• on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day consider taking your school age children to an event highlighting the long and as yet unfinished struggle for racial justice in America, such as a presentation by the music and spoken word artist Baba Bomani on the life and career of Frederick Douglass at the Carroll County Arts Center (Monday, 2:00 p.m.).

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Dan Greenberg, deputy general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, described seizures and forfeitures, how to protect your assets, and how difficult it is for consumers to retrieve their property once it is seized.

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John Berlau, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses the Fair Access Rule by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and whether it will impose layers of red tape on banks and raise costs to consumers.

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Doug Badger, with the Heritage Foundation, discusses why there is a need for fast, inexpensive self-testing for COVID-19. He also talks about a recent study that looked at the effectiveness of lockdowns, social distancing, masks and other measure for avoiding the virus.

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Bruce McClary of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling discusses special hardship programs for people in debt, the scams that are surfacing and the protections for people who are behind in their rent.

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Jill Gonzales, a senior analyst with WalletHub.com, discusses a recent survey of consumer spending and ways to save on interest payments for revolving credit card debt.

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Susan Diegelman, director of public affairs, AT&T, discusses 5G, what it means for consumers, when it will be available and its role in the concept of “smart cities.”

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Kristi Thompson, Federal Communications Commission, discusses robocalls, where they originate, public and private sector initiatives, and how consumers can fight back.

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Kelvin Coleman, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, discusses the simple but effective methods of protecting your home and business from cyberthieves.

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Ben Lieberman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute describes the problems associated with the push for electric cars which will result in an increased demand for electricity and problems with recycling the batteries which contain highly dangerous materials.

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Elizabeth Casey of the Fox Corp. discusses the TV ratings system, how it was developed, the amount of time and effort put into making sure the system is accurate and the high utilization by parents.

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Kyle Burgess of Consumers’ Research discusses how counterfeit products and drugs endanger the lives of millions of consumers as well as the lost income for businesses and government.

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Ryan Young of the Competitive Enterprise Institute discusses the 1.1 million federal regulations, the need for sunset laws and the cost to business as well as consumers.

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Lauren Hall with Consumer Action discusses the latest issue of ScamGram and the scams that plague consumers, including fake COVID-19 cures, how crooks use names of major online retailers to scams consumers and much more.

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Marc Scribner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute discusses how automated vehicles will reduce the number of injuries and property damage caused by accidents and the fact that most accidents are caused by driver error.

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