Pacific Research Institute
Health Care
Sally C. Pipes at Western Women’s Summit
PRI’s Sally C. Pipes was a guest speaker at the Western Women’s Summit, sponsored by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, at the Reagan Ranch Center. She spoke about health care and health care myths in America.
Business & Economics
Study ranks W.Va. court system last again
WASHINGTON – West Virginia again is last in a study ranking states’ court systems. For the third consecutive year, the Mountain State is ranked 50th in the 2008 State Liability Systems Ranking Study, which was released Wednesday by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. The study, conducted by Harris ...
Commentary
Good news, as well
Earth Day was held this week, which is an appropriate time to make an assessment. Generally, the environment in Jacksonville is pleasant. It’s rare to have an air pollution alert. The St. Johns River looks marvelous. Yet, tributaries are unfit for swimming and nutrients threaten the river’s health. On a ...
Commentary
Wrong perception: Report debunks environmental myths
Oaklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), April 21, 2008 THE popular image of the United States as one of the globe’s leading polluters gets a debunking in a report produced by the Pacific Research Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. In the “2008 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators,” author Steven F. Hayward ...
Commentary
Earth Day 2008: Clearing the air …
It’s time to clear the air about how the United States affects the environment — and how extremist environmentalism could affect the U.S. A report of leading environmental indicators by the Pacific Research Institute and the American Enterprise Institute focuses on significant and very heartening environmental facts about our nation ...
Business & Economics
A well-intentioned bad idea
There’s troubling legislation in Sacramento to open the state’s lucrative public employee retirement system to private employees. Unfortunately, there’s little opposition, which may make the scheme inevitable. As with so many well-intended government ideas, Assembly Bill 2940 ostensibly would solve a problem. But as is also so often the case, ...
Commentary
2008 Environmental Index Debunks Myth that U.S. Lags Europe in Environmental Performance
San Francisco – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) today released the 2008 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, an annual report highlighting the significant environmental developments and milestones in the United States and worldwide. The 2008 edition debunks the widely held perception that the U.S. ...
Business & Economics
Forbes: Starr County Among ‘Worst Places in America to Get Sued’
A Monday report in Forbes magazine listed Starr County as one of the “Worst Places to Get Sued in America”. The magazine tracked the top 50 most outrageous verdicts and “bizarre” run-away juries and emerged with a map that revealed a pattern of certain types of lawsuits being concentrated in ...
Environment
CEI’s Tanton says California’s energy efficiency measures not implementable on national scale
As the United States tries to reduce emissions and become more energy independent, energy efficiency will likely play a major part in achieving these goals. But should the government be incentivizing consumers to lead more efficient lifestyles? During today’s OnPoint, Thomas Tanton, a fellow in environmental studies at the Pacific ...
Business & Economics
Abuse
Carlos Muhletaler hits the nail on the proverbial head. Muhletaler, executive director of Boca Raton based Florida Stop Lawsuit Abuse, told Boca Raton News: “Floridians wonder why we pay higher prices for products and service, why we have a shortage of physicians, why companies are very hesitant to come into ...
Sally C. Pipes at Western Women’s Summit
PRI’s Sally C. Pipes was a guest speaker at the Western Women’s Summit, sponsored by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, at the Reagan Ranch Center. She spoke about health care and health care myths in America.
Study ranks W.Va. court system last again
WASHINGTON – West Virginia again is last in a study ranking states’ court systems. For the third consecutive year, the Mountain State is ranked 50th in the 2008 State Liability Systems Ranking Study, which was released Wednesday by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. The study, conducted by Harris ...
Good news, as well
Earth Day was held this week, which is an appropriate time to make an assessment. Generally, the environment in Jacksonville is pleasant. It’s rare to have an air pollution alert. The St. Johns River looks marvelous. Yet, tributaries are unfit for swimming and nutrients threaten the river’s health. On a ...
Wrong perception: Report debunks environmental myths
Oaklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), April 21, 2008 THE popular image of the United States as one of the globe’s leading polluters gets a debunking in a report produced by the Pacific Research Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. In the “2008 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators,” author Steven F. Hayward ...
Earth Day 2008: Clearing the air …
It’s time to clear the air about how the United States affects the environment — and how extremist environmentalism could affect the U.S. A report of leading environmental indicators by the Pacific Research Institute and the American Enterprise Institute focuses on significant and very heartening environmental facts about our nation ...
A well-intentioned bad idea
There’s troubling legislation in Sacramento to open the state’s lucrative public employee retirement system to private employees. Unfortunately, there’s little opposition, which may make the scheme inevitable. As with so many well-intended government ideas, Assembly Bill 2940 ostensibly would solve a problem. But as is also so often the case, ...
2008 Environmental Index Debunks Myth that U.S. Lags Europe in Environmental Performance
San Francisco – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) today released the 2008 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, an annual report highlighting the significant environmental developments and milestones in the United States and worldwide. The 2008 edition debunks the widely held perception that the U.S. ...
Forbes: Starr County Among ‘Worst Places in America to Get Sued’
A Monday report in Forbes magazine listed Starr County as one of the “Worst Places to Get Sued in America”. The magazine tracked the top 50 most outrageous verdicts and “bizarre” run-away juries and emerged with a map that revealed a pattern of certain types of lawsuits being concentrated in ...
CEI’s Tanton says California’s energy efficiency measures not implementable on national scale
As the United States tries to reduce emissions and become more energy independent, energy efficiency will likely play a major part in achieving these goals. But should the government be incentivizing consumers to lead more efficient lifestyles? During today’s OnPoint, Thomas Tanton, a fellow in environmental studies at the Pacific ...
Abuse
Carlos Muhletaler hits the nail on the proverbial head. Muhletaler, executive director of Boca Raton based Florida Stop Lawsuit Abuse, told Boca Raton News: “Floridians wonder why we pay higher prices for products and service, why we have a shortage of physicians, why companies are very hesitant to come into ...
