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Health Care

Hear Sally C. Pipes discuss Medicare For All on KOA News Radio

Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, discusses Medicare for all on KOA News Radio in Colorado. Listen to “7-17 Sally Pipes CMN” on Spreaker.
Charter Schools

Ting Sun – How Charter Schools Meet the Diverse Needs of Students and Transform Lives

California State Board of Education member and Natomas Charter School co-founder and retiring Executive Director Ting Sun joins us to discuss what makes her school so special.  Natomas Charter School is one of the schools profiled in Lance Izumi’s book, Choosing Diversity.  She discusses the innovative learning programs that are ...
Agriculture

Giving In To Big Corn

By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Colin A. Carter The Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule on May 30 that opens the door for gasoline to be blended year-round with up to 15 percent ethanol, a mixture called E15. This rule boosts by 50 percent the proportion of ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – July 12

Kerry Jackson – Bono on “the idea of America” U2 frontman Bono’s radical view about America wouldn’t be welcome in most university faculty lounges. Tim Anaya – Getting an Early Warning About the Next “Big One” Caltech’s Dr. Lucy became a big star in Southern California in the wake of ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes interview on the Larry O’Connor Show

Listen to Sally Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, discusses the latest news surrounding California’s push for single-payer healthcare with host Larry O’Connor on “The Larry O’Connor Show” on KABC.
Education

Listen to Lance Izumi Discuss School Choice, Education Reform on AM 1380 The Answer

Listen to Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the latest issues in the debate over school choice and education reform with guest host Katy Grimes on “The Phil Cowan Show” on AM 1380 The Answer in Sacramento.
California

Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden – Addressing San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis

PRI’s Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden join us to discuss their new issue brief on San Francisco’s growing homeless crisis.  They explore just how bad the problem really is in the City by the Bay and how the city got in this mess, analyze current efforts of city officials to ...
California

Government unions ignore waste while making mountains out of molehills

By Lance Izumi and Rebecca Friedrichs Ever wonder why government agencies like the DMV make simple chores like registering a vehicle a lot more frustrating, and expensive, than they need to be, or why the lines are so long? Mariam Noujaim, longtime hard-working California DMV employee and Egyptian immigrant was ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – Celebrating Freedom

Tim Anaya – Kate Smith Sings God Bless America Legendary singer, the late Kate Smith, ran afoul of today’s PC mob earlier this year. Critics went back in time to parse her body of work, and declared some of her performances from 80 years ago to be offensive. That’s all ...
Health Care

C-Span Discusses Sally Pipes’ Forbes Article on Britain’s Version of “Medicare for All”

C-Span’s “Washington Journal” recently discussed the pros and cons of single-payer health care or “Medicare for All,” including a discussion of Sally Pipes’ recent Forbes article on the problems with the UK’s National Health Service. Click the link below to watch. The discussion begins at the 11:41 mark.
Health Care

Hear Sally C. Pipes discuss Medicare For All on KOA News Radio

Sally C. Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, discusses Medicare for all on KOA News Radio in Colorado. Listen to “7-17 Sally Pipes CMN” on Spreaker.
Charter Schools

Ting Sun – How Charter Schools Meet the Diverse Needs of Students and Transform Lives

California State Board of Education member and Natomas Charter School co-founder and retiring Executive Director Ting Sun joins us to discuss what makes her school so special.  Natomas Charter School is one of the schools profiled in Lance Izumi’s book, Choosing Diversity.  She discusses the innovative learning programs that are ...
Agriculture

Giving In To Big Corn

By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Colin A. Carter The Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule on May 30 that opens the door for gasoline to be blended year-round with up to 15 percent ethanol, a mixture called E15. This rule boosts by 50 percent the proportion of ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – July 12

Kerry Jackson – Bono on “the idea of America” U2 frontman Bono’s radical view about America wouldn’t be welcome in most university faculty lounges. Tim Anaya – Getting an Early Warning About the Next “Big One” Caltech’s Dr. Lucy became a big star in Southern California in the wake of ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes interview on the Larry O’Connor Show

Listen to Sally Pipes, PRI’s President and CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, discusses the latest news surrounding California’s push for single-payer healthcare with host Larry O’Connor on “The Larry O’Connor Show” on KABC.
Education

Listen to Lance Izumi Discuss School Choice, Education Reform on AM 1380 The Answer

Listen to Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the latest issues in the debate over school choice and education reform with guest host Katy Grimes on “The Phil Cowan Show” on AM 1380 The Answer in Sacramento.
California

Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden – Addressing San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis

PRI’s Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden join us to discuss their new issue brief on San Francisco’s growing homeless crisis.  They explore just how bad the problem really is in the City by the Bay and how the city got in this mess, analyze current efforts of city officials to ...
California

Government unions ignore waste while making mountains out of molehills

By Lance Izumi and Rebecca Friedrichs Ever wonder why government agencies like the DMV make simple chores like registering a vehicle a lot more frustrating, and expensive, than they need to be, or why the lines are so long? Mariam Noujaim, longtime hard-working California DMV employee and Egyptian immigrant was ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – Celebrating Freedom

Tim Anaya – Kate Smith Sings God Bless America Legendary singer, the late Kate Smith, ran afoul of today’s PC mob earlier this year. Critics went back in time to parse her body of work, and declared some of her performances from 80 years ago to be offensive. That’s all ...
Health Care

C-Span Discusses Sally Pipes’ Forbes Article on Britain’s Version of “Medicare for All”

C-Span’s “Washington Journal” recently discussed the pros and cons of single-payer health care or “Medicare for All,” including a discussion of Sally Pipes’ recent Forbes article on the problems with the UK’s National Health Service. Click the link below to watch. The discussion begins at the 11:41 mark.
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