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Commentary

Is America Becoming Rome Versus Byzantium?

Is America Becoming Rome Versus Byzantium? Our Byzantine interior and Roman coasts are quite differently interpreting their shared American heritage as they increasingly plot radically divergent courses to survive in scary times.

Victor Davis Hanson | Oct. 15, 2021

The Left Got What It Wanted—So Now What?

The Left Got What It Wanted—So Now What? There is no schadenfreude in seeing the Left destroy everything it touches—because its claws tear all of us as well.

Victor Davis Hanson | Oct. 11, 2021

Biden’s Bank Robber

K. Lloyd Billingsley | Oct. 6, 2021

Our Woke National Icons

Our Woke National Icons: Milley, Fauci, and Biden are soulless men who reveal the bankruptcy of our ruling class.

Victor Davis Hanson | Oct. 4, 2021

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Book Reviews

Humans versus Nature: A Global Environmental History

Daniel R. Headrick
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

Humans versus Nature: A Global Environmental History

Daniel R. Headrick
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the ...

Bjorn Lomborg
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet

Bjorn Lomborg
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

Michael Shellenberger
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

Michael Shellenberger
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples

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Research

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

Malthus Was Not a Malthusian

By J. Daniel Hammond
The Independent Review | Mar. 1, 2020

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Independent Institute Books

Videos

There Is No “Climate Crisis”

Is There Is a Climate Crisis? Science vs. Politics ...

Millenarian Mobs, Wildfires, Woke Football, and Milton ...

California Burning: Lawrence J. McQuillan and Mary ...

Precaution Can Kill: Chemical Benefits and Regulatory ...

Fixing Science

How California’s Policies Have Led to Uncontrollable ...

Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?

Rebutting Alarmism at the Global Climate Action Summit

Audio

“California Burning” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on the Andy Caldwell radio show
Aug. 23, 2021

Research Fellow David Legates, co-author of Hot Talk, Cold Science appears on Liberty Watch with Charles Heller on KVOI Radio
May 16, 2021

“The Data Shows No Climate Emergency” Research Fellow Anthony Lupo, co-author of Hot Talk, Cold Science appears on The Michael Berry Radio Show
Mar. 11, 2021

Research Fellow Anthony Lupo, co-author of Hot Talk, Cold Science appears on KVOR radio
Feb. 28, 2021

Research Fellow Anthony Lupo, co-author of Hot Talk, Cold Science appears on the Alan Nathan Radio Show
Feb. 24, 2021

“PG&E and CA Fires” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on KTOX radio
Nov. 1, 2019

“California Fires and PG&E Power Shutoffs” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on KFAX radio
Oct. 31, 2019

“PG&E Shutoffs” Lawrence McQuillan appears on the Andy Caldwell show on KUHL radio
Oct. 31, 2019

“CA Fires and Power Lines—What Are the Alternatives?” Lawrence McQuillan appears on the Chip Franklin show on KGO radio
Oct. 31, 2019

Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples appears on Kresta in the Afternoon on the Ave Maria radio network (EWTN)
Sep. 4, 2019

Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan interviewed on KMED radio in Medford, OR
July 3, 2019

Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on the Andy Caldwell radio show
July 1, 2019