Daniel Kolkey

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Good Intentions Cannot Justify a Flawed Federal Health Policy

A government program may be the “nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth,” warned Ronald Reagan – even if it is flawed. Section 340B of the Public Health Services Act is a case in point. Enacted over 30 years ago, that law enables certain healthcare facilities, ...
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Time to pursue emergency reforms to battle wildfires

Time to pursue emergency reforms to battle wildfires by Daniel M. Kolkey  |  January 15, 2025 Editor’s note: This article is adapted from the Pacific Research Institute’s 2021 book, “Saving California.” We’re reprinting this in the wake of the devastating Southern California wildfires, as its policy prescriptions provide a blueprint ...
California

Newsom’s wrongheaded special session is a misuse of gubernatorial power

Gov. Newsom’s call on December 2 for a mere $25 million fund for the Department of Justice and other agencies to prepare for potential litigation against the Trump administration underscores that the special session is for show, not substance. In any event, there was no need to call a special ...
California

California’s misguided climate change priorities

According to a new study released last month, California’s wildfires in 2020 spewed nearly 127 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.  This was twice the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that California had achieved over 18 years, according to the UCLA-University of Chicago study. Likewise, California’s 2018 ...
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Hot Nights In The City

California’s failure to control wildfires isn’t just a rural problem Facing longer dry seasons and hotter weather, California has experienced 18 of its 20 largest wildfires since 2000.[1] And while most urban dwellers have escaped the fires’ immediate wrath, they cannot escape its consequences. For one thing, wildfires have a significant ...
340B

Good Intentions Cannot Justify a Flawed Federal Health Policy

A government program may be the “nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth,” warned Ronald Reagan – even if it is flawed. Section 340B of the Public Health Services Act is a case in point. Enacted over 30 years ago, that law enables certain healthcare facilities, ...
Blog

Time to pursue emergency reforms to battle wildfires

Time to pursue emergency reforms to battle wildfires by Daniel M. Kolkey  |  January 15, 2025 Editor’s note: This article is adapted from the Pacific Research Institute’s 2021 book, “Saving California.” We’re reprinting this in the wake of the devastating Southern California wildfires, as its policy prescriptions provide a blueprint ...
California

Newsom’s wrongheaded special session is a misuse of gubernatorial power

Gov. Newsom’s call on December 2 for a mere $25 million fund for the Department of Justice and other agencies to prepare for potential litigation against the Trump administration underscores that the special session is for show, not substance. In any event, there was no need to call a special ...
California

California’s misguided climate change priorities

According to a new study released last month, California’s wildfires in 2020 spewed nearly 127 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.  This was twice the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that California had achieved over 18 years, according to the UCLA-University of Chicago study. Likewise, California’s 2018 ...
Blog

Hot Nights In The City

California’s failure to control wildfires isn’t just a rural problem Facing longer dry seasons and hotter weather, California has experienced 18 of its 20 largest wildfires since 2000.[1] And while most urban dwellers have escaped the fires’ immediate wrath, they cannot escape its consequences. For one thing, wildfires have a significant ...
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