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Business & Economics

A Closer Look at Personal Genomic Testing

PRI senior policy fellow in Technology Studies, Daniel Ballon, Ph.D., participated in a panel discussion at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The discussion examined genomic testing’s technology, its ramifications, government regulation of the industry, and whether individuals should have their genome analyzed. (Video length ...
Education

CA School Finance Center mentioned on CA State Senator Huff Capital Weekly Report

California State Senator Bob Huff mentioned the California School Finance Center database developed by PRI and Just for the Kids in his weekly message to constituents. Senator Huff comments on legislative activities for the Week of May 11th. The California School Finance Center database developed by PRI and Just for ...
Business & Economics

Exploding The Myth Of Green Jobs

Say Anything Blog, May 14, 2009 RXnews.com (Bismarck, ND), May 14 2009 12:00AM Great video of Dr. Robert Murphy talking about the myth of so-called “green jobs.” I’ll be interviewing Dr. Murphy on my radio show this Friday, and he’ll be appearing at the North Dakota Policy Council’s Free Market ...
Health Care

Obama’s Healthcare Reform Malpractice

OBAMA’S HEALTHCARE REFORM MALPRACTICE Josiah Swampoodle – The only people Obama and congressional leaders are barring from the table in discussions of healthcare reform are people who advocate healthcare reform. You can’t solve a problem by only talking to those who created it. James Ridgway, Unsilent Generation – In a ...
Business & Economics

CNBC News – Early Stress Test Results

Airtime: Wed. May 6 2009 | 4:02 PM ET A look at the early stress test results and more with Lee Hoskins, fmr. Cleveland Fed Bank president; Bill Isaac, fmr. FDIC chairman; and CNBC’s Mary Thompson, Charlie Gasparino & Larry Kudlow.
Health Care

Sally C. Pipes on Bill Bennett’s ‘Mornings in America’

PRI president and CEO, Sally C. Pipes talks with Bill Bennett about her book “The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen’s Guide,” health care in Canada, and the Obama administration’s proposed changes for health care in America.
Business & Economics

CNBC News – NY Fed Chair Resignation Watch

Airtime: Wed. May 6 2009 | 4:22 PM ET Fmr. Goldman Sachs CEO Steve Friedman, now chairman of the board of the NY Fed, made unethical purchases of Goldman Sachs stock after they became a bank holding company regulated by the NY Fed. CNBC’s Larry Kudlow is calling for his ...
Commentary

School districts illegally stockpiled millions of dollars

Sonoran Alliance (AZ), May 1, 2009 (STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX) – As the rest of the state struggles with devastating economic conditions with cuts, layoffs and the associated financial and emotional trauma, schools have been illegally and secretly stockpiling millions of dollars. “I am outraged at members of the education community ...
Commentary

Uncommon Knowledge: The Environment with Steven F. Hayward

Steven F. Hayward was interviewed by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution in Stanford, CA, about environmental issues, the progress that has been made, and the Index of Environmental Iinicators: 2009 Report. Steven Hayward challenges the established narrative of environmentalism, beginning with the notion that the earth is fragile and ...
Business & Economics

The 2009 Wacky Warning Label Contest results are in!

To the joy of connoisseurs everywhere, the winners of the annual Wacky Warning Label Contest have just been announced. A toilet seat that attaches to a trailer hitch has gained national recognition — for a warning label that says you’d better not use it while the vehicle is moving. “The ...
Business & Economics

A Closer Look at Personal Genomic Testing

PRI senior policy fellow in Technology Studies, Daniel Ballon, Ph.D., participated in a panel discussion at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The discussion examined genomic testing’s technology, its ramifications, government regulation of the industry, and whether individuals should have their genome analyzed. (Video length ...
Education

CA School Finance Center mentioned on CA State Senator Huff Capital Weekly Report

California State Senator Bob Huff mentioned the California School Finance Center database developed by PRI and Just for the Kids in his weekly message to constituents. Senator Huff comments on legislative activities for the Week of May 11th. The California School Finance Center database developed by PRI and Just for ...
Business & Economics

Exploding The Myth Of Green Jobs

Say Anything Blog, May 14, 2009 RXnews.com (Bismarck, ND), May 14 2009 12:00AM Great video of Dr. Robert Murphy talking about the myth of so-called “green jobs.” I’ll be interviewing Dr. Murphy on my radio show this Friday, and he’ll be appearing at the North Dakota Policy Council’s Free Market ...
Health Care

Obama’s Healthcare Reform Malpractice

OBAMA’S HEALTHCARE REFORM MALPRACTICE Josiah Swampoodle – The only people Obama and congressional leaders are barring from the table in discussions of healthcare reform are people who advocate healthcare reform. You can’t solve a problem by only talking to those who created it. James Ridgway, Unsilent Generation – In a ...
Business & Economics

CNBC News – Early Stress Test Results

Airtime: Wed. May 6 2009 | 4:02 PM ET A look at the early stress test results and more with Lee Hoskins, fmr. Cleveland Fed Bank president; Bill Isaac, fmr. FDIC chairman; and CNBC’s Mary Thompson, Charlie Gasparino & Larry Kudlow.
Health Care

Sally C. Pipes on Bill Bennett’s ‘Mornings in America’

PRI president and CEO, Sally C. Pipes talks with Bill Bennett about her book “The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen’s Guide,” health care in Canada, and the Obama administration’s proposed changes for health care in America.
Business & Economics

CNBC News – NY Fed Chair Resignation Watch

Airtime: Wed. May 6 2009 | 4:22 PM ET Fmr. Goldman Sachs CEO Steve Friedman, now chairman of the board of the NY Fed, made unethical purchases of Goldman Sachs stock after they became a bank holding company regulated by the NY Fed. CNBC’s Larry Kudlow is calling for his ...
Commentary

School districts illegally stockpiled millions of dollars

Sonoran Alliance (AZ), May 1, 2009 (STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX) – As the rest of the state struggles with devastating economic conditions with cuts, layoffs and the associated financial and emotional trauma, schools have been illegally and secretly stockpiling millions of dollars. “I am outraged at members of the education community ...
Commentary

Uncommon Knowledge: The Environment with Steven F. Hayward

Steven F. Hayward was interviewed by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution in Stanford, CA, about environmental issues, the progress that has been made, and the Index of Environmental Iinicators: 2009 Report. Steven Hayward challenges the established narrative of environmentalism, beginning with the notion that the earth is fragile and ...
Business & Economics

The 2009 Wacky Warning Label Contest results are in!

To the joy of connoisseurs everywhere, the winners of the annual Wacky Warning Label Contest have just been announced. A toilet seat that attaches to a trailer hitch has gained national recognition — for a warning label that says you’d better not use it while the vehicle is moving. “The ...
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