Pacific Research Institute
Education
John Yoo and Steve Hayward – What’s Wrong with Universities and Can They Be Fixed?
In this special episode – recorded at a recent PRI luncheon in San Francisco – PRI Senior Fellow and UC Berkeley Professor Steve Hayward and UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo share their thoughts diversity, equality, and the attacks on free speech on college campuses. They share their experiences teaching at UC ...
Commentary
FDA must do more to protect consumers from ‘outright fraud’ of dietary supplements
By Henry I. Miller and Josh Bloom Published in Genetic Literacy Project Dietary supplements are big business. Three out of four Americans take one or more on a regular basis, and for older Americans the fraction is four out of five. One in three children also takes supplements. The estimated ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – June 14
Tim Anaya – Cancer Treatments and Financial Returns This week, PRI’s new Center for Medical Economics and Innovation released a new issue brief on the issue of cancer treatments and financial returns. It analyzes an oft-quoted study by the World Health Organization that has been used to argue cancer treatment ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses CA Plan to Expand Medi-cal Eligibility for Undocumented on Wilkow Majority
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses California’s plan to expand Medi-cal eligibility for undocumented immigrants living in the state on the “Wilkow Majority” on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-6-12-19.mp3
California
Kerry Jackson Discusses Living in Fear in California on Terry Maxwell Show
Listen to Kerry Jackson discuss his new book on crime in California, Living in Fear in California, on “The Terry Maxwell Show” on KNZR Radio in Bakersfield. Click here to listen (click on June 12 episode to hear Kerry’s interview)
California
Brian Isom – How Policy Changes Can Help Minimize the Risk of Another Destructive California Wildfire
Brian Isom of the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University joins us to discuss his research on California wildfires. He discusses why the Paradise and Napa Valley fires were so destructive, why devastating wildfires are becoming much more common in the West, the political battle over healthy ...
Agriculture
Read Wayne Winegarden’s Comments on Administration’s Trade Wars in Bankrate
The Trump administration’s trade wars are whipping Fed policy back and forth By Sarah Foster President Donald Trump’s trade wars just might prompt the Federal Reserve rate cut he’s been clamoring for — but for the wrong reasons. Weeks after the White House slapped higher duties on Chinese imports and threatened ...
California
Sally Pipes Responds to CA Push to Expand Medicaid for Undocumented in Daily Signal
California Lawmakers Move to Expand Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants By Kaylee Greenlee The California Assembly voted 44-11 in favor of a bill last week that broadens state Medicaid coverage to include illegal immigrants to the tune of more than $3 billion annually. Under federal law, Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, provides ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – June 7
Rowena Itchon – Remembering D-Day, 75 Years Later Perhaps the most moving D-Day celebration speech of all time: Ronald Reagan at Pointe du Hoc, 1984. Tim Anaya – Living in Fear in California PRI’s Kerry Jackson has just published a very interesting new book on rising crime in California. Watch ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Responds to Push for Healthcare for Undocumented in Calmatters
California poised to go further than any state to insure the undocumented—too pricey, or about time? By Elizabeth Aguilera As California moves closer than ever to offering free health care to low-income undocumented adults—at a potential cost of $1 billion—battle lines are being drawn about who should benefit, and who ...
John Yoo and Steve Hayward – What’s Wrong with Universities and Can They Be Fixed?
In this special episode – recorded at a recent PRI luncheon in San Francisco – PRI Senior Fellow and UC Berkeley Professor Steve Hayward and UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo share their thoughts diversity, equality, and the attacks on free speech on college campuses. They share their experiences teaching at UC ...
FDA must do more to protect consumers from ‘outright fraud’ of dietary supplements
By Henry I. Miller and Josh Bloom Published in Genetic Literacy Project Dietary supplements are big business. Three out of four Americans take one or more on a regular basis, and for older Americans the fraction is four out of five. One in three children also takes supplements. The estimated ...
What We’re Watching – June 14
Tim Anaya – Cancer Treatments and Financial Returns This week, PRI’s new Center for Medical Economics and Innovation released a new issue brief on the issue of cancer treatments and financial returns. It analyzes an oft-quoted study by the World Health Organization that has been used to argue cancer treatment ...
Sally Pipes Discusses CA Plan to Expand Medi-cal Eligibility for Undocumented on Wilkow Majority
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses California’s plan to expand Medi-cal eligibility for undocumented immigrants living in the state on the “Wilkow Majority” on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. https://www.pacificresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Wilkow-Sally-Pipes-6-12-19.mp3
Kerry Jackson Discusses Living in Fear in California on Terry Maxwell Show
Listen to Kerry Jackson discuss his new book on crime in California, Living in Fear in California, on “The Terry Maxwell Show” on KNZR Radio in Bakersfield. Click here to listen (click on June 12 episode to hear Kerry’s interview)
Brian Isom – How Policy Changes Can Help Minimize the Risk of Another Destructive California Wildfire
Brian Isom of the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University joins us to discuss his research on California wildfires. He discusses why the Paradise and Napa Valley fires were so destructive, why devastating wildfires are becoming much more common in the West, the political battle over healthy ...
Read Wayne Winegarden’s Comments on Administration’s Trade Wars in Bankrate
The Trump administration’s trade wars are whipping Fed policy back and forth By Sarah Foster President Donald Trump’s trade wars just might prompt the Federal Reserve rate cut he’s been clamoring for — but for the wrong reasons. Weeks after the White House slapped higher duties on Chinese imports and threatened ...
Sally Pipes Responds to CA Push to Expand Medicaid for Undocumented in Daily Signal
California Lawmakers Move to Expand Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants By Kaylee Greenlee The California Assembly voted 44-11 in favor of a bill last week that broadens state Medicaid coverage to include illegal immigrants to the tune of more than $3 billion annually. Under federal law, Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, provides ...
What We’re Watching – June 7
Rowena Itchon – Remembering D-Day, 75 Years Later Perhaps the most moving D-Day celebration speech of all time: Ronald Reagan at Pointe du Hoc, 1984. Tim Anaya – Living in Fear in California PRI’s Kerry Jackson has just published a very interesting new book on rising crime in California. Watch ...
Sally Pipes Responds to Push for Healthcare for Undocumented in Calmatters
California poised to go further than any state to insure the undocumented—too pricey, or about time? By Elizabeth Aguilera As California moves closer than ever to offering free health care to low-income undocumented adults—at a potential cost of $1 billion—battle lines are being drawn about who should benefit, and who ...
