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OH-EIGHT (R): AMES, HERE WE COME
PRI in the News
By: Mark Murray
7.31.2007

Between now and August 11 (the day of the straw poll), we'll be focusing a bit more energy on the under-the-radar campaigns going on among the various second- and third-tier GOP candidates. Politico's Simon helps set the cheeky CW for the second-tier candidates.
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Giuliani ready with health plan
PRI in the News
7.31.2007

Former New York City Mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani believes the federal government should encourage the states to come up with health-care solutions, but is against state regulations that would help implement those solutions.
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Moore confirms health care is 'Sicko'
East Bay Biz Journal - Health Care Op-Ed
By: Diana M. Ernst
7.28.2007

Michael Moore showed up in Sacramento last week to promote his film Sicko. Senator Sheila Kuehl hailed Moore  as a prophet of truth to the American people but the filmmaker is so mired in his own health hysterics that he regularly contradicts himself.
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Lawsuit abuse hampers businesses, state economy
PRI in the News
By: Richard Weekley
7.27.2007

The recent report of a $54 million lawsuit against a family-owned dry-cleaning business over a pair of lost pants was a harsh reminder of the threat of outrageous litigation American businesses, large and small, face every day.
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In reversal, Canada dabbles with health care privatization
The Washington Times - Health Care Op-Ed
By: Gregory Lopes
7.21.2007

Canada, once considered the bedrock of national health care systems, is in the beginning stages of change toward free-market health insurance.
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How Hot Is Global Warming? A Review of the Polls
PRI in the News - American Enterprise Institute
By: Karlyn Bowman
7.20.2007

In the run-up to Earth Day each year, pollsters take the public's temperature on a variety of environmental issues. This year, pollsters added many new questions on global warming. Their findings provide some clues about how Americans see the problem and what they are willing to do about it.


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State Legal Climates: Where the Law is Reasonable
PRI in the News
By: Carter Wood
7.18.2007

Business needs to take a broader view of the cost of litigation when making key decisions, argues Steven B. Hantler in a new report on states' legal climates.


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New Report Questions Government Attempts to Ban or Regulate RFID Technology
PRI in the News
7.18.2007

Imposing new regulations on RFID technology is premature, according to "Playing Tag: An RFID Primer," a new report released by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a California-based free-market think tank.
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Legal environment crucial to economic growth
PRI in the News
By: John O'Brien
7.17.2007

After his state again earned accolades for its ability to grow economically, Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell said a pro-business legal climate is a main reason why it is held in such high regard.
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Texans for Lawsuit Reform Chairman's Statement On $54 Million `Pants Lawsuit'
PRI in the News
7.17.2007

TLR Chairman and CEO Richard Weekley issued a statement today in response to press reports that the dismissal of the notorious $54 million "pants lawsuit" against family-owned dry cleaners has now been appealed.
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Proposals for state health care plans carry big price tags
PRI in the News
By: Bob Mook
7.16.2007

Businesses and residents would have to pony up an additional $455 million to $1.6 billion a year to provide health care coverage for Colorado's estimated 770,000 uninsured.


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Spectrum 'Rigging' Threatens the Net
Technology Op-Ed
7.13.2007

While most technology fans are still drooling over Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) new iPhone, a future crisis awaits unsuspecting consumers. Reed Hundt, former Federal Communications Commission  (FCC) chairman, along with a gaggle of self-interested advocates, are attempting to use politics and government regulations to turn back the clock on the Internet.
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Who Decides, Who Pays?
PRI in the News
By: Marie-Anne Hogarth
7.13.2007

From laissez-faire economics to socialism, a health care reform forum sponsored by the California Women's Leadership Association Bay Area Chapter July 10 presented five disparate but perhaps not so irreconcilable views.
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Water Worries Will Grow With Population, Land Demands
PRI in the News
By: Lisa Hare
7.13.2007

Water: It's one of the fundamental basics required for human survival; the element that sets the planet apart from many lifeless others.
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Business climate's been down so long, it looks like up from here
PRI in the News
By: M.D. Harmon
7.13.2007

Al Gore labeled his environmental horror flick "An Inconvenient Truth," but fiscally aware Mainers think that title fits another kind of climate-related disaster story.

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Lawsuit-crazy culture costs U.S. billions
PRI in the News
7.13.2007

An administrative law judge in Washington, D.C., last month lost his $54 million case against his drycleaners for misplacing a pair of his pants. Fifty-four million dollars. Over a pair of pants. Thankfully, he didn't prevail, but why was such an absurd lawsuit even allowed to get that far?

 


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Gutting 'Sicko'
Sacramento Union - Health Care Op-Ed
By: Diana M. Ernst
7.13.2007

Last month, Michael Moore and the California Nurses Association led a rally in Sacramento for government provided health care, what proponents call "single payer." Now Moore's Sicko has finally hit the theaters, and it's time for Americans to know the truth about a government monopoly health system, a sham of a health-care "solution."


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Mountain of Debt Looms Over California
S.F. Business Times - Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Matthew Piccolo
7.13.2007

Over a year ago legislature passed a budget with a deficit of $4 billion. The projected deficit for this year is $3 billion, but the shrinking trend is over and the financial future of the Golden State looks grim.


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Ms. Henny Penny in Concert
PRI in the News
By: Peter Hannaford
7.12.2007

Electric guitars, drums and amplifiers have been packed away. The stars have moved on in their private jets to the next gig and Al Gore, pontiff of The Holy Order of The Sky Is Falling, is licking his chops over last weekend's Live Earth Concerts, staged in nine places around the world, including the football Giants' stadium in New Jersey.

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Dearth of Health Ownership
The New York Sun - Health Care Op-Ed
By: John R. Graham
7.12.2007

As the race for the White House heats up, health care has emerged as the nation's leading domestic political issue. On both sides of the aisle politicians have addressed it by centering their attention on the plight of the uninsured.
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The Best States for Business
Forbes.com Special Report
7.11.2007

Forbes special report: The Best States for Business
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Blame It on the Rain
National Review - Environmental Op-Ed
By: Joshua S. Treviño
7.11.2007

What is to be said when the secretary general of the United Nations cannot locate an area of conflict infamous to the world; misidentifies that conflict’s cause; betrays a fantastic ignorance of science and geography; and declares that from this welter of misunderstanding, policy must be made?
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‘Sicko' is best sci-fi film of the summer
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Diana M. Ernst
7.11.2007

The wait is over. Michael Moore's “Sicko” has hit theaters. For 123 minutes, the film kowtows to the socialist health care of Europe, Cuba and Canada, while demonizing the American system. Moore calls it a documentary, but it's so far removed from reality, it really ought to be categorized as science fiction.
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Sally C. Pipes on "Your World with Neil Cavuto" misrepresented in Michael Moore's movie "Sicko"
Fox TV News interview
7.10.2007

Sally C. Pipes, a native Canadian misrepresented in 'Sicko' slams Canadian health care
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High-speed rail
San Francisco Chronicle - Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Matthew Piccolo
7.10.2007

Quentin Kopp's principal argument for continued funding of California high-speed rail is flawed (Open Forum, "Governor should make high-speed rail part of his legacy,'' July 6).
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Who is costing whom on health care?
San Diego Union Tribune - Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
7.10.2007

Health care is the No. 1 domestic issue this political season. All actors seem to agree – the root of the problem is lack of universal health insurance, which, interestingly, is the fault of individuals or businesses failing to purchase or provide it.
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Mississippi Moving Up In Litigation Climate Rankings According To Directorship Magazine
PRI in the News
7.10.2007

Once ranked among the five worst states for liability climate, Mississippi has moved up in position – from 49th in the Harris poll to 33rd in Directorship Magazine’s annual composite standings – and is forecasted to move even higher.
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In defense of lawyers (no joke)
PRI in the News
By: Jeffrey Pfeffer
7.9.2007

Decades after Tylenol bottles were tampered with and Ford Pintos exploded, you'd think that product-safety panics would be nearing extinction.
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New Report Questions Government Attempts to Ban or Regulate RFID Technology
Press Release
7.9.2007

Imposing new regulations on RFID technology is premature, according to Playing Tag: An RFID Primer, a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a California-based free-market think tank.
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Privacy and RFID tracking tags
PRI in the News
7.9.2007

It is too early for lawmakers to start regulating radio-frequency identification tags, according to a new report by the free-market think tank the Pacific Research Institute.
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NY's Missing Doctors
PRI in the News
7.8.2007

There's hardly a more efficient way to damage commerce and, eventually, government itself than to construct a legal system that encourages frivolous suits.
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Film challenge to Al Gore's 'Truth'
PRI in the News
By: Philip Sherwell
7.7.2007

Al Gore's apocalyptic take on global warming has increasingly become the accepted orthodoxy. Now, though, the former US vice-president's film An Inconvenient Truth has a rival.
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Shut Down the Shake-Down
Sacramento Tribune - Business and Economics Op-Ed
7.6.2007

July marks the 17th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The federal law, approved with bipartisan support in Washington, was intended to eliminate discrimination against disabled Americans and ensure access to places serving the general public.
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Fares would rise if airlines docked
San Jose Mercury News - Business & Economics Op-Ed
By: Matthew Piccolo
7.6.2007

Requiring airlines to compensate travelers for poor service would hurt consumers (Editorial, July 2). Since 1978, airline deregulation has decreased fares 10 to 18 percent, a savings to passengers of $5 billion to $10 billion per year. Inflation-adjusted industry salaries have grown 5 percent and employee benefits 69 percent.
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10 Ways to Protect Yourself From Frivolous Lawsuits
Fox News - PRI in the News
By: Peter J. Johnson, Jr.
7.5.2007

Americans have the best system of civil justice in the world for fair and adequate compensation when they are injured. But there is also no doubt that the system is abused far too often and that just one lawsuit without the right protection and planning may lead to financial ruin.
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Pro-Con: Should Public Universities Accept Corporate Funding? Yes
Education Op-Ed
7.4.2007

Major universities draw research funding from a variety of sources, including government, private foundations and major corporations. Some argue that corporate funding is a corrupting influence, but the truth is that corporate funds can be positive for universities, the economy and the country.


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Health Insurance - More Letters to the Editor
Health Care Op-Ed
By: John R. Graham
7.4.2007

Your article on the growing number of adults without health insurance describes a consequence of government intrusion into our health care decisions, not a call for even more meddling ("CDC: About 2 million more Americans uninsured," June 26).
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Plaintive about plaintiffs
PRI in the News
By: Orange County Register editorial
7.3.2007

Washington, D.C., administrative law judge Roy Pearson this week lost his $54 million case against his drycleaners for losing a pair of his pants. Fifty-four million dollars. Over a pair of pants. Thankfully, he lost the case, but why was such an absurd lawsuit even allowed to get that far?
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Seeking to Expand Ranks and Increase Salaries, Not Improve Education
PRI in the News
By: Ivan Osorio, James Dellinger
7.3.2007

With Democratic majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, the nation’s teachers unions are certain to make major demands on their Capitol Hill allies in exchange for supporting reauthorization of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the Bush Administration’s signature education legislation.

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Lawyers split over civil suit limits
PRI in the News
By: Dana Beyerle
7.2.2007

In Alabama, it’s hard to win one for the little guy. At least, that’s what trial lawyers say. They claim the state is so business-friendly — from arbitration clauses in automobile contracts all the way to the state Supreme Court — that it’s difficult for consumers to win cases and get justice.
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Supreme Court Cites PRI Study “They Have Overcome” in Landmark Case on Race-Based School Assignments
PRI Press Release
7.2.2007

In the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that programs considering race in assigning students to schools are unconstitutional, cited the Pacific Research Institute’s study They Have Overcome: High Poverty, High Performing Schools in California authored by PRI director of Education Studies Lance T. Izumi.
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Real-life stories in Moore’s ‘Sicko’ tackle tragic health-care woes
PRI in the News
By: Linda Cook
7.1.2007

Better make sure you can afford cardiac care before you see “Sicko.” Because these real-life stories could rend your heart.


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Moore's 'Sicko' draws serious dose of spin-doctoring
PRI in the News
By: Sean P. Means
7.1.2007

The "Sicko" battle is on! One thing you won't find in "Sicko," Michael Moore's documentary excoriating the health-insurance industry, is any screen time given to industry officials defending themselves.


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Advocates, lawyers debate legal climate
PRI in the News
By: Dana Beyerle
7.1.2007

To hear trial lawyers and business advocates talk about Alabama's civil lawsuit climate, you wonder if they're talking about the same state.
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Who Killed Healthcare?: America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem - and the Consumer-Driven Cure
PRI Book Review
By: Regina Herzlinger
7.1.2007

A book review by Sally C. Pipes in the New York Post.


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Tennessee Voices: Tennessee, learn from Texas on malpractice
PRI in the News
By: Joe Nixon
7.1.2007

Tennessee faces a crisis of medical liability that is driving away health-care professionals. Fortunately, the Volunteer State can find a solution in Texas, which before 2003 faced a medical-liability crisis just like the one currently harming Tennessee.
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