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Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise appears on the Laura Ingraham podcast
Posted: Wed. May 1, 2019, 1:05pm PT

What is at the heart of the college admissions scandal? Independent Institute Senior Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America explains, as he describes how the state of college education got to where it is today. With rising student loan debt and schemes of free college for all, Vedder makes the case bringing back the promise of higher education.

Recorded: Wed. May 1, 2019
Experts: Richard K. Vedder
Type: Radio

“Abolish the US Dept. of Education?” Vicki Alger appears on KRNS radio
Posted: Tue. April 30, 2019, 10:02am PT

Is it time to abolish the US Department of Education? Yes, says Independent Institute Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America's Children appears on the Rod Arquette Show on KNRS radio. She explains how a handful of bureaucrats shouldn't be in charge of the education of America's children, Parents need more control and choice in their children's education, says Alger.

Recorded: Mon. April 29, 2019
Experts: Vicki E. Alger
Type: Radio

How Socialism Destroyed Africa | George B. N. Ayittey
Posted: Fri. March 29, 2019, 11:41am PT

Independent Institute Senior Fellow George B. N. Ayittey, in a conversation with David R. Burton at the Heritage Foundation about all the damages that Socialism caused to Africa. The "socialist" experiment failed in countries like Angola (under dos Santos), Benin (under Kerekou), Ethiopia (under Mengistu), Ghana (under Nkrumah), Guinea (under Toure), Mali (under Keita), Mozambique (under Chissano), Tanzania (under Nyerere), and Zambia, among others.

This video was recorded by The Heritage Foundation.

Recorded: Mon. March 11, 2019
Experts: George B. N. Ayittey
Type: Other Event

How you Can Protect And Preserve your Second Amendment Right
Posted: Fri. March 29, 2019, 11:02am PT

Independent Institute Senior Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook and Mark W. Smith presentation. This event was recorded at the CPAC 2019 held in National Harbor, MD on February 28, 2019.

Recorded: Thu. February 28, 2019
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook
Type: Other Event
Issues: Constitutional Law, Gun Control

“Liability of Gun Manufacturers” Stephen Halbook appears on the Lars Larson radio show
Posted: Mon. March 18, 2019, 3:53pm PT

Remington may be held responsible for the murders of school children in Sandy Hook, CT due to the marketing the AR-15 rifle as a tool of crime. Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, a Second Amendment attorney, says Remington didn't market their products thusly, so any lawsuits against Remington, the maker of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle should be dismissed. However, the courts in the state of Connecticut have decided the lawsuit can go forward.

Recorded: Mon. March 18, 2019
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook
Type: Radio

“College Admission Scandal” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder appears on the Lars Larson radio show.
Posted: Thu. March 14, 2019, 3:41pm PT

In the wake of the recent scandal surrounding the bribing of college staff to admit students who are underqualified, Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of the upcoming book Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America is interviewed on the nationally syndicated Lars Larson radio show. Not surprised by the revelations of bribery, Vedder describes how colleges and universities have been playing favorites for years in admissions. Students should be admitted based on merit, he argues, not on athletic ability or donations from rich parents.

Recorded: Thu. March 14, 2019
Experts: Richard K. Vedder
Type: Radio

Does the Right to Bear Arms Include a Right to Carry Handguns in Public?
Posted: Fri. March 8, 2019, 7:16pm PT

Senior Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook presentation at the conference on "The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment" organized by the the Federalist Society's Civil Rights and Criminal Law & Procedure Practice Groups.

Recorded: Tue. January 15, 2019
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook
Type: Other Event

Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook appears on the Chad Adams radio show, live at CPAC 2019
Posted: Fri. March 8, 2019, 12:43pm PT

Author of several books on the history of the Second Amendment, Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook is interviewed on The Chad Adams radio show. Halbrook talks about his work in the legal field to protect Second Amendment rights.

Recorded: Thu. February 28, 2019
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook
Type: Radio





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