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Michael Schaus
Communications Director
Michael Schaus is communications director at the Nevada Policy Research Institute and is responsible for managing the organization’s messaging with the public, the media and NPRI’s membership. He is also currently a policy advisor for the Heartland Institute.Prior to joining NPRI, Michael worked in media as a national columnist, a political humorist and a conservative talk show host in Denver, Colorado. Active in both print and radio, he shared his insights and free-market economics perspective with large local and national audiences.
Michael became interested in economic theory earlier in life while employed in the financial sector. As the liaison between a local community bank and the Federal Reserve, he acquired an in-depth understanding of just how manipulative big government can be toward industry and enterprise. It was that experience with big-government intervention that initially led him into public-affairs commentary.
Episode 8: Petty coronavirus authoritarians can’t cancel your Thanksgiving
Free to Offend Episode 8 With Thanksgiving upon us, governors around the country are doubling down on their authoritarian attempts to regulate away the risks associated with coronavirus by…
Episode 7: Both major political tribes have a lot to worry about post-election
Free to Offend Episode 7 Both Republicans and Democrats are going to have to swallow some very unpleasant truths if they expect to actually learn anything useful from this year’s…
The election was never going to fix what’s wrong with 2020
Mercifully, 2020 will soon be over. Given the way this year has been a nonstop exhibition of cultural, social and political crises, it’s tempting to think that maybe after the…
Episode 6: Post-election our education system still sucks
Free to Offend Episode 6 The election has come and gone, and for most Americans this week of 2020 feels remarkably similar to the several weeks before…
Episode 5: No, voting is NOT a civic duty
Free to Offend Episode 5 Everyone from politicians to A-list celebrities insist it’s our “civic duty” to vote this presidential election. But is it really? …
Episode 4: California’s war on gig workers is coming to Nevada
Free to Offend Episode 4 California is, pretty much, the nation’s top exporter of bad ideas. And the state’s infamous AB5—a bill designed to effectively do …
Episode 3: Is government really the answer to bias in big tech?
Free to Offend Episode 3 Last week, the bias in “big tech” was painfully obvious, as Twitter outright banned a New York Post article that was damaging to Joe Biden’s…
Episode 2: If congress did its job, the Supreme Court would matter a whole lot less
Free to Offend Episode 2 After the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it seems that partisan political bickering has been cranked up to eleven—which is actually saying something, given…
Which ‘emergency orders’ should we just start ignoring?
At what point do government mandates become so absurd and arbitrary, that it is socially acceptable to start ignoring them outright? Well, if governors keep acting the way they have…