Pacific Research Institute
Agriculture
GMO crops are key to sustainable farming—why are some scientists afraid to talk about them?
By Henry I. Miller, M.S, M.D. and Colin A. Carter Molecular genetic engineering has spawned a strange new allergy. No, not the kind of allergy that causes hives or wheezing; rather, an aversion to mentioning the role of genetic engineering in agriculture. In analyses, reports, and supposedly scholarly articles on ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – Remembering Dr. King
Today, we join all Americans in pausing to remember the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Instead of our normal posts here on Right by the Bay today, we present a special “What We’re Watching” featuring Dr. King’s most inspiring words in his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Blog
What We’re Watching – January 18
Tim Anaya – Choosing Diversity Preview Next week is National School Choice Week. As part of the celebration, we’ll be releasing Choosing Diversity, the latest book from our Lance Izumi on the importance of charter schools. Here’s a preview of Lance speaking about his new book! Rowena Itchon – What ...
Poverty
Complimentary Registration for California Ideas in Action Conference
How Free Market Ideas Can Build New, Diverse Coalitions Many have written the obituary for free-market ideas following 2018’s blue wave in California. To the contrary, there are many free-market ideas that have wide, bipartisan appeal and can serve as the foundation for new, diverse coalitions. PRI’s first annual California ...
Charter Schools
Lance Izumi – Choosing Diversity
Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi joins us to talk about his new book on charter schools, Choosing Diversity, which profiles several charter schools across the country that are a different as one could imagine, but all meet the diverse and complex needs of each individual student. ...
Education
Lance Izumi Talks “Choosing Diversity” on Phil Cowan Show
Listen to Lance Izumi, Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss his upcoming book Choosing Diversity on “The Phil Cowan Show” on AM 1380 The Answer in Sacramento. The interview begins at the 1 hour, 34 minute mark.
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks Affordable Health Care Options on “The David Webb Show”
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses a new Trump insurance rule that could help small business employees afford health insurance, and the push by Democrats to enact a “Medicare For All” health care scheme on “The David Webb Show” on ...
Commentary
A Market-Based Solution to Rising Drug Prices: More Competition
By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and John J. Cohrssen President Trump and high-ranking officials in his administration, including Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, are scheduled to meet tomorrow for a strategy ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – Dutch Steals the Show
Tim Anaya – Dutch Newsom Upstages His Dad’s Inauguration We’ve had plenty to say this week about Gavin Newsom’s inauguration and his first proposals as Governor. We suspect he’ll keep us talking – and writing – quite a bit over the next four years. But the real star of the ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Comments on Gov. Newsom’s Health Care Plans to Capital Public Radio
Universal Health Care Push Expected To Regain Momentum In Newsom’s First Budget By Sammy Caiola The fight to expand coverage under the Affordable Care Act never petered out in California, even as the federal government moved repeatedly to dismantle the Obama-era policy. Now, the Golden State seems to have a ...
GMO crops are key to sustainable farming—why are some scientists afraid to talk about them?
By Henry I. Miller, M.S, M.D. and Colin A. Carter Molecular genetic engineering has spawned a strange new allergy. No, not the kind of allergy that causes hives or wheezing; rather, an aversion to mentioning the role of genetic engineering in agriculture. In analyses, reports, and supposedly scholarly articles on ...
What We’re Watching – Remembering Dr. King
Today, we join all Americans in pausing to remember the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Instead of our normal posts here on Right by the Bay today, we present a special “What We’re Watching” featuring Dr. King’s most inspiring words in his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
What We’re Watching – January 18
Tim Anaya – Choosing Diversity Preview Next week is National School Choice Week. As part of the celebration, we’ll be releasing Choosing Diversity, the latest book from our Lance Izumi on the importance of charter schools. Here’s a preview of Lance speaking about his new book! Rowena Itchon – What ...
Complimentary Registration for California Ideas in Action Conference
How Free Market Ideas Can Build New, Diverse Coalitions Many have written the obituary for free-market ideas following 2018’s blue wave in California. To the contrary, there are many free-market ideas that have wide, bipartisan appeal and can serve as the foundation for new, diverse coalitions. PRI’s first annual California ...
Lance Izumi – Choosing Diversity
Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi joins us to talk about his new book on charter schools, Choosing Diversity, which profiles several charter schools across the country that are a different as one could imagine, but all meet the diverse and complex needs of each individual student. ...
Lance Izumi Talks “Choosing Diversity” on Phil Cowan Show
Listen to Lance Izumi, Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss his upcoming book Choosing Diversity on “The Phil Cowan Show” on AM 1380 The Answer in Sacramento. The interview begins at the 1 hour, 34 minute mark.
Sally Pipes Talks Affordable Health Care Options on “The David Webb Show”
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses a new Trump insurance rule that could help small business employees afford health insurance, and the push by Democrats to enact a “Medicare For All” health care scheme on “The David Webb Show” on ...
A Market-Based Solution to Rising Drug Prices: More Competition
By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and John J. Cohrssen President Trump and high-ranking officials in his administration, including Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, are scheduled to meet tomorrow for a strategy ...
What We’re Watching – Dutch Steals the Show
Tim Anaya – Dutch Newsom Upstages His Dad’s Inauguration We’ve had plenty to say this week about Gavin Newsom’s inauguration and his first proposals as Governor. We suspect he’ll keep us talking – and writing – quite a bit over the next four years. But the real star of the ...
Sally Pipes Comments on Gov. Newsom’s Health Care Plans to Capital Public Radio
Universal Health Care Push Expected To Regain Momentum In Newsom’s First Budget By Sammy Caiola The fight to expand coverage under the Affordable Care Act never petered out in California, even as the federal government moved repeatedly to dismantle the Obama-era policy. Now, the Golden State seems to have a ...
