Pacific Research Institute
Business & Economics
Pete Constant – How Can We Tame California’s Pension Monster?
Pete Constant, former San Jose City Councilman and president of the Retirement Security Initiative, joins us to share his experiences as a local elected official grappling with runaway public employee pensions, and what can be done to tame California’s pension monster.
Education
Lance Izumi in Sacramento Bee: Should Teachers Be Paid Like Rock Stars?
Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, was asked by the Sacramento Bee for his comments on a statement by California gubernatorial candidate John Cox that teacher should be “paid like rock stars and baseball players.” Read his comments below and click ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – October 12
Rowena Itchon – What Happens During a Major Stock Market Crash? It happened in 1929, in 1987, and in 2008 – an October stock market crash. While no one wants to see it happen, it’s best to keep on our toes. Here’s a classic video of Sam Donaldson of ABC ...
Education
Rebecca Friedrichs – Janus Before Janus
Rebecca Friedrichs of For Kids and Country joins us to talk about the victory for worker freedom in the Janus decision, and her experiences as lead plaintiff in a prior case that ended in a 4-4 tie in the Supreme Court. We discuss what’s next for disaffected union members after ...
Multimedia
Video Highlights from the Thatcher Gala
Pete Wilson Throughout the Years Introduction Sally and Dan Kolkey Roundtable Pete making statement at Thatcher Gala Original Song video
Blog
What We’re Watching – October 5
Rowena Itchon – Wine Harvests One Year After Devastating Fires It was a year ago when northern California wine growers suffered from devastating wildfires. But by all accounts, as harvest season nears its end, wine growers are expecting 2018 to be an excellent year. Here’s a video of a families ...
Business & Economics
Harry Crocker – What Would Have Happened if George Armstrong Custer Had Lived?
Regnery Publishing Vice President and Executive Editor Harry Crocker joins us to talk about his new book Armstrong, which imagines what would have if George Armstrong Custer survived the Battle of Little Big Horn. We discuss his inspiration for writing the book, the challenges faced today by the conservative book ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks Medicare for All in Managed Care Magazine
Medicare Expansion Steps Into the Political Limelight Democrats are running on Medicare for All—or extending the seniors’ program to the merely middle-aged—or resurrecting a ‘public option’. Republicans say Medicare expansion would mean government intrusion and inefficiency. But politics aside, how would these Medicare expansions work? By Timothy Kelley Sometimes it ...
Agriculture
Dr. Henry Miller Publishes New Federalist Society White Paper on Regulation of Food & Ag Biotech
We Need Smarter Regulation of Food and Agricultural Biotechnology By John J. Cohrseen and Henry I. Miller EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the early 1970s a group of scientists — none involved in agriculture or food — raised concerns about the hypothetical hazards that might arise from the use of the newly ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – September 28
Tim Anaya – Check out the new “California Nation” Podcast Very excited to announce The Bee is getting into the podcast arena. Starting Thursday, I'll be hosting "California Nation." You can subscribe now on Apple, Stitcher, TuneIn, SoundCloud, and Google Play. https://t.co/OrTISEuZ3I — Bryan Anderson (@BryanRAnderson) September 25, 2018 Our ...
Pete Constant – How Can We Tame California’s Pension Monster?
Pete Constant, former San Jose City Councilman and president of the Retirement Security Initiative, joins us to share his experiences as a local elected official grappling with runaway public employee pensions, and what can be done to tame California’s pension monster.
Lance Izumi in Sacramento Bee: Should Teachers Be Paid Like Rock Stars?
Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education, was asked by the Sacramento Bee for his comments on a statement by California gubernatorial candidate John Cox that teacher should be “paid like rock stars and baseball players.” Read his comments below and click ...
What We’re Watching – October 12
Rowena Itchon – What Happens During a Major Stock Market Crash? It happened in 1929, in 1987, and in 2008 – an October stock market crash. While no one wants to see it happen, it’s best to keep on our toes. Here’s a classic video of Sam Donaldson of ABC ...
Rebecca Friedrichs – Janus Before Janus
Rebecca Friedrichs of For Kids and Country joins us to talk about the victory for worker freedom in the Janus decision, and her experiences as lead plaintiff in a prior case that ended in a 4-4 tie in the Supreme Court. We discuss what’s next for disaffected union members after ...
Video Highlights from the Thatcher Gala
Pete Wilson Throughout the Years Introduction Sally and Dan Kolkey Roundtable Pete making statement at Thatcher Gala Original Song video
What We’re Watching – October 5
Rowena Itchon – Wine Harvests One Year After Devastating Fires It was a year ago when northern California wine growers suffered from devastating wildfires. But by all accounts, as harvest season nears its end, wine growers are expecting 2018 to be an excellent year. Here’s a video of a families ...
Harry Crocker – What Would Have Happened if George Armstrong Custer Had Lived?
Regnery Publishing Vice President and Executive Editor Harry Crocker joins us to talk about his new book Armstrong, which imagines what would have if George Armstrong Custer survived the Battle of Little Big Horn. We discuss his inspiration for writing the book, the challenges faced today by the conservative book ...
Sally Pipes Talks Medicare for All in Managed Care Magazine
Medicare Expansion Steps Into the Political Limelight Democrats are running on Medicare for All—or extending the seniors’ program to the merely middle-aged—or resurrecting a ‘public option’. Republicans say Medicare expansion would mean government intrusion and inefficiency. But politics aside, how would these Medicare expansions work? By Timothy Kelley Sometimes it ...
Dr. Henry Miller Publishes New Federalist Society White Paper on Regulation of Food & Ag Biotech
We Need Smarter Regulation of Food and Agricultural Biotechnology By John J. Cohrseen and Henry I. Miller EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the early 1970s a group of scientists — none involved in agriculture or food — raised concerns about the hypothetical hazards that might arise from the use of the newly ...
What We’re Watching – September 28
Tim Anaya – Check out the new “California Nation” Podcast Very excited to announce The Bee is getting into the podcast arena. Starting Thursday, I'll be hosting "California Nation." You can subscribe now on Apple, Stitcher, TuneIn, SoundCloud, and Google Play. https://t.co/OrTISEuZ3I — Bryan Anderson (@BryanRAnderson) September 25, 2018 Our ...
