February 23, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST

COVID-19: The Disconnect Between Good Science and Devastating Public Policy

Our SPECIAL EVENT PANEL—a surprising mix of practicing physicians, an economist, an entrepreneur, and a former senator—are committed to bringing the truth to light. Often at grave personal cost, they are on the front lines spreading information about safe and effective COVID treatments that are available right now. Knowledge is power.

Author, Commentator, Middle East Correspondent

February 9, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST

The Permanent Coup Continues — Is President Trump the REAL target? Or is something more complex going on?

While Trump appears to be the most obvious target, Lee Smith, widely published commentator and author of the new book: The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President, outlines how the Left's ongoing operations of chaos, rioting and misinformation are actually attacks against the foundation of our country, and every American who reveres it and what it stands for.

Legal scholar, professor, author, commentator

January 12, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST

Coping with COVID - Quarantine, Vaccines, Liberty, and Public Policy

The response to Covid at all levels of government has been the wholesale evisceration of our constitutional rights: mask mandates, lockdowns, retail shutdowns, and, most recently, a near-universal house arrest. What is the legal basis for this unprecedented government intrusion on freedom? What is the limit on "emergency powers" in a never-ending emergency? And how will the availability of a vaccine affect the debate?

National Political Reporter

December 8, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

The Conservative Populist Coalition: Durable, Expanding, Younger, and More Diverse Than Ever

Salena Zito examines what she calls the "Conservative Populist" coalition that placed Donald Trump in office in 2016. It was not the black swan event many critics suggested it was.

November 10, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

Free Speech Online - Panel Discussion with Parler and Rumble

Wide-scale censorship of conservative voices by social media titans have suppressed discussion of corruption and possible vote fraud before, during and after the presidential election. Liberty Forum proudly presents the leaders of two social media startups, Parler and Rumble, to report from the front lines in the battle between free speech and tech tyranny.

Trial lawyer, conservative pundit, author, stand-up comic

October 13, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

The Coming Crisis and the Path to Conservative Victory

Kurt is a rising star in conservative punditry and definitely should not be missed. If you haven't already had the chance to enjoy his acerbic wit coupled with mordant political commentary, please be sure to seek out his incisive work in media outlets such as Townhall.com, Breitbart, RealClearPolitics, The Federalist, American Greatness and as a frequent guest host on the Salem Radio Network.

Constitutional scholar, author

September 8, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

Defender-in-Chief: Trump's Constitutional Battles

Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo is very comfortable around controversy, but voting for Donald Trump in 2016 was a step too far. Now he realizes he was wrong - that Trump campaigns like a populist, but governs like a constitutional conservative. One of America's best-known conservative constitutional scholars, Professor Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, a Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation

July 14, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

Liberties and Limitations in a Time of Crisis

It often feels like we are living through a never-ending series of national crises. Mr. Schiff's talk focuses on the constitutional basis of emergency powers, the California Emergency Services Act, and how the courts view emergency measures that infringe on property and contract rights.

Robert Wesson Senior Fellow of Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University

June 23, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

COVID-19 Science, Policy and Lessons to be Learned

Many officials continue to pursue a COVID-19 mitigation policy of broad societal lockdown focusing on containing the spread of the disease at all costs, instead of the original objective of “flattening the curve” and preventing hospital overcrowding. Although well-intentioned, the lockdown was imposed without consideration of its consequences beyond those directly resulting from the pandemic. Dr. Atlas will relate how continuing these lockdown policies are yielding devastating ramifications far beyond the damage of the virus itself.

Public speaker offering insights about China

June 9, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

China, Coronavirus and the Real Solution

An inside look at China from a former member of the Chinese Communist Party.

Author, political commentator

May 12, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

Why This Crisis is Like No Other

The COVID-19 crisis hit shockingly hard and fast, and has upended every aspect of our lives, not least our liberties. The result is a crisis like none we have experienced in our lifetimes. It has been compared to a war, albeit against an invisible enemy with an objective we haven't defined.

China expert, author

April 14, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

China's Role in the Covid-19 Crisis

How China contributed to the global Covid-19 pandemic

Best-selling author

March 10, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

The Communist Takeover of the Democrat Party

Mr. Loudon’s remarkable investigative work has revealed that what is commonly regarded as mainstream political policy is in fact driven and guided by hidden subversive elements. The Democratic party’s consistent defunding of the US military, Obamacare, the Iran Nuclear Deal, normalization of relations with Cuba, Islamic refugee re-settlement, $15 minimum wage, fracking bans, pipeline shutdowns and the push for illegal alien amnesty are all consistent with far-left and Islamist agendas.

Nationally-syndicated pundit; best-selling author, columnist, podcaster, blogger

January 14, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST

The Midwest vs. Coastal Elites: a Family Squabble, or Civil War?

If you ever feel like the United States is splitting into two countries, you aren’t alone. Attitudes in the “Blue” states along the coasts and the “Red” states in the heartland are diverging. It’s as though we can’t even agree on basic facts any more. And the folks who call themselves “tolerant” seem to get less tolerant of disagreement every day. Puzzled? Frustrated? Aggravated? Join the club! (Literally - we’re always looking for new members!) Nationally syndicated pundit James Lileks shares his perspective on the split between the Midwest and the Coastal elites.

Founder, Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness

December 10, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST

Teaching Love of the United States

Nick Adams, founder of the Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG), immigrated to the United States in 2016. Since then he has tirelessly extolled the virtues of the American concept of liberty.

Hillsdale Journalism Chair

November 12, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST

Living in the Age of Fake News

The age of Fake News is upon us. CNN has succumbed to Trump Derangement Syndrome. MS-NBC seamlessly merges opinion with fact. CBS tries to take down a president with blatant lies, and calls their smears "fake but accurate" when they are caught. Can any reporter be trusted? Surely not every journalist is a biased hack...right? Hillsdale Journalism Chair John J. Miller reports on the state of Fake News - why it seems so prevalent; how you can detect it; and what ordinary citizens can do to fight back. Prof. Miller is known to be one of the best literary journalists in the country. He is a gifted speaker with remarkable insights.

Founder, #BLEXIT; former Communications Director, Turning Point USA

October 15, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST

Blexit! The Black Exodus From the Party of Dependency

Superstar Candace Owens is leading the way in showing black Americans that liberty and economic opportunity is a better path forward than dependency on a government handout - and showing them which political party leads the way in the right direction. Candace Owens left the Democrat party in 2016 and launched the BLEXIT movement, showing black Americans that the Democrat Party does NOT have their best interest at heart. Her powerful testimony to Congress explains that the real problem facing Black America is not white supremacy (which is a tiny, fringe occurence), but rather the absence of fathers. She is single-handedly leading thousands off the Democrat plantation. Her Twitter exchanges with the likes of Kanye West and Donald Trump have become the stuff of legend.

President, Heritage Foundation

September 10, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST

Charting True North: the Future of the Conservative Movement

Kay Coles James scared Google so badly, they disbanded an advisory board they created before it could even meet. As President of the Heritage Foundation, America's premiere conservative think tank, Ms. James is an articulate defender of the values of America's founding. Leftists threw a fit when Google put her on an advisory panel earlier this year. Rather than defend the decision to include someone who might not agree with the liberal party line, Google scrapped the panel altogether. (Nothing says "tolerance" like refusing to tolerate a black woman who thinks for herself.) She is no stranger to public policy and leadership. She has been making conservative solutions a reality in all levels of government and academia for over 30 years. She is a thought leader whose position at the helm of the Heritage Foundation cements her legacy as a leading light of the conservative movement.