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Ownership, Control, and Reform: Market-Based Approaches to ...
Ownership, Control, and Reform: Market-Based Approaches to Universities: The status quo is not workingit is time for a change.
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South Carolina Lawmakers Bear Responsibility for Supreme Courts Abortion Ruling: South Carolinians need to rethink the way judges are selected.
William J. Watkins, Jr. | Jan. 17, 2023
Sins Against Children
Sins Against Children: On Americas moral compass in the face of Covid.
Scott W. Atlas | Jan. 6, 2023
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When Will Academia Account for Its Covid Failures? We need universities to be robust centers of debate, not rigid enforcers of ideological conformity.
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Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
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Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
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Why Associations Matter: The Case for First Amendment Pluralism
Luke C. Sheahan
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Free-Speech Rights versus Property and Privacy Rights: Ag-Gag Laws and the Limits of Property Rights
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Free Speech vs. Equal Rights: SCOTUS Weighs the Balance | Independent Outlook 48
Dec. 8, 2022
Stanford Universitys Activist Administration Engages in Attempted Social Engineering Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on
The Dawn Stensland show on WPHT
in Philadelphia
June 9, 2022
Stanfords Social Engineering Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the Bobby Gunther Walsh radio show on WAEB radio in Allentown, PA
June 7, 2022
Biden Threatens Over Ukraine, Olympics & Covid Controls, Academic Intolerance | Independent Outlook Episode 32
Feb. 9, 2022
Americas COVID-19 Debacle: A Plague Upon Our House | Scott W. Atlas Interviewed
Aug. 26, 2021
CA Gov Newsom Recall, Ending Woke Schools, Gun Control & Government Failure | Independent Outlook Episode 18
Apr. 28, 2021
COVID Vaccine Passports, School Shutdowns, Wokeness, and the Border Crisis | Independent Outlook Episode 17
Apr. 14, 2021
Bidens Education Policy Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on
WIND radios Dan Proft Show
Jan. 7, 2021
California Governor Vetoes Ethnic Studies Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers on The Education Exchange podcast
Oct. 13, 2020
Ethnic Studies, Identity Politics, Racism, Riots, and the Police | Independent Outlook Episode 3
Sep. 2, 2020
Kamala Harris, Political Correctness, Corruption and Civil Liberties | Independent Outlook Episode 2
Aug. 15, 2020
Free Speech, Cancel Culture, Identity Politics and Police Reform | Independent Outlook Episode 1
July 29, 2020
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