Overheated rhetoric has politicized and misinformed the public about the earth’s climate. S. Fred Singer’s classic 1997 book on global warming—and antidote to alarmism—Hot Talk, Cold Science has been updated and expanded, incorporating numerous recent scientific findings, making this fascinating and complex subject accessible to general readers.

Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate (Revised and Expanded Third Edition)

In this nineteenth episode of Independent Outlook, David Theroux, Williamson Evers, and Graham Walker examine the scandal of U.S. funding and deliberate deception over COVID-19; shattering revelations on the Wuhan Lab in China and the mainstream media's complicity by Nicholas Wade in the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"; Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins and the corruption of science; antisemitism and conflict in the Mideast; critical race theory and mathematics; school lockdowns; and much more.

Sr. Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook, author of The Right to Bear Arms is interviewed about the upcoming US Supreme Court case which may allow more people to exercise their rights to keep and bear arms, including concealed carry permits in some states where it is currently almost impossible to get such a permit.

Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of The Right to Bear Arms is interviewed about the upcoming US Supreme Court case that may make it easier in some states to acquire a permit to carry a concealed weapon, as the Constitution allows. Forty two states allow concealed firearms with adequate training. Halbrook says the Supreme Court could make it easier to obtain a concealed carry permit in the eight states where it is extremely difficult to obtain such a license unless you are one of the "ruling class elite."

Do US citizens have the right to bear arms outside of their home? Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of The Right to Bear Arms talks about the original meaning of the Second Amendment and the upcoming US Supreme Court case that may clarify the right to bear arms outside of one's home.

In the one-party state of California, educators are attempting to reject the idea that anyone is gifted in math, and make the goal in math social justice, not right answers or wrong answers. Competing with other students from other states and countries, Californians will be woke, but far behind in math.

California's public schools are considering the prohibition of advanced math classes for students until the 11th grade. Independent institute Senior Fellow Dr. Williamson Evers says this is worrisome because other countries are teaching advanced math classes to much younger children.

In the name of equity, California public schools are cancelling advanced math classes until 11th grade. Independent Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Williamson M. Evers, Director of Independent's Center on Education Excellence, says that California is cancelling merit in the name of identity politics is unfortunate for gifted students who may not be able to get into selective colleges. Dr. Evers also critically examines how the American Federation of Teachers union has been giving the CDC guidance as to when to reopen schools.