Is global warming real? Have any such predictions been established scientifically? Would massive “carbon” taxes and other controls put America and the world—especially the poor—at great risk?

At this special event, geoscientist and astrophysicist Willie Soon separates fact from fiction in the global warming debate. He explains why the forecasts from CO2 climate models have been so wrong—and why solar influences on clouds, oceans, and wind drive climate change, not CO2 emissions. Stanford University physicist Elliott Bloom then comments.

War and the Rogue Presidency is an in-depth examination of the history of the congressional-executive tug-of-war over U.S. security policy and why reclaiming constitutional standards is essential to restore both an effective national defense and civil and economic liberties.

Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan is interviewed on KAHI radio. McQuillan is the Director of the Independent Institute's California Golden Fleece^® Awards recently given to California Fire Agencies for not doing enough to prevent forest fires which can spread to urban areas.

The Independent Institute hosted this special program with Jordan B. Peterson, Ph.D., the world-renowned clinical psychologist and author of the international bestseller, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.

Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on YahooFinance to talk about the recent events in the Persian Gulf where a British tanker was seized by Iran's military. Eland explains how sanctions imposed on Iran and the US pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal led up to the current actions taken by Iran.

Independent Institute Senior Fellow Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D., has some fascinating hi-tech suggestions for improved wildfire safety in California. The suggestions are part of McQuillan’s California Golden Fleece^® Award California Golden Fleece^® Award , which highlights a state or local government spending program, tax, or regulation that fleeces California taxpayers, consumers, or businesses.

Hosted by the Heartland Institute, Richard K. Vedder, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America, critically examines government's extensive involvement in colleges and universities and offers his solutions to the rising costs, mediocre academic performance, and declining payoff of American higher education.

Independent Institute Senior Fellow Vicki E. Alger presentation at the Young Women's Leadership Summit held in Dallas TX, on June 8, 2019.

Private school choice programs in the United States serve almost half a million students, the vast majority of them low-income, disadvantaged, and special-needs children. Independent Institute Research Fellow Vicki E. Alger, author of Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America's Children , explains why more and more parents support educational freedom.