Biden Threatens Over Ukraine, Olympics & Covid Controls, Academic Intolerance | Independent Outlook

February 9, 2022

The Independent Outlook is the regular round-table conversation from the Independent Institute that provides timely insights and cutting-edge commentary on the most pressing issues of the day. It usually features Independent’s David J. Theroux (Founder and President), Dr. Williamson M. Evers (Senior Fellow), and Dr. Graham H. Walker (Executive Director), as well as occasional additional Independent Institute fellows.

In this thirty-second episode of Independent Outlook, Research Fellow William J. Watkins, Jr., joins with Williamson Evers, and Graham Walker to examine the complex issues surrounding the military tensions between Russia, Ukraine, and the West, especially President Biden's recent steps to threaten both economic sanctions and military action in response to Russian activity in the region. We also look at what the Beijing Olympics are revealing about the Chinese Communist regime, which is using the Covid crisis to implement massive and detailed social controls that are not being scaled back as the health crisis recedes—and probably never will be. We further consider the increasingly coercive atmosphere in American academe, illustrated by Georgetown University's punishment of Ilya Shapiro for expressing disagreement with the Affirmative Action policy behind President Biden's SCOTUS nomination plan. And of course, there is much more!

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READ THE ARTICLES:

"Living by the Code: In China, Covid-Era Controls May Outlast the Virus: The country has instituted a wide range of high-tech controls on society as part of a mostly successful effort to stop the virus. The consequences may endure," by Chris Buckley, Vivian Wang and Keith Bradsher ("New York Times," 1/30/2022)
https://nyti.ms/3uSDnnk

"New Covid Variant—Same Government Blunders," by Raymond J. March ("AIER," 1/29/2022)
https://bit.ly/3gWnkMU

"Why Don't Universities Protect Freedom of Speech?", by John Hasnas (2/18/2022)
https://bit.ly/33wqW5e

“How Georgetown Is Stifling Speech on Campus,” by John Hasnas ("National Review," 2/16/2022)
https://bit.ly/3GXUZAt

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"Crossroads for Liberty: Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution," by William J. Watkins, Jr.
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"Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win," by Peter Schweizer
https://amzn.to/3rXaGnd

"Really Good Schools: Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education," by James Tooley
https://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=134

"Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government," by Robert Higgs, with a foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr.
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"Beyond Politics: The Roots of Government Failure," by Randy Simmons, with a foreword by Gordon Tullock
https://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=93

"In All Fairness: Equality, Liberty, and the Quest for Human Dignity," edited by Robert M. Whaples, Michael C. Munger, and Christopher J. Coyne, with a foreword by Richard A. Epstein
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