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Gene Healy, author of The Cult of the Presidency, discusses changing American attitudes about executive authority in the early part of the 20th century. The film discussed, Gabriel Over the White House, was released in 1933 just after the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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  • October 10, 2008 (05:27)
    Gene Healy discusses attitudes toward executive power in the 1930s.
  • October 6, 2008 (07:35)
    Cheye Calvo details the SWAT raid that killed his family dogs.
  • October 1, 2008 (03:55)
    Cato scholars assail the bailout on television and radio.
  • September 25, 2008 (09:15)
    Timothy Lynch reviews the FBI's first 100 years.
  • September 12, 2008 (14:56)
    Gene Healy discusses the increasing powers of the Presidency.
  • September 7, 2008 (06:31)
    Malou Innocent discusses unrest in Pakistan.
  • August 11, 2008 (07:52)
    Jason Riley assails myths of immigration.
  • August 1, 2008 (08:38)
    Robert A. Levy and William Mellor parse The Dirty Dozen.
  • July 24, 2008 (08:10)
    Robert Bryce attacks the push for energy independence.
  • July 16, 2008 (06:02)
    Robert A. Levy details what's next in the fight for Second Amendment rights.
  • July 8, 2008 (05:08)
    Robert A. Levy evaluates District of Columbia v. Heller.
  • July 3, 2008 (03:10)
    Johan Norberg discusses the successes of economic freedom.
  • June 26, 2008 (05:47)
    Bill Kauffman discusses anti-war conservatism.
  • June 19, 2008 (04:28)
    Johan Norberg discusses Klein's take on the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
  • June 12, 2008 (07:21)
    Sen. Chuck Hagel discusses his new book, America: Our Next Chapter.
  • June 5, 2008 (10:59)
    Johan Norberg discusses The Shock Doctrine.
  • May 29, 2008 (05:43)
    Sen. Judd Gregg speaks on H-1B visas.
  • May 22, 2008 (07:52)
    Benjamin Hippen discusses the U.S. organ shortage.
  • May 15, 2008 (05:17)
    A profile of 2008 Milton Friedman Prize Recipient Yon Goicoechea.
  • May 5, 2008 (10:02)
    William Easterly offers Hayekian insights into economic development.
  • April 22, 2008 (06:12)
    Edward Luttwak discusses foreign aid and corruption.
  • April 1, 2008 (09:30)
    Stanley Kober discusses NATO's challenge in Afghanistan.
  • March 18, 2008 (09:59)
    Alan Pell Crawford discusses Thomas Jefferson's final years.
  • March 11, 2008 (07:21)
    Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) discusses trade legislation and the 110th Congress.
  • February 26, 2008 (11:46)
    David Boaz discusses his new book, The Politics of Freedom.
  • February 12, 2008 (06:57)
    Daniel Shapiro argues against the welfare state.
  • January 29, 2008 (06:54)
    John R. Graham evaluates individual American ownership of their health care.
  • January 22, 2008 (10:08)
    Michael Shermer discusses evolution and capitalism.
  • January 15, 2008 (06:55)
    Reason Magazine's Matt Welch evaluates John McCain.
  • January 9, 2008 (12:09)
    Neal McCluskey discusses the inevitable culture clashes in public schools.