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Commentary
Ronald Reagan’s Education Legacy
SACRAMENTO, CA – While Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy changed the face of the world, it shouldnt be forgotten that his leadership also dramatically changed the face of issues at home. Top among those was education. In 1983, the Reagan administration released the groundbreaking report A Nation at Risk. Using a ...
Lance T. izumi
May 6, 2013
Commentary
The Lifesaving Promise Of The Pharmaceutical Drug Pipeline
There was a time not long ago when patients suffering from rare diseases had little hope of finding a medicine that could cure their ills. But in the 30 years since Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act, research into orphan drugs defined as those treating diseases that affect fewer ...
Sally C. Pipes
February 4, 2013
Commentary
Those Misleading World Health Rankings
The federally chartered Institute of Medicine issued a comprehensive report last month on the state of American health. Saying that “Other high-income countries outrank the United States on most measures of health,” the report concluded that the U.S. “is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far ...
Sally C. Pipes
February 4, 2013
Business & Economics
Charity’s Unseen Benefit: It Protects Civil Society From The State
Charities and other nonprofit institutions perform a vast array of altruistic works yielding benefits for both the direct beneficiaries and for society writ large. Most such activities are obvious: medical services for the indigent, educational services for the disadvantaged, support for the arts, and the like. But such organizations serve ...
Benjamin Zycher
January 15, 2013
Business & Economics
FOR STATE BUDGET, NOTHING TO ‘LIKE’ ABOUT FACEBOOK IPO
Facebooks stock price is currently hovering just above its all-time low. Shares have lost nearly half their value since they hit the market in May. The social networks executives, employees and investors arent the only ones disappointed by the stocks underperformance. The state of California was hoping for roughly $2 ...
Arthur Laffer
August 29, 2012
Business & Economics
The Policy Value Gap, Part 1: A Fiscal Perspective
In the spirit of Jimmy Carter, an economic malaise plagues the country. Rather than being the product of a fundamental flaw in our economic system, though, the current stagnation is mainly the result of the nations misguided economic policies. The federal governments response to the financial crisis of 2008 was ...
Wayne Winegarden
August 8, 2012
Commentary
Common Core and Universal Design for Learning
If states adopt his Common Core standards, they will be exempt from the onerous provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandates. I was having a cup of inflation-stricken chili that looked a few ounces smaller than beforethe Michelle food-police with her holier-than-thou dictates of nutrition must have convinced the ...
Lance T. izumi
February 27, 2012
Health Care
Health Care Expert Sally Pipes on Repealing, Replacing Obamacare
As a Canadian and firsthand witness of Canadas government-run health care system, Sally Pipes is warning that Obamacare will exacerbate the existing problems of rising costs and lack of access in the American health care system. At a recent Heritage event, Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, ...
Pacific Research Institute
February 17, 2012
Commentary
The road ahead on Obamacare repeal
There’s a case to be made that President Obama’s reform package is not just bad policy, it’s also of questionable constitutionality. As of this writing, 30 legal challenges to the health law have been launched involving states. Most notably, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 18, 2012
Commentary
Forget The Doctor Fix, We Need A Medicare Fix
Just before they jetted off for the holidays, Congress and the president brokered a $33-billion deal that extends the payroll tax cut, provides additional unemployment benefits, and spares physicians from steep cuts in Medicare reimbursements. Unfortunately, the compromise simply postpones the day of reckoning for all three issues until March. ...
Sally C. Pipes
January 9, 2012
Ronald Reagan’s Education Legacy
SACRAMENTO, CA – While Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy changed the face of the world, it shouldnt be forgotten that his leadership also dramatically changed the face of issues at home. Top among those was education. In 1983, the Reagan administration released the groundbreaking report A Nation at Risk. Using a ...
The Lifesaving Promise Of The Pharmaceutical Drug Pipeline
There was a time not long ago when patients suffering from rare diseases had little hope of finding a medicine that could cure their ills. But in the 30 years since Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act, research into orphan drugs defined as those treating diseases that affect fewer ...
Those Misleading World Health Rankings
The federally chartered Institute of Medicine issued a comprehensive report last month on the state of American health. Saying that “Other high-income countries outrank the United States on most measures of health,” the report concluded that the U.S. “is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far ...
Charity’s Unseen Benefit: It Protects Civil Society From The State
Charities and other nonprofit institutions perform a vast array of altruistic works yielding benefits for both the direct beneficiaries and for society writ large. Most such activities are obvious: medical services for the indigent, educational services for the disadvantaged, support for the arts, and the like. But such organizations serve ...
FOR STATE BUDGET, NOTHING TO ‘LIKE’ ABOUT FACEBOOK IPO
Facebooks stock price is currently hovering just above its all-time low. Shares have lost nearly half their value since they hit the market in May. The social networks executives, employees and investors arent the only ones disappointed by the stocks underperformance. The state of California was hoping for roughly $2 ...
The Policy Value Gap, Part 1: A Fiscal Perspective
In the spirit of Jimmy Carter, an economic malaise plagues the country. Rather than being the product of a fundamental flaw in our economic system, though, the current stagnation is mainly the result of the nations misguided economic policies. The federal governments response to the financial crisis of 2008 was ...
Common Core and Universal Design for Learning
If states adopt his Common Core standards, they will be exempt from the onerous provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandates. I was having a cup of inflation-stricken chili that looked a few ounces smaller than beforethe Michelle food-police with her holier-than-thou dictates of nutrition must have convinced the ...
Health Care Expert Sally Pipes on Repealing, Replacing Obamacare
As a Canadian and firsthand witness of Canadas government-run health care system, Sally Pipes is warning that Obamacare will exacerbate the existing problems of rising costs and lack of access in the American health care system. At a recent Heritage event, Pipes, president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, ...
The road ahead on Obamacare repeal
There’s a case to be made that President Obama’s reform package is not just bad policy, it’s also of questionable constitutionality. As of this writing, 30 legal challenges to the health law have been launched involving states. Most notably, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta ...
Forget The Doctor Fix, We Need A Medicare Fix
Just before they jetted off for the holidays, Congress and the president brokered a $33-billion deal that extends the payroll tax cut, provides additional unemployment benefits, and spares physicians from steep cuts in Medicare reimbursements. Unfortunately, the compromise simply postpones the day of reckoning for all three issues until March. ...