Michael Thomas, a 2008–9 HOPE Center Fellow, was recently interviewed on Fox Business by John Stossel on the subject of so-called sin taxes. The segment can be found on YouTube.

On a related note, Michael published in the February 2013 issue of Kyklos an article, written with Diana W. Thomas and Nicholas A. Snow, titled "Rational Irrationality and the Political Process of Repeal: The Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform and the 21st Amendment."