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Teachers view 3 initiatives as threats
PRI in the News
By: Dana Hull
10.31.2005
Diane Gleason, a math teacher at Palo Alto's Gunn High School, has been teaching for 14 years. She's been politically active before -- but never more concerned about an election than the one coming up on Nov. 8.
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Why charter schools work
PRI in the News
By: John Seiler
10.30.2005
Interested in charter schools, as a parent, teacher or someone just curious? Then you need to read "Free to Learn: Lessons from Model Charter Schools," by Lance T. Izumi and Xiaochin Claire Yan.
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Wanted: Government Leaders for Telecom
Technology Op-Ed
10.28.2005
Revolutionary innovation and competition have shaken up the telecommunications sector, prompting at least three important mergers. Government officials who set the rules of the game are now faced with key decisions that will affect the future of communications in America.
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Free to Learn: Lessons from Model Charter Schools
PRI in the News
By: Martin A. Davis, Jr.
10.27.2005
Essays, books, and newspaper articles on high-performing charter schools are increasingly available (for example, see here), and welcome. As charter schools' funders and supporters look for ways to grow the movement to scale, the lessons learned from schools that work are invaluable.
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Healthy profits have healing powers
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Benjamin Zycher
10.25.2005
AH, BARN DOORS being closed after the horses are roaming the countryside. Consider the recent White House meeting among President Bush, top administration officials and the major vaccine producers. The purpose was to speed preparations for a possible -- but unlikely -- flu pandemic caused by a potential breakout of avian flu among human populations.
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Bush names new Federal Reserve chairman
PRI in the News
By: Tom Abate
10.25.2005
President Bush nominated Princeton University economist and former Federal Reserve governor Ben Bernanke Monday to succeed Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, turning to a highly regarded scholar expected to follow an inflation-fighting course similar to that of the man he succeeds.
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Beware of side effects if eyeing VA drug plan
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.24.2005
The new Medicare Part D drug benefit will cost seniors less in premiums than anyone expected, ensure access to virtually any FDA-approved medicine , and cut total drug spending for those with moderate or high prescription costs by about two-thirds.
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At a crossroads
PRI in the News
By: George Avalos
10.23.2005
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has plenty riding on November's special election. But organized labor's future as a political powerhouse in California also hinges on next month's vote.
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Printer-Spy Caper Threatens Freedom
Technology Op-Ed
10.21.2005
The next time you print a summary of your favorite James Bond film, you should consider that there might be more than one spy on the page. That's because printer manufacturers and the U.S. Secret Service have been quietly collaborating to track documents -- a worrisome revelation.
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Tough tasks for new FDA chief
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Peter Pitts
10.20.2005
After his recently confirmed Food and Drug Administration commissioner suddenly resigned, President Bush wisely tapped Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to fill the slot. Dr. von Eschenbach knows how to think big. As director of the National Cancer Institute since 2002, he challenged himself, his colleagues, and the medical world to transform cancer into a chronic, rather than a lethal, disease by 2015.
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Official Capitol hearing gives foes of Proposition 75 a forum to vent
Business and Economics Op-ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
10.17.2005
One of the favorite tactics of Sacramento politicians is to boast that they are speaking on behalf of "the people." Yet if the people of California saw their antics firsthand they would want to sue for misrepresentation. One of the most extreme examples of this Capitol travesty occurred at a recent "informational" hearing on Proposition 75, held in the state Capitol on Tuesday, September 27th
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Red Tape Choking Us
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.17.2005
"We are not prepared for a pandemic,” Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said earlier this month. We do, however, face a significant risk of being hit by one. A new strain of the avian flu, known as H5N1, has killed at least 60 people in Asia since 2003. So far, humans cannot pass it to one another — virtually everyone infected caught the virus from a diseased bird.
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Transcending Biology Calls for Transcending Red Tape
Technology Op-Ed
10.14.2005
Bold predictions about the future in The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, recently released by legendary inventor Ray Kurzweil, are causing reviewers to marvel in awe or disbelief. But while Kurzweil's forecasts are fascinating, the book's analysis of the present is just as important.
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So Much For American Sovereignty
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Benjamin Zycher
10.7.2005
The greater the power to redistribute wealth wielded by government, the stronger the private-sector incentive to circumvent it, and so ever-expanding is the power that government must grasp. Nowhere is that eternal truth clearer than in the ongoing debate over the importation of pharmaceuticals subject to price controls overseas. Such legalized importation would be one way for those favoring such price controls -- a blatant wealth transfer from the future to the present -- to have that cake without actually having to vote for it, and thus having to bear responsibility for the ensuing adverse effects on current and future human suffering.
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The Wires May Be Gone but Government Meddling Remains
Technology Op-Ed
10.7.2005
Gavin Newsom, San Francisco's controversial mayor, was in the spotlight again this week as he and his staff contemplated which lucky company will get the rights to provide WiFi access around the city. The real question is, why is government making this choice rather than market forces? To many in the communications industry, particularly cable, this is a familiar situation.
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War on drug prices
Health Care Op-Ed
By: John R. Graham
10.2.2005
Propositions 78 and 79, on the Nov. 8 ballot, present competing visions for reducing prescription drug prices in our state. Californians should carefully consider which measure might actually achieve that goal.
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Push for Universal Preschool Grows
PRI in the News
By: Lisa Snell
10.1.2005
The Institute for America's Future and the Center for American Progress, co-chaired by Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), on August 23 called for $325 billion in additional federal education spending over the next decade, including more than $9 billion a year to create a nationwide, universal preschool program.
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FDA Approves New Vaccine in Time for Flu Season
PRI in the News
By: Susan Konig
10.1.2005
In a major step toward increasing the supply of flu vaccine in the United States, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced August 31 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the firm's influenza vaccine, Fluarix, for distribution in time for the 2005-2006 influenza season.
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