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Posted: Tue. May 10, 2022, 2:36pm PT

How could the U.S. Supreme Court allow the unprecedented leak of its draft opinion revoking Roe v. Wade? And how will the Court navigate the apparently complex religious freedom cases now before it? Does President Joe Biden have what it takes to “stand with Ukraine” without provoking a wider war? Will Biden’s “Disinformation Governance Board” protect Americans or quench their freedoms?

Posted: Tue. May 3, 2022, 4:29pm PT

In this 36th episode of Independent Outlook, David Theroux, Williamson Evers, and Graham Walker discuss if it's easy to agree that Vladimir Putin’s war tactics are monstrous and malignant. But what happens in Ukraine if Putin is getting desperate after Ukraine sank his naval flagship with Western-supplied armaments? Is U.S. President Joe Biden displaying the kind of judicious statesmanlike leadership that the moment requires? On the home front, the culture war is heating up in Florida as Governor DeSantis challenges Disney and scrutinizes Florida’s public-school curriculum. Can we navigate the hot rhetoric to see if Florida’s policies threaten liberty, or protect it? And what is the future of mask mandates, now that a federal court has pulled the plug on the CDC’s authority to require masks? We will discuss all this and more on this week's upcoming episode of Independent Outlook.

Posted: Wed. April 27, 2022, 11:42am PT

Publications and Public Affairs Counsel Christopher Briggs is interviewed on American Medicine Today and talks about his family's ordeal with his daughter's cancer diagnosis and how Obamacare twice left her without coverage. Scarcity of coverage, not high prices, was the issue with his family, showing the dangers of a “single-payer” health system.

Posted: Wed. April 27, 2022, 11:19am PT

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.

Posted: Fri. April 22, 2022, 10:25am PT

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.

Posted: Thu. April 21, 2022, 4:46pm PT

California has a track record of large-scale IT project failures. My guest today is Adam Summers. He is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. Today he discusses some examples of these failing iT projects, why there is no accountability, and what Californians should do to demand better management of state resources.

Posted: Thu. April 21, 2022, 4:43pm PT

California has experienced the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in its history in the last few years. Today we sit down with Adam Summers. Adam is a research fellow at the Independent Institute. He previously worked as an editorial writer and columnist at the Orange County Register and its ten sister newspapers in the Southern California News Group, and he’s a senior policy analyst at the Reason Foundation. Based on Adam’s research, policy makers in California are currently taking a more reactive approach to wildfires. He discusses how the state can become more proactive regarding fire prevention.

Posted: Thu. April 21, 2022, 4:35pm PT