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Why the NCAA Should Defend Against Athlete Unionization
11 April 2014
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses what is wrong with the NLRB's regional ruling that scholarship football players are employees and eligible to form a union.
Economics Through Lens of Film and Popular Culture
04 April 2014
Lana Harfoush, Director of Communications and Marketing for the Moving Picture Institute, discusses EconPop, a new YouTube web series, hosted by comedian Andrew Heaton, which uses humor to examine how popular films portray economic ideas.
The Rise of Green Politics
04 April 2014
Rupert Darwall, finance and public policy expert, discusses the politics of climate change, how green politics made Europe vulnerable to Putin, and his book, Global Warming: A Short History.
FCC's Proposed Disclosure Requirements Threaten First Amendment and Privacy Rights
28 March 2014
David Williams, President of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, discusses the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) attempt to require groups that comment on FCC issues to disclose their donors and why the proposed rules raise significant First Amendment and privacy concerns.
Putin's Ukraine Strategy
28 March 2014
Leon Aron, Resident Scholar and Director of Russian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses how far Russian President Putin will go in Crimea and other parts of the Ukraine, what will stop him, and the impact, if any, of sanctions imposed by the United States.
New Food Labels: A $2 Billion Exercise in Irrelevancy
21 March 2014
Troy Senik, CFIF Senior Fellow, former speechwriter for George W. Bush and senior editor of Ricochet, discusses First Lady Michelle Obama's push for new FDA nutritional labeling guidelines and the lessons learned from California's regime of high taxes, oppressive regulation and rampant litigation.
President Obama's Fiscal Blueprint Looks More Like a Campaign Brochure Than a Budget
21 March 2014
Cameron Seward, Program Manager for Impact Teams and Policy Services at The Heritage Foundation, discusses how President Obama's $3.9 trillion blueprint for the fiscal year looks more like an election-year campaign pitch than an actual budget, and how the President is using the document in an attempt to shift his legacy's focus from ObamaCare to fighting poverty.
Crisis in Ukraine
15 March 2014
Bruce Herschensohn, Foreign Policy Expert, Professor at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and CFIF Board Member, discusses the crisis in Ukraine, the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of proposed sanctions and the need for increased focus on foreign policy.
ObamaCare from the Eyes of a Canadian Healthcare Refugee
14 March 2014
Shona Holmes, a leading patients' rights advocate who fled Canada to seek life-saving medical treatment in the United States, discusses how universal health care does not end suffering, it just redistributes it, and how access to health insurance does not equal access to healthcare.
Understanding the Federal Debt Ceiling
07 March 2014
Cameron Seward, Program Manager of Impact Teams and Policy Services for The Heritage Foundation, discusses Congress' suspension of the federal debt ceiling, what it means in the months and year ahead, and what policymakers should do to resolve the continuing crisis.
Why It's Getting Harder to be a Liberal
07 March 2014
Robert Knight, Senior Fellow at the American Civil Rights Union, discusses the growing list of issues and failures liberals are trying to spin for the Obama Administration, from ObamaCare to foreign policy, and why it's getting harder every day to be a liberal.
UAW: Pot Calling the Kettle Black in Chattanooga
21 February 2014
Aloysius Hogan, Senior Fellow in Labor Policy for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses how the United Auto Workers union's appeal with the National Labor Relations Board, asking for a re-vote at the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volkswagen plant where employees recently voted not to join a union, amounts to an example of the pot calling the kettle black.
ObamaCare: Less Choice, Rising Premiums and Broken Promises
21 February 2014
Abigail MacIver, Florida Director of Policy and External Affairs at Americans for Prosperity, discusses how Americans are losing access to trusted doctors and facing higher premiums and deductibles and why state lawmakers should be held accountable for ObamaCare.
Is Climate Change Alarmism Actually Harming the Environment?
21 February 2014
Leighton Steward, a leading scientist and Chairman of Plants Need CO2, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review the EPA's legal authority to regulate greenhouse gases and how government attempts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will not only fail to lower temperatures, but unintentionally cause long-term harm to plant and animal life.
IRS' Latest Target: The First Amendment
14 February 2014
Peter Roff, contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report, discusses the Obama Administration's use of the IRS to silence its critics by limiting the First Amendment rights of tax exempt groups.
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