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‘Science,’ They Said: Science is dying; superstition disguised as morality is returning. And we all will soon become poorer, angrier and more divided.
Victor Davis Hanson | Sep. 17, 2021
Epitaph for the ‘War on Terror’
Epitaph for the ‘War on Terror’: Avenging 9/11 and preventing its recurrence was justification for putting enormous effort and money into unrelated or even counterproductive activities the ruling class sold to us as antiterrorism.
Angelo M. Codevilla | Sep. 17, 2021
Does Another Decade of Inflation Loom Ahead?
Does Another Decade of Inflation Loom Ahead?
Burton A. Abrams, James L. Butkiewicz | Sep. 17, 2021
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Senior Fellow James Tooley, author of
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“Does Government ‘Stimulus’ Really Stimulate?” Research Fellow David Ranson appears on the Liberty Watch radio show
Apr. 4, 2021
“Conservative Identity Crisis” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of
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Feb. 17, 2021
“Resolving the Housing Affordability Crisis” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on KAHI radio.
Mar. 2, 2020
Research Fellow Vicki Alger appears on the Andy Caldwell show on KUHL radio
Jan. 30, 2020
Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on the David Webb show on SiriusXM radio
Nov. 7, 2019
“Fixing California’s DMV” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan interviewed on KGO radio’s Chip Franklin Show
Aug. 6, 2019
Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan interviewed on KFBK radio
June 26, 2019
Common Core: A Decade of Making American Education (even) Worse
June 13, 2019
“CA DMV is in Crisis” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on KAHI radio
Feb. 12, 2019
Research Fellow Robert Whaples Appears on "Kresta in the Afternoon", Ave Maria Radio
Dec. 15, 2017
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland on the Lars Larson Radio Show on Presidential History
Nov. 9, 2017
