Independent Institute Senior Fellow Lawrence McQuillan presentation at The Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley on May 8, 2018.

We thank The Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley for your permission to post this video. For more information https://www.liberty-forum.us/ "California has promised generous pensions to government employees over the past several decades. These promises are already straining the state's finances and may eventually bankrupt us. Independent Institute Fellow Lawrence McQuillan explains how this will profoundly affect every Californian."

T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer tells the remarkable story of one of the early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. A renaissance man, T.R.M. Howard (1908-1976) was a respected surgeon, important black community leader, and successful businessman. Howard's story reveals the importance of the black middle class, their endurance and entrepreneurship in the midst of Jim Crow, and their critical role in the early Civil Rights Movement.

The June 12 summit with President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is back on after it was cancelled earlier. Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of Eleven Presidents analyzes expectations for the United States, including nuclear capabilities of North Korea. Eland feels that denuclearization of the Korean peninsula may not be viable, but there is progress that can be made by the historic meeting.

Research Fellow David Beito, co-author of T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneeris interviewed on the Lars Larson radio show. Beito talks about T.R.M Howard, the civil rights pioneer who remains unknown to many until now. Howard was a Renaissance Man who succeeded in business, was a big game hunter, hosted parties with celebrity guests, and influenced more well-known civil rights leaders in the south during the 1950s. Howard's flamboyant life is chronicled in the new book, which is co-authored by Linda Royster Beito.

Authors of T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer, David Beito and Linda Royster Beito are interviewed for a two hour program, Iron Sharpens Iron, with host Chris Arnzen. The authors discuss their work together and how they came to write about T.R.M. Howard. Howard was a civil rights pioneer who inspired people such as Medgar Evers, Rosa Parks and others. His Mississippi home was the unofficial headquarters for witnesses and attorneys in the 1955 trial for the murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy. After the acquittal by an all-white jury, Howard gave many speeches to large crowds about the trial and the racial inequality in the south. Howard was also a physician, entrepreneur and big game hunter.

Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France is interviewed by AWR Hawkins on Breitbart.com's podcast Bullets. Halbrook discusses his book detailing how gun registration turned into gun confiscation in France once the Nazis invaded in 1940. As in Germany, gun registration required by a previous government had made it easier for the Nazis to disarm their enemies after seizing power. AWR Hawkins notes Halbrook's other groundbreaking books on the origins of the Second Amendment and why it is so important to Americans who value their freedom.

Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on CNBC’s Power Lunch to analyze the US withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal, which was put in place by President Obama. Eland talks about the consequences of putting tough economic sanctions against Iran back in place and how this may effect the future of the middle east.

Research Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Pope Francis and the Caring Society appears on the Bill Martinez Live radio show, to discuss statements purportedly made by Pope Francis that there is no hell. Whaples discusses the implications to the Catholics of the world if indeed, the Pope does not believe in hell.