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What secrets are at the heart of America’s central bank? Through a FOIA request, Emre Kuvvet obtained the Fed’s elusive “Doomsday Book.” Now revealed: the New York Fed’s potent role in the ‘08 financial crisis...sparking a conversation about much-needed transparency for the bank.
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Independent Truths With Dr. Scott Atlas
In this episode Dr. Atlas interviews Professor Steven Koonin of NYU on the science on climate change and the general state of science, as climate and energy have become increasingly dominant in the media and public policy debates.
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Richard K. Vedder (The American Spectator)
Amid a surfeit of leftism on post-liberal prestige campuses, billionaire benefactors and businesses have started withdrawing support, while enrollments decline. But resurgent traditional institutions welcome prospective students seeking alternatives to progressive culture. Is the counterrevolution underway?
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David T. Beito (RealClearHistory.com)
After failing in its quest for net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission opens a new chapter in its unyielding quest for regulatory control over the internet. In doing so, it is echoing a century-old tradition of meddling.
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Lee E. Ohanian (California On Your Mind)
Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom faced off in a rare debate. Who won? Not Californians, whose governor skipped over the inconvenient truth that bad government policy is behind the Golden State’s economic woes, housing crisis, high taxes, and failing public schools.
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Volume 26, Issue 52: December 20, 2023
Emre Kuvvet (Wall Street Journal)
What secrets are at the heart of America’s central bank? Through a FOIA request, Emre Kuvvet obtained the Fed’s elusive “Doomsday Book.” Now revealed: the New York Fed’s potent role in the ‘08 financial crisis...sparking a conversation about much-needed transparency for the bank.
READ MORE »
Independent Truths With Dr. Scott Atlas
In this episode Dr. Atlas interviews Professor Steven Koonin of NYU on the science on climate change and the general state of science, as climate and energy have become increasingly dominant in the media and public policy debates.
WATCH: »
Hot Talk, Cold Science (2021)
Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate (Revised and Expanded Third Edition)
Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate (Revised and Expanded Third Edition)
By S. Fred Singer, David R. Legates, Anthony R. Lupo
Richard K. Vedder (The American Spectator)
Amid a surfeit of leftism on post-liberal prestige campuses, billionaire benefactors and businesses have started withdrawing support, while enrollments decline. But resurgent traditional institutions welcome prospective students seeking alternatives to progressive culture. Is the counterrevolution underway?
READ MORE »
David T. Beito (RealClearHistory.com)
After failing in its quest for net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission opens a new chapter in its unyielding quest for regulatory control over the internet. In doing so, it is echoing a century-old tradition of meddling.
READ MORE »
The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights
The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance
The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance
By David T. Beito
Lee E. Ohanian (California On Your Mind)
Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom faced off in a rare debate. Who won? Not Californians, whose governor skipped over the inconvenient truth that bad government policy is behind the Golden State’s economic woes, housing crisis, high taxes, and failing public schools.
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California Dreaming
Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis
Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis
By Lawrence J. McQuillan
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
William J. Watkins, Jr.
Catalyst: New Articles
Christopher Lingle, Emile Phaneuf III
Scott Beyer
David Williams
