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Peter Van Doren
Opinion and Commentary
"Market Power - The Mistake of Subsidizing Pet Energy Causes," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review, October 21, 2009
"Regulatory Cat and Mouse," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren, National Post, October 13, 2009
"Chumps for Clunkers," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), August 7, 2009
"What Will Climate Change Cost Us?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, December 18, 2008
"Jumping off the Government Bridge," by Chris Edwards and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), December 9, 2008
"Obama's the Candid Candidate on Energy," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Forbes, November 3, 2008
"The Case against Government Support for Alternative Energy," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Google Knol, October 24, 2008
"Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns: What's the Difference?," Cato.org, September 25, 2008
"Stop That Energy Bill!," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 9, 2008
"Random Oil," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Forbes, September 4, 2008
"Kingdom Done," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 23, 2008
"Understanding the Gas-Tax Holiday," by Peter Van Doren and Thomas A. Firey, Cato.org, May 14, 2008
"Leave Those Car Buyers Alone," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), December 19, 2007
"Hooked on Subsidies," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Forbes, November 12, 2007
"Be Not Afraid," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 28, 2007
"All Circuits Misloaded," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 26, 2007
"Short-Circuited," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Wall Street Journal, August 30, 2007
"Don't Raise CAFE Standards," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), August 1, 2007
"How to Lose Your 401 (k)," by Jagadeesh Gokhale, Peter Van Doren and Thomas A. Firey, Cato.org, June 12, 2007
"It's a Syn," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review, June 11, 2007
"Congressman, Step Away from the Pump," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 25, 2007
"Paying More Than Ever For Gas? Not If Buying Power Is Considered," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Investor's Business Daily, May 25, 2007
"OPEC Is Not in the House," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 24, 2007
"Wishful Thinking Is No Magical Energy Elixir," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, February 26, 2007
"Is Angela Lansbury President?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), February 21, 2007
"The Public Won't Pay for Global Warming Legislation," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Tampa Tribune, January 31, 2007
"Ethanol Makes Gasoline Costlier, Dirtier," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Chicago Sun-Times, January 27, 2007
"Oil Subsidies in the Dock," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), January 17, 2007
"International Energy Blather," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, South China Morning Post, December 21, 2006
"Global Warming Insurance is a Bad Buy," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), November 20, 2006
"Stern Rebuke: Global-warming insurance is a bad buy," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review, November 20, 2006
"California Focus: Prop. 87 Equals Higher Gas Prices," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, October 4, 2006
"California’s Global Warming Dodge," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, September 15, 2006
"Let Employees Control Future Of Retirements," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren, Investor's Business Daily (Online), July 28, 2006
"An Argument against Oil Price Minimums," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, WashingtonPost.com, May 29, 2006
"Republicans Out of Gas," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 17, 2006
"Gasoline Prices in Perspective," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Investor's Business Daily, May 17, 2006
"Gas Prices Soar: Markets or manipulation?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, April 30, 2006
"Windfall Profits Tax Would Hardly Be Revenue Gusher," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Houston Chronicle, April 26, 2006
"Senate Sends in Clowns on Oil M&As," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Investor's Business Daily, March 24, 2006
"Driving Bin Laden?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), March 8, 2006
"Wish upon a star: Sell Disney the Grand Canyon," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Houston Chronicle, February 26, 2006
"Stuck on Empty," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), February 3, 2006
"Exxon's Earnings: No Apology Necessary," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Investor's Business Daily, February 2, 2006
"Running on Empty," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The New York Times, January 3, 2006
"Who Will Pay for Retirement Benefits?," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren, San Francisco Chronicle, November 20, 2005
"Creative Destruction in Company Pensions," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, October 30, 2005
"The Energy Bill: It Could Have Been Worse," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2005
"Energy-Bill Follies," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), July 19, 2005
"High Pump-Price Fairy Tales," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), June 3, 2005
"High-Octane Amnesia," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2005
"What's the Answer for High Gasoline Prices? Nothing," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, October 22, 2004
"The Energy Mirage," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review, September 13, 2004
"Still Groping in the Dark?," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, The Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2004
"The Fight Over the Roadless Rule," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, July 21, 2004
"OPEC in the Dock," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, June 3, 2004
"Run for the Reserve!," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 20, 2004
"Riding Out the Gas Spike," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Fox News (Online), May 14, 2004
"Energy Bill Illusions," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, April 16, 2004
"Dam Pols," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), April 5, 2004
"Political Protection vs. Markets," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), April 2, 2004
"Congress vs. Responsibility," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), December 8, 2003
"New Source Review: Blame the Congress," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Fox News (Online), November 26, 2003
"$80 Billion Pork-Barrel Power Bill," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, November 20, 2003
"Mighty Porking Power Rangers: Scanning the energy bill," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), November 19, 2003
"Time to Lay the 1973 Oil Embargo to Rest," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, October 17, 2003
"California Energy Crisis -- Take Two?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, September 5, 2003
"The Right Way to Fix the Grid," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, New York Post, August 19, 2003
"Outside the Grid," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2003
"Bush Tax Cut Takes Conservatives to the Cleaners," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, July 27, 2003
"Let the Market Free Up Transportation in U.S.," The Hill, May 19, 2003
"The Energy Bill Follies," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Cato.org, May 12, 2003
"Let ’Em Gouge: A Defense of Price Gouging," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), April 1, 2003
"Balance Sheet of Gouging," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Washington Times, March 28, 2003
"Taking Environmentalists Seriously," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, November 15, 2002
"Missed the Energy Crisis? We Hardy Knew Ye," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 4, 2002
"Pricing the Fast Lane," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, July 12, 2002
"An Oil Embargo Won't Work," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2002
"Let the Accounting Industry Impose its Own Stricter Standards," USA Today, March 7, 2002
"Government Should Steer Clear of the Fuel Economy Issue," by William A. Niskanen and Peter Van Doren, Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2002
"The Enron Blame Game," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, January 29, 2002
"Government Terrorism Insurance: Déjà Vu(Doo)?," Cato.org, January 23, 2002
"Oil Weapon Myth," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), December 5, 2001
"Don't Fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Drain It," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, December 3, 2001
"Terror at the Pump," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, September 17, 2001
"Panic at the Pump," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 14, 2001
"Where Did the Energy Crisis Go?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 4, 2001
"Lawsuits Prove That Gov. Davis Deceived Public About California Energy Crisis," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, August 9, 2001
"The Suits Tell the Tale," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), July 27, 2001
"The Bipartisan Death of Campaign Finance Reform," by John Samples and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, July 21, 2001
"Bush Goes Native on Price Controls," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, June 30, 2001
"Governor Davis In Flames," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), May 31, 2001
"The Bush-Davis Power Hour," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, May 30, 2001
"Nuclear Power Play," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, May 18, 2001
"Sound & Fury at the Pump," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, May 15, 2001
"The Illusion of Energy Efficiency," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, April 24, 2001
"Save a Life, Buy an SUV," Cato.org, April 12, 2001
"Power Economics," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), March 28, 2001
"Energy Alarms," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Washington Times, March 23, 2001
"Just Say No to a California Bailout," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, March 1, 2001
"Market more effective at regulating prices than politicians," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), February 8, 2001
"Where Are California's Enviros?," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Washington Times, February 8, 2001
"California's Electricity Plan Falls Short," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), February 7, 2001
"Wrong Way Out of the Dark?," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Washington Times, October 27, 2003
"Electricity Deregulation Must Target Demand," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Cato.org, January 23, 2001
"California's Troubles Not Caused by Deregulation," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Houston Chronicle, January 15, 2001
"Strangulation by Regulation," National Review, May 1, 2000
"Sprawl for Me, But Not for Thee," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, April 26, 2000
"Dear Governor Gilmore: A Plan to End Gridlock," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, August 28, 1999
"How Not to Make Electricity Cheaper," Cato.org, August 21, 1998
"Congress and Electricity," Cato.org, June 26, 1998
"Lights Out on Electric Restructuring?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, San Francisco Chronicle, June 25, 1998
"Where's the News About Cancer Rates?," by Michael Gough and Peter Van Doren, Sacramento Bee, April 22, 1998
"Snuff the Facts," Cato.org, January 16, 1998
"The Failure of Government Energy Conservation," Cato.org, December 30, 1997
"Desperately Seeking Mission: Why the State Department's Gone Green," Cato.org, August 8, 1997
"Don’t Compensate Peco," Cato.org, June 27, 1997
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