jay Lehr

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April 25, 2011

Review of The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore The American Dream, by Gary Shapiro (Beaufort Books, 201 pages, $24.95)
Rising Oil Prices Highlight Missed Opportunities

Jay Lehr

Jay Lehr

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April 11, 2011

As the Libyan government teetered on a long, painful endgame, oil prices surged as the 10th largest world oil supplier closed its ports. We may well see oil prices rise to $110-$120 per barrel.

Jay Lehr

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