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Impact Magazine – Summer 2020
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Blog
What We’re Watching – July 24
Kerry Jackson – Don’t “Abolish the Police.” Privatize Them. Defund the police? Increase funding? Do nothing? Here’s a video that proposes something few would ever think of. Rowena Itchon – On Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Green New Deal Check out Reason TV’s analysis of Biden’s $2 trillion Green New Deal. ...
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 ...
Drug Pricing
What We’re Watching – July 17
Rowena Itchon – 102-year-old woman survives 1918 pandemic, COVID-19 Gerri Schappals is 102, and survived the Spanish flu, cancer, and COVID-19 – an inspiration to us all. Ben Smithwick – The Black Swan Economy Jonathan Coslet, Senior Partner & Chief Investment Officer at TPG Capital, and Stanford Professor John B. ...
Blackouts
State Move Toward All-Electric Buildings Would Be Another Hit to California’s Working Class
At roughly the same time the state Air Resources Board issued a rule forcing trucks and vans to transition from diesel to electric motors, the state moved closer to a policy framework in which new buildings must be all-electric. The smiling environmental lobby feels no mercy toward the poor, who ...
Commentary
CIO Dive Features Bartlett Cleland, PRI in Data Privacy Article
CCPA critics warn innovation could lose under the law. What’s at stake? By: Samantha Schwartz, CIO Dive Companies built empires on user data — information volunteered in exchange for services. But with heightened privacy scrutiny, could those companies survive today? The California Consumer Privacy Act is challenging how companies use ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – July 10
Kerry Jackson – Thomas Sowell – Common Sense in a Senseless World The full one-hour documentary won’t be out until early next year. In the meantime, the world around us is likely to become more senseless by the day. Maybe the greatest act of 2021 will be done by the ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – Independence Day Edition
Tim Anaya – Celebrate America with 4th of July Fireworks Since most fireworks displays have been cancelled this year (outside people in my neighborhood illegally setting them off every night), I thought we would all enjoy watching some virtual fireworks. Here’s the display from a few years back at Walt ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – June 26
Rowena Itchon – “Project Home: 3D Printing the Future” I ran across this teaser on the upcoming documentary “Project Home: 3D Printing the Future” by the Moving Picture Institute. The first 3D printed homes are located in a neighborhood in southern Mexico. A way to solve California’s homeless problem? Ben Smithwick ...
Blog
Expert Panel Talks Data Privacy, COVID-19 Impact in PRI Webinar
Recently, I moderated a PRI Webinar on Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and Regulation During the Coronavirus Pandemic. It was a fantastic look at the current state of data privacy, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and where state and federal regulations on data privacy are headed. If you haven’t seen it ...
Impact Magazine – Summer 2020
DOWNLOAD THE PDF .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; height:0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;} Letter from the President These are stressful times for our nation. Americans have faced shelter-in-place orders that lasted weeks. ...
What We’re Watching – July 24
Kerry Jackson – Don’t “Abolish the Police.” Privatize Them. Defund the police? Increase funding? Do nothing? Here’s a video that proposes something few would ever think of. Rowena Itchon – On Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Green New Deal Check out Reason TV’s analysis of Biden’s $2 trillion Green New Deal. ...
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 ...
What We’re Watching – July 17
Rowena Itchon – 102-year-old woman survives 1918 pandemic, COVID-19 Gerri Schappals is 102, and survived the Spanish flu, cancer, and COVID-19 – an inspiration to us all. Ben Smithwick – The Black Swan Economy Jonathan Coslet, Senior Partner & Chief Investment Officer at TPG Capital, and Stanford Professor John B. ...
State Move Toward All-Electric Buildings Would Be Another Hit to California’s Working Class
At roughly the same time the state Air Resources Board issued a rule forcing trucks and vans to transition from diesel to electric motors, the state moved closer to a policy framework in which new buildings must be all-electric. The smiling environmental lobby feels no mercy toward the poor, who ...
CIO Dive Features Bartlett Cleland, PRI in Data Privacy Article
CCPA critics warn innovation could lose under the law. What’s at stake? By: Samantha Schwartz, CIO Dive Companies built empires on user data — information volunteered in exchange for services. But with heightened privacy scrutiny, could those companies survive today? The California Consumer Privacy Act is challenging how companies use ...
What We’re Watching – July 10
Kerry Jackson – Thomas Sowell – Common Sense in a Senseless World The full one-hour documentary won’t be out until early next year. In the meantime, the world around us is likely to become more senseless by the day. Maybe the greatest act of 2021 will be done by the ...
What We’re Watching – Independence Day Edition
Tim Anaya – Celebrate America with 4th of July Fireworks Since most fireworks displays have been cancelled this year (outside people in my neighborhood illegally setting them off every night), I thought we would all enjoy watching some virtual fireworks. Here’s the display from a few years back at Walt ...
What We’re Watching – June 26
Rowena Itchon – “Project Home: 3D Printing the Future” I ran across this teaser on the upcoming documentary “Project Home: 3D Printing the Future” by the Moving Picture Institute. The first 3D printed homes are located in a neighborhood in southern Mexico. A way to solve California’s homeless problem? Ben Smithwick ...
Expert Panel Talks Data Privacy, COVID-19 Impact in PRI Webinar
Recently, I moderated a PRI Webinar on Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and Regulation During the Coronavirus Pandemic. It was a fantastic look at the current state of data privacy, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and where state and federal regulations on data privacy are headed. If you haven’t seen it ...
