Independent Institute Media Alerts

Date	Title
6/7/2018	“The Teachers Unions’ Big Miscalculation” Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America’s Children Op-Ed in the Washington Examiner
6/7/2018	“An Abuse of Federal Grant Monies: ‘Start By Believing’ Violates Constitutional Rights to Due Process” Research Fellow Wendy McElroy Op-Ed in The Daily Caller
6/6/2018	“The Marshall Plan Isn’t the Success Story You Think it Is” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs cited on Mises.org
6/6/2018	“Study: Plastic Packaging Bans Hurt the Environment More than They Help” Independent Briefing Plastic Pollution: Bans vs. Recycling Solutions cited on The Daily Caller
6/6/2018	“Study: Plastic Packaging Bans Hurt the Environment More than They Help” Independent Briefing Plastic Pollution: Bans vs. Recycling Solutions cited on The Tennessee Star
6/6/2018	“Appeals Court Demands ALRB Count Ballots from Workers’ 2013 Vote to Decertify UFW” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley, author of Independent Briefing Cross-Currents in California Water: A Case Study of Bureaucracy Versus Tradable, Private Water Rights Op-Ed in The Orange County Register
6/5/2018	“Congress Is Facing Yet Another Bad Farm Bill” Sr. Fellow Randy T Simmons, co-author of Nature Unbound Op-Ed in The Hill
6/5/2018	“Weighted Voting Not a Cure for Democracy” Research Fellow Gary Galles Op-Ed in The Orange County Register
6/4/2018	“Needed: Drastic Reform (Elimination?) Of Accreditation” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of the forthcoming book Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
6/2/2018	“North Korea Summit Back on (Again)’ Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of Eleven Presidents appears on CNN
6/1/2018	“You Wouldn’t Think Sea Level Is So Complex” Research Fellow Fred Singer, author of Hot Talk, Cold Science mentioned in The Wall Street Journal
6/1/2018	“Does Gun Control Lead to Genocide?” Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of Gun Control in the Third Reich cited on AmericanThinker.com
5/31/2018	“The Right Response to Trump’s Tough Trade Talk? Ignore It” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes
5/31/2018	“Golden Deep State (Confederate State of California)” Research Fellow Lloyd Billingsley cited on California Political Review
5/31/2018	“As We Await the Janus Decision, Catholics should Re-Examine Support for Unions” Research Fellow Adam Summers Op-Ed in The Orange County Register and other Southern California News Group newspapers
5/29/2018	“The States Could Reform Obamacare If Only We Would Let Them” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of A Better Choice in Forbes
5/29/2018	“Venezuela’s Road To Serfdom” Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell Op-Ed in Investor’s Business Daily
5/29/2018	“Another Devastating Review of ‘Democracy in Chains’” Research Fellow Michael Munger’s The Independent Review article cited on Reason.com’s The Volokh Conspiracy
5/29/2018	“Education Startup OnlineDegree.com Makes the First Year of College Tuition-Free” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of the forthcoming book Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
5/29/2018	Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of Failure appears on The Mike Schikman radio show on WSVA (VA)
5/28/2018	“Grand theft, housing, and owners who can’t vote with their feet” Research Fellow Gary Galles Op-Ed in The Orange County Register
5/28/2018	“Yes, Carbon and Other Taxes Make Gas Ridiculously Expensive” Research Fellow Robert Murphy Op-Ed in California Political Review
5/25/2018	“Minimum Wages Might Mean Fewer Benefits, So Let’s Not #Fightfor15” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes
5/25/2018	“Very Impressive Use of Primary Sources” Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France by Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook cited on Clayton Cramer blog
5/25/2018	“Real Patriotism on Memorial Day Means Losing Fewer Soldiers in Meaningless Wars” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of Eleven Presidents Op-Ed in The Modesto Bee
5/24/2018	Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied Franceand Gun Control in the Third Reich is interviewed on Blunt Force Truth radio with Chuck Woolery and Mark Young
5/24/2018	“A 25-cent hike in the federal gas tax is a rotten idea for Florida” Research Fellow Gabriel Roth quoted in the Tampa Bay Times
5/24/2018	“Let’s Restore Constitutional Protections on US College Campuses” Research Fellow William J. Watkins Jr., author of Crossroads for Liberty Op-Ed in The Sacramento Bee and other Tribune News Service newspapers
5/24/2018	“Why Is Public Support for State Universities Declining?” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of the forthcoming book Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
5/23/2018	“Fighting Bias with Business” Research Fellows David Beito and Linda Royster Beito, authors of T.R.M. Howard Op-Ed in the Washington Times
5/23/2018	“Developing Countries Lead in Education Innovation” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan and Policy Researcher Catherine Straus Op-Ed in The Hill
5/22/2018	“Why is the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference Backing Compulsory Union Speech?” Research Fellow Adam Summers Op-Ed in the Washington Examiner