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Federal Regulations and their Impacts on TV Blackouts and Cryptocurrency
02 August 2019
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses 1) how the increasing number of TV blackouts reconfirms the need for reform of the laws governing retransmission consent fees, and 2) why regulatory clarity is necessary now before cryptocurrencies scale up to mass adoption.
Student Debt Forgiveness: Who Really Pays?
26 July 2019
Beth Akers, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses whether college should come with a money-back guarantee, who ultimately pays with loan forgiveness programs, her latest book, "Game of Loans: The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Debt," and more.
Dealing with China and the Impacts on Cybersecurity
26 July 2019
John Strand, CEO of Strand Consult in Denmark and Co-Creator of ChinaTechThreat.com, discusses how a trade deal with China could put U.S. cybersecurity concerns on the back burner and whether a trade deal with China will make its equipment safer.
The Importance of Diversity of Thought on College Campuses
26 July 2019
Lance Izumi, Senior Director of the Center for Education at the Pacific Research Institute, discusses the importance of diversity of thought on college campuses and among college faculty, and how philosophical and political differences are causing self-censorship on the part of some students.
The Disastrous Consequences of a $15 Minimum Wage
19 July 2019
Rachel Greszler, Research Fellow in the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation, discusses a new report that devastates the $15 minimum wage and how the increased minimum wage would result in significant job losses.
SCOTUS Update
19 July 2019
Ilya Shapiro, Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, discusses the first term with Justice Kavanaugh, Chief Justice Roberts' move to the middle of the Court and key cases decided in the October 2018 Term.
Dem Push for Government-Run Health Care
19 July 2019
Phil Kerpen, President of American Commitment, discusses why there is no reason to trust the same Democrats who gave us ObamaCare with another, even more extreme, version of government-run health care.
Inside Politics
19 July 2019
William J. Conti, Partner at Baker & Hostetler, discusses the politics surrounding the women's World Cup, President Trump's latest tweets and the last in, first out of the Democratic 2020 presidential candidates.
Want Action? Withhold Congress' Pay.
12 July 2019
Justin Bogie, Senior Policy Analyst in Fiscal Affairs at The Heritage Foundation, discusses the proposed congressional pay raise, why Congress' pay raises should be tied to performance, and the urgent need for disaster relief reform.
The "Nondelegation" Doctrine
12 July 2019
Lee A. Casey, Partner at Baker & Hostetler, discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Gundy v. U.S., how Justice Alito's concurrence suggests the dissenters will soon prevail in restoring the 'nondelegation' doctrine and why Congress has to make the hard decisions and cannot delegate that broad authority.
The Deceptive Rhetoric Surrounding 'Medicare-for-All'
12 July 2019
Sally Pipes, President and Chief Executive Officer and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), discusses the deceptive discussions surrounding Medicare-for-All and PRI's new Center for Medical Economics and Innovation.
The U.S.-Iran Standoff
12 July 2019
Tzvi Kahn, Senior Iran Analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, discusses a recent Executive Order authorizing sanctions on key Iranian human rights abusers, Iran's nuclear program and potential retaliatory efforts against Iran for destroying a U.S. surveillance drone.
SCOTUS Wrap-Up
12 July 2019
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses the top takeaways from the U.S. Supreme Court's October 2018 term.
"A Citizen's Guide to Climate Change"
28 June 2019
Marlo Lewis, Jr., Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses climate change and a new paper detailing important but seldom discussed facts.
IARC Should Be Held Accountable and the Government Should Leave Video Games Alone
28 June 2019
Ross Marchand, Director of Policy for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, discusses the International Agency for the Research of Cancer, the obscure "research" arm of the World Health Organization, unwarranted carcinogenic classifications that scare consumers and raise prices, and how the U.S. government is about to drive up the price of video games.
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