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Yes On D Will Help Small Business
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D
10.29.2003
San Francisco is the nation's most creative city, according to economist Richard Florida of Carnegie Mellon University. But a municipal government that is one of the worst dampens this creativity. Voters will be able to do something about that next week, especially in voting for Proposition D.
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Davis Is to Carter...as Arnold is to Reagan?
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
10.27.2003
In April 1999, just after Gray Davis first took office as governor of California, I wrote a column for the California Journal, Sacramento's version of an inside-the-Beltway monthly, that posited that the seemingly invincible Davis could become the next Jimmy Carter. Even at that early date the signs of Davis's ultimate failure were discernible for anyone willing to look closely.
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Canada’s Drug Mythology: Labyrinth Up North
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.24.2003
Consider what drove New Brunswick's Bill and Mary Cooper (names changed to protect privacy) to head south to the U.S. for treatment of their Type II Diabetes. Bill discovered Glucophage XR was the most-effective drug, but it wasn't available under his provincial health plan.
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Border Crossings
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.17.2003
A lot has been made by some U.S. politicians about elderly Americans crossing the border into Canada to buy medications because they are cheaper there. Little attention, though, is given to the fact that thousands of Canadians are coming to the United States for vital diagnostic tests, new treatments, and better medicines.
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Outta Control
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.16.2003
The world is in the midst of a "third revolution" in pharmaceutical drugs that is both saving lives and improving their quality.
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The Best Medicine the 1970s Can Provide
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.15.2003
In 1998, The Toronto Star reported that St. Joseph's Health Centre in London, Ontario, was renting access to its MRI machine to veterinarians for after-hours use on pets even as Canadian human patients waited for waited for diagnoses.
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Moore's Law Meets Evolution
Technology Op-Ed
10.14.2003
This month, Ernest Hemingway's grandchildren settled a dispute over the estate of the writer's transsexual son Gregory, averting a ruling from a judge on whether Gregory died a man or a woman.
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Woe, Canada
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.14.2003
On the first Monday after the first Sunday of the National Football League season, four Arizona Cardinal players had MRIs (magnetic resonance images) studies to detect whether they might need surgery. Tuesday, after the NFL's first Monday night contest, three Philadelphia Eagles got scanned.
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Regulators should let Baby Bells set their own prices
Technology Op-Ed
10.13.2003
Though advertised in your Sept. 26-Oct. 2 commentary as "democracy," ("SBC seeks to strike blow against telecom democracy"), government regulation of telecommunications has failed consumers. The way to achieve the best service at the lowest prices is not through politics but economics and the marketplace.
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Pacific Research Institute Provides Policy Roadmap for Governor-Elect Schwarzenegger
Press Release
10.9.2003
SAN FRANCISCO – In the wake of a successful recall election, the new governor is faced with numerous challenges and endless opportunities. To navigate the many policy choices and craft a strong vision for the state, Governor Schwarzenegger should turn to the Pacific Research Institute’s (PRI) new report, The California Leadership Guide, released today.
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Last-Minute Menace
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.3.2003
The California legislature's greatest hits of last minute legislating include the 1996 botched restructuring of the electricity industry that helped, in part, to put the state in its current fiscal condition. This year's crew is seeking to surpass that boondoggle with the recently passed Health Insurance Act of 2003, a state intrusion into the health insurance marketplace financed by a tax on California's businesses.
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The California Leadership Guide
PRI Study
10.1.2003
The Pacific Research Institute's California Leadership Guide explores the post-recall landscape, highlighting the key challenges and opportunities ahead for the next administration in Sacramento. California currently faces a $10-$20 billion deficit, an economy shedding jobs and losing businesses to other states, and an education system spending far more than it receives in student performance. The policy prescriptions that follow outline the critical steps a new governor should undertake to help return California to fiscal stability, educational excellence, and economic prosperity.
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