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High on Spending, Light on Stimulus: Legislative Democrats Propose $100 Billion Borrowing Plan
This week in Washington, Democrats and Republicans are squabbling over the next economic stimulus package. Republicans have proposed a roughly $1 trillion plan, while Speaker Pelosi is pushing a $3 trillion plan. The partisan haggling and negotiations via shuttle diplomacy have already begun. Upon returning from their summer recess, Sacramento ...
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Bartlett Cleland – Everything You Need to Know About California’s New Privacy Law
PRI Senior Fellow in Tech and Innovation Bartlett Cleland joins us to discuss the California Consumer Privacy Act, which took effect on July 1. He discusses the serious flaws with the new law and how it will impact consumers and business owners, looks ahead to November when voters would have ...
Commentary
COVID-19’s Long-Term Effects Raise the Stakes of the Game.
Despite the surge of new cases of COVID-19, increases in the percentage of positive tests, and scores of ICUs at or near capacity, some commentators are still saying things like, “The so-called surge in cases is more fake news pushed by media cheerleaders eager to destroy the U.S. economy and culture ...
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Lars Larson and Dr. Henry Miller Talk Ongoing Symptoms Due to COVID-19
Dr. Henry Miller talks about new symptoms showing up in those infected with COVID-19, some of which are different than the initial ones noticed at the start of the pandemic. Miller explains the findings come from different studies, including an Italian study that showed many continuing symptoms after the coronavirus ...
Commentary
Executive Order On Drug Price Controls Would Backfire
Rumor has it that President Trump will soon issue a sweeping executive order to lower prescription drug prices by fiat. Nothing is set in stone. But the order would reportedly index the government’s reimbursements for medicines to the prices that Britain, France, Canada, and other developed nations pay. Since all those nations ...
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California is a Part-Time Legislature Due to Coronavirus
Advocates have fought to make California a part-time legislature for a while now. Strangely, the coronavirus pandemic has given these advocates what they want in the interest of public health. The California State Legislature has largely been sidelined since shelter-in-place orders and closures began in March 2020. The state legislature ...
Commentary
Covid’s Harrowing Complications
It’s good news that the death rate from Covid-19 has trended dramatically downward since April, even as the number of new cases is surging. But it’s far from the whole story. Unlike common colds caused by other coronaviruses, Covid-19 is more than a transient, self-limited respiratory infection. There have been ...
Coronavirus
Dr. Henry Miller – What Scientists Are Learning About COVID-19 and What Americans Must Do to Reduce Its Spread
PRI senior fellow in health care studies Dr. Henry Miller gives us an update on what scientists are learning about COVID-19 and the progress in finding a vaccine. He also weighs in on whether schools should be reopening this fall, gives his thoughts on what the Trump administration is doing ...
Coronavirus
Dr. Henry Miller Talk COVID-19 Vaccines, Herd Immunity on the John Batchelor Show
Dr. Henry Miller talks about the state of “herd immunity” and the coronavirus, or COVID-19, during his weekly radio show appearance on the John Batchelor Show. Batchelor and Miller also talk about the latest progress with a potential vaccine, including the start of production, and the selections by the Trump ...
Commentary
Sally C. Pipes Talks COVID-19, State Closures on the Larry Elder Show
Possibility of huge tax increases, discrepancies with COVID-19 numbers and the overall impact of 80 percent of, 45 percent of people who have died were in nursing homes, and only 3 percent is 25 to 44-years-old. Elder and Pipes also talk about the transmission rates among children, the announcement that ...
High on Spending, Light on Stimulus: Legislative Democrats Propose $100 Billion Borrowing Plan
This week in Washington, Democrats and Republicans are squabbling over the next economic stimulus package. Republicans have proposed a roughly $1 trillion plan, while Speaker Pelosi is pushing a $3 trillion plan. The partisan haggling and negotiations via shuttle diplomacy have already begun. Upon returning from their summer recess, Sacramento ...
Bartlett Cleland – Everything You Need to Know About California’s New Privacy Law
PRI Senior Fellow in Tech and Innovation Bartlett Cleland joins us to discuss the California Consumer Privacy Act, which took effect on July 1. He discusses the serious flaws with the new law and how it will impact consumers and business owners, looks ahead to November when voters would have ...
COVID-19’s Long-Term Effects Raise the Stakes of the Game.
Despite the surge of new cases of COVID-19, increases in the percentage of positive tests, and scores of ICUs at or near capacity, some commentators are still saying things like, “The so-called surge in cases is more fake news pushed by media cheerleaders eager to destroy the U.S. economy and culture ...
Lars Larson and Dr. Henry Miller Talk Ongoing Symptoms Due to COVID-19
Dr. Henry Miller talks about new symptoms showing up in those infected with COVID-19, some of which are different than the initial ones noticed at the start of the pandemic. Miller explains the findings come from different studies, including an Italian study that showed many continuing symptoms after the coronavirus ...
Executive Order On Drug Price Controls Would Backfire
Rumor has it that President Trump will soon issue a sweeping executive order to lower prescription drug prices by fiat. Nothing is set in stone. But the order would reportedly index the government’s reimbursements for medicines to the prices that Britain, France, Canada, and other developed nations pay. Since all those nations ...
California is a Part-Time Legislature Due to Coronavirus
Advocates have fought to make California a part-time legislature for a while now. Strangely, the coronavirus pandemic has given these advocates what they want in the interest of public health. The California State Legislature has largely been sidelined since shelter-in-place orders and closures began in March 2020. The state legislature ...
Covid’s Harrowing Complications
It’s good news that the death rate from Covid-19 has trended dramatically downward since April, even as the number of new cases is surging. But it’s far from the whole story. Unlike common colds caused by other coronaviruses, Covid-19 is more than a transient, self-limited respiratory infection. There have been ...
Dr. Henry Miller – What Scientists Are Learning About COVID-19 and What Americans Must Do to Reduce Its Spread
PRI senior fellow in health care studies Dr. Henry Miller gives us an update on what scientists are learning about COVID-19 and the progress in finding a vaccine. He also weighs in on whether schools should be reopening this fall, gives his thoughts on what the Trump administration is doing ...
Dr. Henry Miller Talk COVID-19 Vaccines, Herd Immunity on the John Batchelor Show
Dr. Henry Miller talks about the state of “herd immunity” and the coronavirus, or COVID-19, during his weekly radio show appearance on the John Batchelor Show. Batchelor and Miller also talk about the latest progress with a potential vaccine, including the start of production, and the selections by the Trump ...
Sally C. Pipes Talks COVID-19, State Closures on the Larry Elder Show
Possibility of huge tax increases, discrepancies with COVID-19 numbers and the overall impact of 80 percent of, 45 percent of people who have died were in nursing homes, and only 3 percent is 25 to 44-years-old. Elder and Pipes also talk about the transmission rates among children, the announcement that ...
