Sally C. Pipes
Business & Economics
A swift re-tort: How to fight lawsuit abuse
America’s economy remains in terrible shape and federal lawmakers are trying to kick-start a recovery by spending money. A better strategy would be to reform the country’s inefficient tort system, which is failing to promptly compensate true victims. Instead, meritless lawsuits clog courtrooms while outsized monetary awards cripple businesses and ...
Business & Economics
Nanny Government Plays from the Rough
As readers of the Contrarian know from the recent piece on Billie Jean King, my game is tennis. I’m not much of a golfer, but I can recognize a wild tee shot that lands deep in the rough. That is especially true when the shot comes from a politically correct ...
Commentary
What made vaccine industry so sickly?
Red tape, price controls, lawsuits have decimated U.S. vaccine makers. The United States isn’t ready for the possibility of a swine flu pandemic. We could have been, we should have been, but we’re not. While officials have done their best to stockpile antiviral treatments like Tamiflu and Relenza, the most ...
Climate Change
On Earth Day, don’t buy into the eco-doomsaying
Environmental Index Report: 2009 What would Earth Day be without hand wringing over the supposedly dire state of the planet? Concern over climate change seems to have reached a fever pitch. And the American economy has been fingered as the culprit. President Obama’s recent budget proposal pours a whopping $150 ...
Commentary
Obama’s public plan will be a disaster for American health care
High-ranking Democrats recently signaled that they might exploit a procedural maneuver in congressional protocol to pass major healthcare legislation without a single Republican vote. Through “budget reconciliation,” a fast-track process that allows the Senate to pass the government’s budget without debate and with just a simple majority, Democratic leaders hope ...
Commentary
A Backdoor Plan for Rationing
Imagine you’re sick. You find out there’s only one drug that can cure you, but your insurance company won’t pay for it because it’s too expensive. Remarkably, such a scenario may soon become a reality in this country. The stimulus bill that President Obama just signed contains $1.1 billion for ...
Business & Economics
Report Card for the Diversity Racket
I do not know Charlotte Westerhaus but I do have some sympathy for her. The duties of her job, “vice president for diversity and inclusion” for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, include replying to charges that in 2008 the NCAA “lost ground for both their record for gender hiring practices ...
Business & Economics
Putting Women’s History Month to Good Use
It’s Women’s History Month, so let’s take another look at the greatest woman of our time. We recently considered “There is No Alternative,” a book about Margaret Thatcher by Claire Berlinski, who did not know her. In the interest of gender fairness, we turn to Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of ...
Health Care
Testimony to the U.S. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health
Sally C. Pipes, President & CEO, Pacific Research Institute Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2322 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. I would like to thank the members of the Subcommittee for inviting me to testify on “Making Health Care Work for American Families: Ensuring Affordable Coverage”. I think that everyone would agree ...
Health Care
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen’s Guide
President and CEO, Sally C. Pipes, was invited to talk about the findings in her book “The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen’s Guide” at the Heritage Foundation. In The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen’s Guide, Sally C. Pipes examines ten popular myths ...
A swift re-tort: How to fight lawsuit abuse
America’s economy remains in terrible shape and federal lawmakers are trying to kick-start a recovery by spending money. A better strategy would be to reform the country’s inefficient tort system, which is failing to promptly compensate true victims. Instead, meritless lawsuits clog courtrooms while outsized monetary awards cripple businesses and ...
Nanny Government Plays from the Rough
As readers of the Contrarian know from the recent piece on Billie Jean King, my game is tennis. I’m not much of a golfer, but I can recognize a wild tee shot that lands deep in the rough. That is especially true when the shot comes from a politically correct ...
What made vaccine industry so sickly?
Red tape, price controls, lawsuits have decimated U.S. vaccine makers. The United States isn’t ready for the possibility of a swine flu pandemic. We could have been, we should have been, but we’re not. While officials have done their best to stockpile antiviral treatments like Tamiflu and Relenza, the most ...
On Earth Day, don’t buy into the eco-doomsaying
Environmental Index Report: 2009 What would Earth Day be without hand wringing over the supposedly dire state of the planet? Concern over climate change seems to have reached a fever pitch. And the American economy has been fingered as the culprit. President Obama’s recent budget proposal pours a whopping $150 ...
Obama’s public plan will be a disaster for American health care
High-ranking Democrats recently signaled that they might exploit a procedural maneuver in congressional protocol to pass major healthcare legislation without a single Republican vote. Through “budget reconciliation,” a fast-track process that allows the Senate to pass the government’s budget without debate and with just a simple majority, Democratic leaders hope ...
A Backdoor Plan for Rationing
Imagine you’re sick. You find out there’s only one drug that can cure you, but your insurance company won’t pay for it because it’s too expensive. Remarkably, such a scenario may soon become a reality in this country. The stimulus bill that President Obama just signed contains $1.1 billion for ...
Report Card for the Diversity Racket
I do not know Charlotte Westerhaus but I do have some sympathy for her. The duties of her job, “vice president for diversity and inclusion” for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, include replying to charges that in 2008 the NCAA “lost ground for both their record for gender hiring practices ...
Putting Women’s History Month to Good Use
It’s Women’s History Month, so let’s take another look at the greatest woman of our time. We recently considered “There is No Alternative,” a book about Margaret Thatcher by Claire Berlinski, who did not know her. In the interest of gender fairness, we turn to Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of ...
Testimony to the U.S. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health
Sally C. Pipes, President & CEO, Pacific Research Institute Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2322 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. I would like to thank the members of the Subcommittee for inviting me to testify on “Making Health Care Work for American Families: Ensuring Affordable Coverage”. I think that everyone would agree ...
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen’s Guide
President and CEO, Sally C. Pipes, was invited to talk about the findings in her book “The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen’s Guide” at the Heritage Foundation. In The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen’s Guide, Sally C. Pipes examines ten popular myths ...
