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August 2, 2025

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Senior Fellow Judy Shelton joins Steve Bannon’s War Room and lambasts Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for acting like an unelected “emperor” who wields unchecked power over U.S. monetary policy.

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** Economic History and the Facts about The 1619 Project ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness details the history behind his new book, The 1619 Project Myth ([link removed]) .
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** 70 years later, an alarm against nuclear proliferation rings louder than ever ([link removed])
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Senior Fellows Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail Hall argue that although nuclear weapons may seem beyond our control, the ideals and opinions of citizens may be the most critical factor in limiting them—and limiting war.
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** End the Gaza War Now ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Ivan Eland explains why US interests are in no way served by the prolonging of Benjamin Netanyahu’s maximalist and self-defeating campaign in Gaza.
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** The Jones Act Arguably Cuts the U.S. Ship Fleet In Half ([link removed])
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Research Associate Caleb Petitt shows how deregulating American shipping would lower shipping costs, increase sealift capacity, and create consistency in America’s regulatory code.


** MORE MEDIA ATTENTION
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** The American Spectator ([link removed])
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Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley praises the Ninth Circuit for shutting down California’s background checks for ammunition purchases. Read more » ([link removed])


** Forbes ([link removed])
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In the first essay ([link removed]) of a two-part series on American history, Senior Fellow John Goodman explains why central planning fails to handle financial crises. In the second essay ([link removed]) , he shows how the industrial revolution helped the poor.


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** The History of the Americans ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness discusses his new book and how to develop a public school curricula that gives a balanced treatment of history. Listen now » ([link removed])


** USA Today ([link removed])
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Journalist Chris Quintana quotes Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder in a piece on President Trump’s efforts to reshape the Department of Education. Read more » ([link removed])


** Forbes ([link removed])
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Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, Steve Forbes, praises Senior Fellow Judy Shelton and explains how President Trump can fight the Fed.[link removed] more » ([link removed])


** The Unseen and The Unsaid Substack ([link removed])
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Research Associate Caleb Petitt breaks down the legal case against President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. Read more » ([link removed])


** The Center Square ([link removed])
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Journalist Brett Rowland quotes Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness in a piece on Trump’s tariff power. Read more » ([link removed])


** The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ([link removed])
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Writer George Leef quotes Senior Fellow Richard K. Vedder in a piece arguing the American Bar Association needn’t accredit law schools. Read more » ([link removed])


** Reason ([link removed])
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Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook asks why a district court has yet to decide a case heard in October of 2023—a case involving the right to carry arms in so-called “sensitive places.” Read more » ([link removed])


** Los Angeles Times ([link removed])
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In a Letter to the Editor, Senior Fellow Williamson Evers asks: How can LAUSD’s gains continue if its one-time federal boost is used up? Read more » ([link removed])


** Adam Smith Works ([link removed])
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Research Associate Caleb Petitt reminds readers that although Adam Smith was a great advocate of free trade, he did not provide unqualified support for it. Read more » ([link removed])


** FEATURED BOOK
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** The 1619 Project Myth ([link removed])
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** by Phillip W. Magness
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“There is no one better to pick apart the disastrous 1619 Project than Phil Magness. If every classroom that incorporated the 1619 Project into its curriculum replaced it with this book, the country would be better off.”

—Coleman Hughes, host of Conversations with Coleman, visiting professor at the University of Austin
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