Independent Institute Media Alerts

Date	Title
8/10/2018	“Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization: Even if the Democrats Lose, They Win?” Research Fellow Wendy McElroy Op-Ed in The Hill
8/9/2018	“Sanctions on Iran Won’t Do What Trump Wants Them to Do” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland Op-Ed in Real Clear World
8/9/2018	“A Carbon Tax: A Useless Solution to a Nonexistent Problem” Research Fellow Fred Singer Op-Ed in American Thinker
8/9/2018	“Do crises produce liberalization or more statism?” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Crisis and Leviathan cited in the Cayman Compass
8/8/2018	“Eliminate the US Department of Education” Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of Failure appears on KPRL radio’s Sound Off
8/8/2018	“Replacements for plastic straws have their own problems” Sr. Fellow William F. Shughart II and Policy Fellow Brian Isom Op-Ed in The Sacramento Bee and other Tribune News Service newspapers
8/6/2018	“How to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch” Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan and Policy Researcher George Tibbitts Op-Ed in The San Francisco Chronicle
8/6/2018	“College Financial Viability: The View of Campus CFOs” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of the forthcoming book Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
8/6/2018	“Trump Throws a Life Belt to People Who Buy Their Own Health Insurance” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of Priceless in Forbes
8/6/2018	“A Libertarian Case for the Common Good” Research Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Pope Francis and the Caring Society cited in America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture
8/3/2018	“Book The Know-It-Alls tells how PayPal’s Peter Thiel rode a wave of disruption” The Diversity Myth cited in The Australian Financial Review
8/2/2018	“The Cost of Neglecting Our History” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of the forthcoming book Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
8/2/2018	“Polystyrene Bans Are Indefensible. Another example of trendiness based on utter ignorance.” Independent Institute briefing Plastic Pollution: Bans vs. Recycling Solutions cited in American Spectator
8/2/2018	“France, the Nazis, and Gun Control” Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France by Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook is reviewed in American Thinker
7/31/2018	“Truth and Memory in the Mississippi Delta: What the Emmett Till Case Means Today” Research Fellows David Beito and Linda Royster Beito, authors of T.R.M. Howard cited on National Endowment for the Humanities
7/30/2018	“Race and College Admissions: Harvard and Chicago” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of the forthcoming book Higher Education’s Triple Crisis: Too Costly, Too Little Learning, Too Few Good Jobs Op-Ed in Forbes
7/30/2018	“How Do You Grow Steel in South Dakota?” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes
7/27/2018	“Gun Violence: Have efforts to control firearms reached a turning point?” Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of The Founders’ Second Amendment quoted in CQ Researcher (Subscription required)
7/27/2018	Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan, author of California Dreaming interviewed on America’s Voice television at Freedom Fest 2018
7/27/2018	Research Fellow Vicki Alger, author of Failure interviewed on America’s Voice television at Freedom Fest 2018
7/27/2018	“Robert Higgs on Trump’s delusion of a win-win trade war” Sr. Fellow Robert Higgs cited on American Enterprise Institute
7/27/2018	Research Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Pope Francis and the Caring Society interviewed on America’s Voice television at Freedom Fest 2018
7/26/2018	“With Twelve Billion Dollars We Could Buy So Much Voltron Cosplay” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes
7/26/2018	“College Athletes Are Worth Millions. They Should Be Paid Like It.” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes
7/24/2018	“How ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Helps Us Understand the Outrage Over U.S. Immigration Policies That Separated Families” Research Fellow Sam Staley Op-Ed on FEE.org
7/24/2018	Sr. Fellow Stephen Halbrook, author of Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France is interviewed on Gun Freedom Radio
7/23/2018	“Lower Cost, Higher Quality Health Care Is Right at Our Fingertips” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of A Better Choice Op-Ed in Forbes
7/23/2018	“Diversity and Other Administrative Monstrosities: The Case of the University of Michigan” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of the forthcoming book Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America Op-Ed in Forbes
7/23/2018	“The Next Ice Age” Research Fellow Fred Singer Op-Ed in American Thinker
7/20/2018	“U.S.-Russia Summit” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of Eleven Presidents appears on the Mike Schikman radio show on WSVA (VA)
7/20/2018	“Do You Want Pirates? Because Trade Restrictions Are How You Get Pirates.” Research Fellow Art Carden Op-Ed in Forbes
7/20/2018	“How Authoritarians Use Capitalism to Bolster Their Oppressive Regimes” Sr. Fellow Alvaro Vargas Llosa, author of Global Crossings Op-Ed in Investor’s Business Daily