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Transforming Humans
Technology Op-Ed
1.28.2005
William Safire bid farewell to his column at the New York Times this week, but not because he's retiring. Instead, this Pulitzer Prize-winning, former presidential speech writer is moving on to lead an organization concerned with what some call transhumanism.
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No problem with revenue
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Anthony P. Archie
1.24.2005
Last week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released his proposed state budget for fiscal year 2005-06 amid the buzz surrounding his reform agenda. The governor focused on the state's profligate spending as the source of our deficit problem because, as he rightly noted, "we don't have a revenue problem." Despite this, there are still those who see the state's fiscal woes as an opportunity to tax Californians more.
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Call 'Negotiated' Drug Prices What They Really Are: Price Controls
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Benjamin Zycher
1.21.2005
Advocates of cheaper drug prices like to talk about federal "negotiation" of prices with pharmaceutical companies. And when they do, they almost always point to the Department of Veterans Affairs, which they say has used its size to "bargain" for better deals on prices for years. Why, they want to know, can't Medicare do the same thing?
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When Freedom Becomes an F-Word
Technology Op-Ed
1.21.2005
While American soldiers risk their lives overseas to protect freedom, broadcasters at home are cowering in the shadows of government censors. The latest story involves Fox Network's decision to electronically blur a cartoon character's posterior for fear of being fined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Tyrannous Taxation
PRI in the News
By: Steven Malanga
1.18.2005
Mired in recession in 2003, New York State raised taxes by $5.4 billion--and that came on top of a $1.8 billion New York City tax hike, described by Mayor Michael Bloomberg as part of the cost of doing business in a "premium" place like Gotham. Meanwhile, Kansas got through its recession-induced budget woes without raising taxes; instead, it cut spending and passed productivity reforms that saved $1 billion.
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What Pension Intervention Will Do For California
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Anthony P. Archie
1.17.2005
With a state budget deficit of $9.1 billion, California needs to adopt more cost-saving measures. Governor Schwarzenegger's plan to reform the state's pension system is an excellent place to start.
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Performance pay works in local school
Education Op-Ed
By: Xiaochin Claire Yan
1.17.2005
In his State of the State address, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed that "teacher employment be tied to performance, not just showing up." Teacher unions may scoff, but the concept is working at charter schools such as Vaughn Elementary.
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Change could curtail CalPERS' clout
PRI in the News
By: Timothy Roberts
1.14.2005
In the next few weeks, the $180 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System will release the names of portfolio companies that it will target this year in its long-running campaign for better corporate governance.
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Winds of Change Could Help Fix Telecom
Technology Op-Ed
1.14.2005
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's two appointees to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will soon be sworn in. Many hope these winds of change will lift California's stagnant telecom policy out of its slump, making 2005 a pivotal year for communications jobs and technology.
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Other view: It's right to link teachers' pay to merit
Education Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
1.14.2005
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proving he is the reformer Californians hoped he would be when they elected him in 2003. It's his proposal in his State of the State address Monday to overturn teacher tenure and link pay to merit and performance that epitomizes his willingness to take on the powerful "special interests" that control Sacramento.
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Internet quest
Technology Op-Ed
1.14.2005
USA TODAY endorses the concept of cities spending scarce taxpayer resources to build wireless networks to compete with private high-speed Internet providers. Yet, the newspaper appears to ignore the perils that go along with "socializing" communications services ("Internet quest gets squashed," Our view, Who gets broadband debate, Tuesday).
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Teachers unions: Arnold goes nuclear
Education Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
1.12.2005
Arnold Schwarzenegger is proving that he is truly the reformer that Californians hoped he would be when they elected him governor just over a year ago. While his rumored budget reforms got the most buzz before his State of the State address, it's his proposal to overturn teacher tenure and link teacher pay to merit and performance that epitomizes his willingness to take on the powerful special interests that control Sacramento.
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Greedy or Ignorant
PRI in the News
By: Walter E. Williams
1.10.2005
Summary: The recently published "Miracle Cure," by Sally Pipes, president of the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute, exposes health-care myths while explaining why the sometimes-touted Canadian style health care isn't the answer.
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Importing drugs from Canada is neither safe nor realistic
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Peter J. Pitts
1.9.2005
Your Jan. 2 editorial Drug industry protected at taxpayer expense cited opposition to legalized drug importation from the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Customs, Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration -- those who would be responsible for an importation program's implementation. Yet it maintained that importing pharmaceuticals from Canada is safe and essentially without consequence. Having worked for the FDA, I understand the devastation that imports would bring to the U.S. drug-safety system, and it's simply not worth it.
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The Big Science Chill
Environment Op-Ed
1.7.2005
Many people think of scientific disciplines, such as chemistry or physics, as purely fact-based endeavors, not concerned with the fuzzy field of politics. That's rarely the case because when humans are involved, things often get messy.
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Big business gave, and gave willingly
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.7.2005
When, after the Asian tsunami, the U.S. government pledged an initial $35 million in disaster relief, a single U.S. company immediately matched it. Pfizer, the biggest pharmaceutical maker in the world, announced a contribution of $10 million in cash to relief organizations, plus an additional $25 million worth of medicines and equipment. In addition, it pledged to match employees' relief donations dollar-for-dollar.
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For the Birds
PRI in the News
By: New York Sun Staff Editorial
1.6.2005
What planet is Governor Pataki on? That's the question we were left with yesterday after watching his State of the State address. The governor is facing a multibillion-dollar budget gap, in a state that already has the highest state and local tax burden in the country.
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"Save New York" Special Alert
PRI in the News
By: Michael Benjamin
1.6.2005
SaveNew York.org is joining together with The Brennan Center for Justice and a statewide coalition of reform organizations to conduct a rally and press conference at the State Legislature in Albany on January 6, 2005.
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