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Commentary

Coronavirus and Leviathan: Is Gov. Newsom Exploiting a Crisis ...

Coronavirus and Leviathan: Is Gov. Newsom Exploiting a Crisis to Expand State Government Power?

K. Lloyd Billingsley | Mar. 16, 2020

Should We Really Be Shocked that the Government Lied to Us ...

Should We Really Be Shocked that the Government Lied to Us about the Afghan War?

Ivan Eland | Dec. 16, 2019

The Bolivian ‘Coup’ that Wasn’t

Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Nov. 18, 2019

Ratcliffe Falls to Intelligence Agency Imperialism

Angelo M. Codevilla | Aug. 5, 2019

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Book Reviews

DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington

By David Schoenbrod
Reviewed By Michael C. Munger

DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington

By David Schoenbrod
Reviewed By Michael C. Munger

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance ...

Glenn Greenwald
Reviewed By Michael C. Munger

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

Glenn Greenwald
Reviewed By Michael C. Munger

Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where it Comes From

Daniel Pipes
Reviewed By Jesse Walker

Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where it Comes From

Daniel Pipes
Reviewed By Jesse Walker

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Research

#TimesUp: California Government Officials Shielded from Sexual Misconduct Accountability ...

#TimesUp: California Government Officials Shielded from Sexual Misconduct Accountability at Taxpayers’ Expense

By Lawrence J. McQuillan, Hayeon Carol Park
Briefing | Nov. 9, 2018

Why We Fight: A Study of U.S. Government War-Making Propaganda

By David R. Henderson, Chad W. Seagren
The Independent Review | July 1, 2018

Better Than Government: A New Way of Managing Life’s Risks

By John C. Goodman
Policy Report | Oct. 6, 2016

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Independent Institute Books

Videos

Ivan Eland: The Impact of War on the Presidency

Richard Vedder: Is Majoring in English Worth It?

Love Gov Video Series: Presentation at Draper University

Love Gov: From First Date to Mandate

The Surveillance State | Abigail Hall Blanco

Freedom Act, Patriot Act or Status Quo Act

Ivan Eland on Edward Snowden’s NBC News Interview

Ivan Eland Discusses Snowden’s Temporary Asylum ...

Reaction to the Conviction of Bradley Manning by Research ...

Ivan Eland on Cyber Insecurity After US Drone Downing

Charles Peña on‬ the Imperial Presidency

Ivan Eland on Russia, Wikileaks, and the START Treaty

Ivan Eland on WikiLeaks Footage

Robert Higgs on Federal Reserve Transparency

Bush, Obama, and Presidential Power

Secrecy, Freedom and Empire: Lessons for Today from ...

The U.S. War on Terrorism: Myths and Realities

Big Brother is Watching

Pearl Harbor: Official Lies in an American War Tragedy?

Freedom, Terror, and Falsehoods: Lessons from the Twentieth ...

Audio

“Your Taxes Pay for Politicians’ Bad Behavior” Lawrence McQuillan appears on KOGO radio
Dec. 4, 2018

Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan appears on the Andy Caldwell Show on KUHL radio
Nov. 14, 2018

Mary Theroux on ARNN—Snowden and the Surveillance State
July 22, 2013

Vern McKinley Interviewed by Marie Stroughter
Feb. 22, 2012

Vern McKinley Interviewed by Peter Schiff
Jan. 11, 2012

Vern McKinley Interviewed by Andy Parks on TWT Radio
Jan. 10, 2012

Vern McKinley Interviewed on The KCMO Morning Show
Jan. 10, 2012

Ivan Eland on Wikileaks Revelations
July 30, 2010

Bush, Obama, and Presidential Power
Jan. 7, 2009

The New International Arms Race in Space—And How to Avoid It
Mar. 7, 2008