Independent Institute Media Alerts

Date	Title
12/22/2015	”Pope Francis’ Charity Goggles Ignore The Power Of Capitalism“ Sr. Fellow Lawrence J. McQuillan and Hayeon Carol Park Op-Ed in Forbes
12/22/2015	Gun Control in the Third Reich by Research Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook excerpted in Soldier of Fortune Magazine
12/21/2015	“Obamacare Taxes on the Poor and the Middle Class Held at Bay” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of A Better Choice in Forbes
12/21/2015	Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley appears on the Mike Schikman Radio Show on WSVA
12/21/2015	“Bad Government Decisions that Seemed Like Good Ideas at the Time” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland Op-Ed in Huffington Post
12/21/2015	Gun Control in the Third Reich by Research Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook excerpted in the January, 2016, NRA magazine American Rifleman
12/18/2015	“Hollywood Has No Pity for Soviet Victims” Policy Fellow Lloyd Billingsley Op-Ed in the Providence Journal
12/18/2015	“Labor Hides Reality of Pension Costs” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan, author of California Dreaming Letter to the Editor in The Sacramento Bee
12/18/2015	Video of presentation by Independent Institute President David Theroux on Love Gov for students at Draper University (11/3/15)
12/17/2015	”Recycling makes greens go gaga, but it’s a real burden for the rest of us“ Sr. Fellow William F. Shughart Op-Ed in Newsday (NY) and several other Tribune News Service syndicated newspapers
12/15/2015	“TPP Trade Agreement Undercuts Biologic Patents” Sr. Fellow John R. Graham Op-Ed in the Washington Examiner
12/15/2015	“Washington’s Holiday To-Do List Should Include Crude Oil Exports Policy Reform” Sr. Fellow William F. Shughart II Op-Ed in The Hill
12/15/2015	“Fisher II and Strict Scrutiny: Not Very Strict” Research Fellow Jonathan Bean cited in National Association of Scholars blog
12/15/2015	“Santa Needs Prices” Research Fellow Robert P. Murphy, author of Choice Op-Ed in FEE.org
12/14/2015	“Let People Sell Their Organs” Research Fellow Abigail R. Hall Op-Ed in Forbes
12/14/2015	“Trump’s Ban on Muslims Is Unconstitutional and Obscures Real Solution” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland Op-Ed in Huffington Post
12/14/2015	“AEI Health Plan: Many Good Ideas, But Some Missed Opportunities” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of A Better Choice in Forbes
12/14/2015	“Obamacare ‘Beneficiaries” Bleak Future” Sr. Fellow John R. Graham Op-Ed in the Daily Caller
12/14/2015	“Christian Thought: 3 Ways Protestantism Influenced American Capitalism” Independent Institute cited on Newsmax.com
12/12/2015	Research Fellow Benjamin Powell appears on American Medicine Today radio show on WFLATampa
12/11/2015	“Univ. of Wisconsin Committee Passes Free Speech Resolution Inspired by Controversies at Other Campuses” Research Fellow Donald Downs quoted in the Wisconsin State Journal
12/11/2015	“Time to Do Away with the FDA” Research Fellow Abigail R. Hall Op-Ed in The Hill
12/10/2015	“ISIS Leader on ‘Person of the Year’ List May Bolster Terrorists, Experts Say” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland quoted on WJLA.com
12/10/2015	“Book for the Holidays” The Midas Paradox by Research Fellow Scott Sumner is cited on Macro and Other Market Musings blog
12/10/2015	“The Biggest Threat to Obamacare is Already Written into Law: No Insurance Industry Bailouts” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of A Better Choice in Forbes
12/9/2015	“Syrian Chessboard” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on RT Television’s CrossTalk show
12/9/2015	“Erdogan Struck at Iraq After Russia Blocked His Plans to Topple Syria” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland quoted in Sputnik News
12/8/2015	“Replacing GDP with the National Dividend” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs cited in Townhall.com
12/7/2015	“Is ‘The Hunting Ground’ Documentary or Propaganda?” Research Fellow Wendy McElroy Op-Ed in The Hill
12/7/2015	“Is The Midas Paradox Monetarist or Anti-Monetarist?” Research Fellow Scott Sumner, author of The Midas Paradox on EconLog.org
12/7/2015	“Let Modern Privateers Disrupt ISIS” Research Fellow William J. Watkins, Jr., author of Reclaiming the American Revolution Op-Ed in the Daily Caller
12/7/2015	“Why Gold/Currency Ratios Mattered in the Interwar Period” The Midas Paradox by Research Fellow Scott Sumner is reviewed on Thinking Out Aloud