In the wake of hurricanes, we need to ask an uncomfortable question: has federal flood insurance policy made the damage more extensive? The East Coast port workers strike is temporarily settled, but the effort to kill port automation is still on the table; does automation kill jobs? California and Minnesota are outlawing political AI deepfakes. Is this a victory against hate and disinformation? And what about California’s new law banning legacy admission at even private colleges? We discuss these subjects and more on today's episode of Independent Outlook.

Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Is Social Justice Just? is interviewed on the Schilling Show Unleashed Podcast. Whaples discusses the new book and the concept of justice and social justice and whether or not the world would be better if everyone were equal. Our inequality has benefits, he says, but everyone deserves respect as an unrepeatable soul worthy of human dignity.

Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Is Social Justice Just? is interviewed on The Voice of Reason with Andy Hooser. Have we given government the power to control our lives? Whaples says the government can only do what we let it do, but many people want the government to solve all their problems. Equity and equality are not the same thing, says Whaples. Inequality is our salvation, he adds.

Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Is Social Justice Just? is interviewed on the Alan Nathan radio show, with guest host Karen Kataline. Whaples explains the term social justice can be salvaged if done right with examples in educational reform (school choice), by reducing regulations in occupational licensing, reducing zoning regulations to enable the building of housing, using inexpensive energy (fracking) so poor people pay less for their bills. Justice can be used to enable people to cooperate better with each other, not tear them apart.

A new bill subsidizing the U.S. semiconductor industry is unnecessary says Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell. The only reason more products are able to use semiconductors is because of foreign trade, not government handouts and playing favorites, he says. The $52 billion subsidy bill is just a pig dressed up in high-tech clothes, Powell writes in an Op-Ed in The Hill.

Research Fellow David Legates, co-author of Hot Talk, Cold Science appears on the Matt Buff show on AM 950 and 94.9 FM The Answer Orlando, FL. The climate is always changing and always will, says Legates. Weather anomalies are blamed on anthropogenic climate change, and climate alarmism, especially on social media is frightening people, including children causing unnecessary anxiety. Legates speaks about his personal experience with the “Climategat” scandal when opposing scientists were blocked from publishing their studies on climate change. The IPCC and climate alarmist progressives, Legates says, are trying to get a great reset to global socialism.

Research Fellow David Legates, co-author of Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate is interviewed on KLZ radio’s Rush to Reason with John Rush. Legates talks about why there is a growing movement to eliminate fossil fuels and what is driving this concept. Removing fossil fuels from the world’s economy would have damaging effects to society, says Legates. He also addresses climate alarmists who claim the climate is getting worse, when data shows it is not.

Research Fellow David Legates, co-author of Hot Talk, Cold Science, says despite changing the way businesses operate and spending billions of dollars in cap and trade schemes, we are unable to control the climate. The sun, not carbon dioxide, has a far greater effect on our climate, he says. The climate has always changed and it always will. Climate alarmists and government agencies are regulating and controling more aspects of our lives, making matters worse.