04/18/2019
Episode 52: Part 2: Ed Meese and Ron Nicol on Lessons Learned from the Trump Transition
Guest(s): Ed Meese
Ed Meese and Ron Nicol on Lessons Learned from the Trump Transition
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04/18/2019
Guest(s): Ed Meese
Ed Meese and Ron Nicol on Lessons Learned from the Trump Transition
04/04/2019
Guest(s): Ron Maxwell
Species and habitat protection are issues that can be separated from polarizing disagreements about climate change. Everyone - on both the left and the right - ought to be able to come together to protect endangered species and their habitats. It’s a problem that…
04/04/2019
Guest(s): Ron Maxwell
The population of humans has almost tripled since 1950, and the impact on other species has been profound. Humans have absorbed vast amounts of habitat for living space and farmland, leading to the extinction of hundreds of species and threats to countless others. Ron…
03/21/2019
Guest(s): Richard Rahn
“The economy of Venezuela has collapsed as a result of gross socialist mismanagement. Their currency is essentially worthless. To start over, the next government of Venezuela must re-establish the rule of law, protect private property rights and create a new currency.” So writes Richard…
03/14/2019
Guest(s): James Stark
In China, the U.S. confronts an adversary that saw itself as the Middle Kingdom –the center of the universe –for 3,000 years, then endured a century of humiliation and now seeks to return to what it sees as its rightful place in the world.…
03/01/2019
Guest(s): Carl Schramm
An entire industry – mostly government-funded – has sprung up around the idea of creating entrepreneurs. Don’t buy any of it. Don’t buy college. Don’t buy business incubators. Don’t buy mentors – you probably know more about what it takes to succeed in your…
02/21/2019
Guest(s): John Steele Gordon
Did you know there was no health insurance until 1930 and that 90 percent of today’s medical care did not even exist in 1950? Yet, health insurance has not evolved to match the innovation or the demand. On this week’s edition of “The Bill…
01/24/2019
Guest(s): Wayne Crews
By some estimates, the cost of government regulation in the U.S. exceeds $2 trillion. An amazing number. And while we’re paying a fortune for existing regulations, major new ones are coming out at the rate of 3,000 per year, so fast that the White…
01/10/2019
Guest(s): Stefan Halper
China is a mass of contradictions. Intellectual property thief. America’s largest trading partner. Home to 476 billionaires. Choked with air and water pollution. A rapidly aging population. And leadership eager to project its national will.
