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Recall the California Ideology
Recall the California Ideology: A careening Golden State is heading for a colossal train wreck. Voters will have to pick between the incompetent engineer or the private passenger rushing into the cab to get the engine back on track.
Victor Davis Hanson | Sep. 9, 2021
Learning by Doing: Earn A Degree While Working A Job
Learning by Doing: Earn A Degree While Working A Job
Richard K. Vedder | Aug. 24, 2021
Capitalism, Slavery, and Matthew Desmond’s Low-Road Contribution ...
Capitalism, Slavery, and Matthew Desmond’s Low-Road Contribution to
The 1619 Project
Peter A. Coclanis | Aug. 12, 2021
Repurposing Deserted Academic Villages—Sell Student Housing?
Repurposing Deserted Academic Villages—Sell Student Housing?
Richard K. Vedder | Aug. 9, 2021
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They Play, You Pay: Why Taxpayers Build Ballparks, Stadiums, and Arenas ...
James T. Bennett
Reviewed By Raymond D. Sauer
They Play, You Pay: Why Taxpayers Build Ballparks, Stadiums, and Arenas for Billionaire Owners and Millionaire Players
James T. Bennett
Reviewed By Raymond D. Sauer
Buying America from the Indians: Johnson v. McIntosh and the History ...
Blake A. Watson
Reviewed By James W. Ely, Jr.
Buying America from the Indians: Johnson v. McIntosh and the History of Native Land Rights
Blake A. Watson
Reviewed By James W. Ely, Jr.
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
Richard White
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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
Richard White
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Capitalism, Slavery, and Matthew Desmond’s Low-Road Contribution to The 1619 ...
Capitalism, Slavery, and Matthew Desmond’s Low-Road Contribution to The 1619 Project
By Peter A. Coclanis
Research Article
| Aug. 12, 2021
Efficiency as Undetermined Allocation: On a “Just” Privatization of U.S. ...
Efficiency as Undetermined Allocation: On a “Just” Privatization of U.S. Offshore Resources
By John Brätland
The Independent Review
| June 1, 2020
How to Restore the California Dream: Removing Obstacles to Fast and Affordable Housing ...
How to Restore the California Dream: Removing Obstacles to Fast and Affordable Housing Development
By Lawrence J. McQuillan
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California Burning: Lawrence J. McQuillan and Mary L. G. Theroux
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Research Fellow David Legates, co-author of
Hot Talk, Cold Science
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Liberty Watch with Charles Heller on KVOI Radio
May 16, 2021
Research Fellow Anthony Lupo, co-author of
Hot Talk, Cold Science
appears on KVOR radio
Feb. 28, 2021
“California’s Homeless Crisis” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on the Andy Caldwell radio show
Jan. 24, 2020
“CA Housing Crisis” Lawrence McQuillan appears on the David Webb Show on SiriusXM’s Patriot Channel
Jan. 22, 2020
“PG&E’s Role in CA Fires” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on KFI radio
Nov. 6, 2019
“PG&E and CA Fires” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on KTOX radio
Nov. 1, 2019
“The Late Great Golden State” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on KMED radio's Bill Meyers show
Oct. 31, 2019
“PG&E Shutoffs” Lawrence McQuillan appears on the Andy Caldwell show on KUHL radio
Oct. 31, 2019
“California Fires and PG&E” Lawrence McQuillan appears on the Lars Larson radio show
Oct. 30, 2019
“PG&E Shutoffs” Lawrence McQuillan appears on the Lars Larson radio show
Oct. 9, 2019
Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples appears on
Kresta in the Afternoon
on the Ave Maria radio network (EWTN)
Sep. 4, 2019
“CA Fire Prevention” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan interviewed on KAHI radio
July 25, 2019
