Heather MacDonald
Manhattan Institute Fellow; contributing editor, City Journal
July 11, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
The War on Cops
Ms. MacDonald eviscerates the false narrative promulgated by #BlackLivesMatter about policing, crime, and race.
Clint Bolick
Associate Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
June 13, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
The Least Dangerous Branch? The State of the Judiciary
Few people have done as much to defend the individual rights guaranteed by the US Constitution as Clint Bolick. A co-founder of the Institute for Justice, former VP of litigation at the Goldwater Institute, and now an Associate Justice on the Arizona Supreme Court, Justice Bolick has sued government bureaucrats on behalf of private citizens, and pursued the cases all the way up to the United States Supreme Court.
Melanie Philips
British journalist, author, commentator
May 2, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
The World in Turmoil: Islamic Europe, or Western Spring?
Famed journalist and Islamic expert Melanie Phillips describes the threats and opportunities confronting Europe today.
Bruce Thornton
American classicist, Hoover Institution research fellow
April 11, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
If You Like Your Constitution, You Can Keep Your Constitution
Author and scholar Bruce Thornton describes the Progressives' decades-long war on the Constitution.
Vicki Alger
Research Fellow, Independent Institute; author
March 14, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
Failure: The "Misedukation" of America's Children
Education expert Vicki Alger explains how the US Department of Education has helped to "misedukate" American students for years, doing incalculable damage to the country in pursuit of arguably laudable goals.
Jason Riley
Journalist; member, Wall Street Journal editorial board; Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
February 14, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
The State Against Blacks
Mr. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black Americans back. Such Progressive favorites as minimum wage laws, affirmative action, and limits on school choice, only serve to diminish liberty and harm those they are intended to help.
Beth Haynes
Executive Director, Benjamin Rush Institute
Janaury 10, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
Next Generation Medicine: What Are the New Possibilities?
Dr. Beth Haynes, Executive Director of the Benjamin Rush Institute, has been a leading health care policy expert since long before Obamacare was foisted on the country. Dr. Haynes champions policy reforms based on free markets, individual choice, and the doctor-patient relationship.
Nick Adams
Author, commentator; founder, Foundation for Liberty & American Greatness (FLAG)
December 13, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Political Correctness: Making the American Dream a European Nightmare?
A recent immigrant to the United States, famed author and commentator Nick Adams knows all too well how Political Correctness can turn the dream of liberty into the nightmare of totalitarianism and intolerance. Europe is already far down this bleak path. Mr. Adams explains what the United States must do to retain its freedoms and avoid the same fate.
Charlie Self
Author, ordained minister, "Dr. History"
November 15, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Back to the Future: The Meaning and Hope of the 2016 Elections
By any measure, this has been a crazy, tumultuous, and highly unpredictable election year. Inspirational speaker Charlie Self (known as "Dr. History" to his fans) helps us make sense of the results of the long-anticipated 2016 election.
Cam Edwards
Radio host, NRA News
September 13, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Self Defense Is a Human Right: Why Gun Control Doesn't Work
Second-Amendment expert Cam Edwards understands that the right to self-defense is a fundamental human right. Gun control measures pushed by liberals not only infringe on that right; but, by disarming law-abiding citizens, create tempting targets for criminals. So why are they trying so hard to turn citizens into targets?
Andrew McCarthy
National Review columnist; former Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
August 9, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Still Willfully Blind: A Generation of Ignoring the Islam in Radical Islam
Best-selling author, former US Attorney and National Review Institute Senior Fellow Andrew McCarthy discusses the willful blindness behind the Obama administration's refusal to acknowledge the Islam in radical Islam, and explains how that blindness is endangering us all.
Evan Sayet
Comedian, speaker, author
July 12, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
The Language of Liberalism
If you think "funny conservative" is a contradiction in terms, then you've got to see Evan Sayet in action. Hilarious and thoughtful at the same time, he skewers the progressive left with the brutal, inconvenient truth. Mr. Sayet has us laughing at the absurdity of modern "liberal logic"...which, come to think of it, is the real contradiction in terms.
Yaron Brook
Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute; Objectivist; entrepreneur
June 14, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Equal is UNfair
Contrary to what you have been told, the real threat to the American Dream isn't rising income inequality, but an all-out war on success. The key to making American a freer, "fairer," more prosperous nation is to protect and celebrate the pursuit of success - not to pull down the high fliers in the name of equality. Yaron Brook explains why the equality demanded by progressives is not only unfair but a threat to American liberty.
John Eastman
Law Professor, Chapman University School of Law
May 10, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Barack Obama Is Not King, But Ted Cruz Is a Natural-Born Citizen - These and Other Immigration Controversies in 2016
John Eastman, a nationally-renowned expert on United States immigration and constitutional law, tackles head-on the hottest, most controversial social issue of the day: Immigration.
Pete Hegseth
Fox News Channel contributor; American veteran
April 12, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
The US Military: Winning Wars, Not Social Engineering
Decorated combat veteran Pete Hegseth explains how the US military can be put to right again after years of downright silly policies that put "winning wars" at the bottom of the priority list, below social engineering experiments.
Kevin Williamson
Conservative commentator; (former) National Review columnist
March 8, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Why Nothing Works: The problem of political centralization and how it stifles innovation
Why does our political system appear to be irredeemably broken? Why are improvements fleeting, and quickly overtaken by new failures? Why does "Political innovation" seem to be an oxymoron? Kevin Williamson from National Review explains all this, and more.
Jay Nordlinger
Senior editor, National Review
February 9, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Monsters, etc.: Dictators, Their Children, Our Children, and Election 2016
What happened to the children of history's most evil tyrants? Why are college students today so fragile that they need to be protected by trigger warnings and safe spaces? And: what do these topics have to do with each other...or with the 2016 election? Jay Nordlinger explains.
James Lileks
Journalist, columnist, blogger, podcaster
January 12, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Life in the Bubble: Being a Conservative in the Media
Funny and provocative commentary. James Liliks describes life as a true conservative in the media.
Tom Fitton
President, Judicial Watch
December 8, 2015 | 7:00 pm PST
The Crisis of Corruption in Washington, DC
Tom Fitton describes the crisis we are facing in Washington, DC with endemic corruption at all levels of government.
Kurt Schlichter
Author, columnist for Town Hall
November 10, 2015 | 7:00 pm PST
High Tech and the Conservative Insurgency
Kurt Schlichter describes a conservative insurgency to restore constitutional principles and freedom - as unlikely as that sounds.