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Posted: Thu. August 25, 2016, 4:25pm PT

To further discuss Turkey's homeland security outlook and the fate of Muslims in Turkey, CCTV America’s Asieh Namdar spoke with Ivan Eland, director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute.

Posted: Wed. August 24, 2016, 3:17pm PT

Conrad Black and Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert P. Murphy in Franklin D. Roosevelt: Champion or Opponent of Liberty debate at Freedom Fest 2016.

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Robert P. Murphy is author of the book Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action

Conrad Black is a critically acclaimed author and biographer and former head of Argus & Hollinger group of companies. He was the publisher of London's Telegraph newspapers. Black is also the founder of Canada's National Post.

Posted: Fri. August 19, 2016, 1:30pm PT

Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of Failure: The Misedukation of America’s Children, appears on KFMB’s Brett Winterble Radio Show to discuss education in America. The discussion centers around performance of America’s schools and the proper role of the federal government in education. Alger discusses parental choice programs in inner cities and other programs that are working, without the long arm of the federal government. She compares the education systems in other countries that are successful and how the US might learn from their success.

Posted: Tue. August 16, 2016, 1:49pm PT

Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of A Better Choice appears on the Mike Slater show on KFMB radio in San Diego, CA. Goodman describes how free markets and competition help lower prices and improve care for certain medical procedures. In one example, prices for knee replacements came down after an insurance carrier told their patients that they could only go to certain hospitals, where the cost was significantly lower. Soon, other hospitals lowered their costs for similar procedures.

Posted: Wed. August 3, 2016, 2:41pm PT

American education is broken. How did it get this way? Let’s be honest. The federal government’s involvement in education is a history of failure. Stifling federal bureaucracy has let down parents and students, saddling children with a massive debt.

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Posted: Tue. August 2, 2016, 5:17pm PT

Vicki Alger, PhD., author of Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America's Children, explains the problems and offers sound, private, choice-based strategies toward overcoming the failures of America's government-dominated educational system.

Posted: Tue. August 2, 2016, 12:16pm PT

Senior Fellow, Ivan Eland talked to Washington Journal C-SPAN about U.S. foreign policy toward NATO and Russia, particularly in the wake of the recent failed coup attempt in Turkey.

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Posted: Tue. August 2, 2016, 11:49am PT

Research Fellow Vicki Alger speaks with nationally syndicated Dr. Drew Pinsky on his radio show about her latest book, Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America’s Children. Alger talks about ending the Department of Education, which has failed America's students since the department was formed in 1979. The bureaucracy that is added to administrator's duties by the Department of Education is harming teachers and students. Local school districts and the states are better suited to know the needs of parents and students, not federal bureaucrats in Washington, DC, says Alger.