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An End to Tax Withholding
An End to Tax Withholding
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Oct. 20, 2021
Don’t Commit to Defense of Taiwan
Don’t Commit to Defense of Taiwan: The island can take care of itself without the United States ending its public ambiguity in favor of an explicit alliance.
Ivan Eland | Oct. 15, 2021
How the Fed Finances U.S. Debt
How the Fed Finances U.S. Debt: Look behind the federal books to see the ways monetary policy has come to abet runaway spending.
Judy L. Shelton | Oct. 14, 2021
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Randall G. Holcombe
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American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition
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American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition
Reviewed By J. Daniel Hammond
Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story
Wilfred M. McClay
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“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 Steve Moore’s radio show
Moore Money
on WABC radio
July 3, 2021
Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of
The Right to Bear Arms
, appears on
The Lars Larson radio show
May 25, 2021
“California Leftists Try to Cancel Advanced Math Classes” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the Mitch Albom show on WJR radio. (MI)
May 24, 2021
Sr. Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook, author of
The Right to Bear Arms
interviewed on
Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere on WGSO radio
May 24, 2021
Senior Fellow James Tooley, author of
Really Good Schools
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Research Fellow David Legates, co-author of
Hot Talk, Cold Science
appears on
Liberty Watch with Charles Heller on KVOI Radio
May 16, 2021
“Right to ‘Bear’ Means ‘Carry’” Sr. Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook, author of
The Right to Bear Arms
appears on the
David Webb show on SiriusXM radio’s Patriot Channel
May 12, 2021
“California’s COVID Failures” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on
The Andy Caldwell Show
on KUHL radio in Santa Maria, CA.
May 3, 2021
“Planned Parenthood Cancels Margaret Sanger”
Apr. 22, 2021
“California Governor Vetoes Ethnic Studies” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers on The Education Exchange podcast
Oct. 13, 2020
“Progressive’s History of Eugenics” Research Fellow Thomas Cargill appears on The Federalist Radio Hour
Sep. 18, 2020
