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Winners and Losers – March 12
Tim Anaya, Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner: Gov. Gavin Newsom – With Washington sending $42 billion in state aid to California in the $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed by President Biden on Thursday, Gov. Newsom will get to channel his inner Oprah in the upcoming state ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 12, 2021
Podcast
Free Speech, Social Media, Fake News, Dangerous Speech, and Democracy: What Should Be Done?
This podcast features a virtual debate on free speech and the role of social media platforms in moderating online content. PRI brings together an unmatched team of experts including former Congressman Chris Cox, one of the original authors of Section 230; the Honorable Dan Oliver, one of the country’s leading ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 8, 2021
Business & Economics
Congress Should Not Follow California’s Example With PRO Act
This week, the House will vote on the so-called PRO Act, which the National Law Journal calls “the most significant labor law reform since the World War II-era Taft-Hartley Act and the 1935 Wagner Act . . . which first granted private-sector employees the right to form and join labor organizations.” One of ...
Wayne Winegarden
March 8, 2021
Commentary
Get The COVID-19 Vaccine — Whichever One Is Available!
During the past year, many thousands of articles and commentaries have been published on almost every imaginable aspect of the SARS-Cov-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic it has caused. They have appeared online, in journals, on preprint servers, in newspapers, and on Facebook and Twitter, to say nothing of local ...
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
March 4, 2021
Agriculture
Suppressing Progress
By Henry Miller, M.S., M.D. and John Cohrssen Over the weekend, the FDA issued an emergency-use authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, clearing the path to market for the third coronavirus vaccine. The FDA had previously approved the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines in record time—mere weeks after their ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 4, 2021
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Gig Economy Study Featured in NorCal Record
Study finds gig economy grows amid COVID pandemic; ‘Benefits people as consumers of goods and services and the income-earning opportunities created’ By Sarah Downey As gig economy restrictions have been reintroduced at the federal level, a new analysis has found such platforms crucial to helping businesses and workers recover from the COVID-19 ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 4, 2021
Commentary
Frivolous Patent Litigation Threatens The Technology Revolution
Patent trolls have been a plague on innovators for too long. Patent trolls are entities that obtain patents (sometimes obscure patents) for the sole purpose of threatening or filing lawsuits in court and then using the prospect of costly litigation to extort unwarranted payouts from an innovative company. The risks ...
Wayne Winegarden
March 4, 2021
Blog
EV Mandates — More CopyCal Moves from Washington
Among Pres. Biden’s first executive orders was to replace the entire fleet of federal vehicles with electric vehicles — about 645,000 in all according to the General Services Administration. He claimed that it would create one million autoworker jobs in the U.S. Chock up another win for the Golden State, ...
Rowena Itchon
March 3, 2021
Business & Economics
Watch: Free Speech, Social Media, Fake News, Dangerous Speech, and Democracy: What Should Be Done?
Pacific Research Institute is proud to present a virtual debate on free speech and the role of social media in moderating online content. PRI brings together an unmatched team of experts including former Congressman Chris Cox, one of the original authors of Section 230; the Honorable Dan Oliver, one of ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 2, 2021
Coronavirus
Dr. Henry Miller Featured in Kaiser Health News on AstraZeneca Vaccine
Why AstraZeneca and J&J’s Vaccines, In Use Elsewhere, Are Still on Hold in America By Sarah Jane Tribble The World Health Organization greenlighted emergency use of AstraZeneca and Oxford’s covid-19 vaccine this month, following in the steps of the United Kingdom, the European Union and others, who are already injecting ...
Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
February 28, 2021
Winners and Losers – March 12
Tim Anaya, Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner: Gov. Gavin Newsom – With Washington sending $42 billion in state aid to California in the $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed by President Biden on Thursday, Gov. Newsom will get to channel his inner Oprah in the upcoming state ...
Free Speech, Social Media, Fake News, Dangerous Speech, and Democracy: What Should Be Done?
This podcast features a virtual debate on free speech and the role of social media platforms in moderating online content. PRI brings together an unmatched team of experts including former Congressman Chris Cox, one of the original authors of Section 230; the Honorable Dan Oliver, one of the country’s leading ...
Congress Should Not Follow California’s Example With PRO Act
This week, the House will vote on the so-called PRO Act, which the National Law Journal calls “the most significant labor law reform since the World War II-era Taft-Hartley Act and the 1935 Wagner Act . . . which first granted private-sector employees the right to form and join labor organizations.” One of ...
Get The COVID-19 Vaccine — Whichever One Is Available!
During the past year, many thousands of articles and commentaries have been published on almost every imaginable aspect of the SARS-Cov-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic it has caused. They have appeared online, in journals, on preprint servers, in newspapers, and on Facebook and Twitter, to say nothing of local ...
Suppressing Progress
By Henry Miller, M.S., M.D. and John Cohrssen Over the weekend, the FDA issued an emergency-use authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, clearing the path to market for the third coronavirus vaccine. The FDA had previously approved the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines in record time—mere weeks after their ...
Wayne Winegarden Gig Economy Study Featured in NorCal Record
Study finds gig economy grows amid COVID pandemic; ‘Benefits people as consumers of goods and services and the income-earning opportunities created’ By Sarah Downey As gig economy restrictions have been reintroduced at the federal level, a new analysis has found such platforms crucial to helping businesses and workers recover from the COVID-19 ...
Frivolous Patent Litigation Threatens The Technology Revolution
Patent trolls have been a plague on innovators for too long. Patent trolls are entities that obtain patents (sometimes obscure patents) for the sole purpose of threatening or filing lawsuits in court and then using the prospect of costly litigation to extort unwarranted payouts from an innovative company. The risks ...
EV Mandates — More CopyCal Moves from Washington
Among Pres. Biden’s first executive orders was to replace the entire fleet of federal vehicles with electric vehicles — about 645,000 in all according to the General Services Administration. He claimed that it would create one million autoworker jobs in the U.S. Chock up another win for the Golden State, ...
Watch: Free Speech, Social Media, Fake News, Dangerous Speech, and Democracy: What Should Be Done?
Pacific Research Institute is proud to present a virtual debate on free speech and the role of social media in moderating online content. PRI brings together an unmatched team of experts including former Congressman Chris Cox, one of the original authors of Section 230; the Honorable Dan Oliver, one of ...
Dr. Henry Miller Featured in Kaiser Health News on AstraZeneca Vaccine
Why AstraZeneca and J&J’s Vaccines, In Use Elsewhere, Are Still on Hold in America By Sarah Jane Tribble The World Health Organization greenlighted emergency use of AstraZeneca and Oxford’s covid-19 vaccine this month, following in the steps of the United Kingdom, the European Union and others, who are already injecting ...