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Measure establishes rights
Arizona Business Journal Viewpoint: Proposition 101
By: John R. Graham
10.31.2008
On November 4, Arizonans have the opportunity to make a key decision about their rights. Proposition 101, the Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, secures your right to spend your money on the health care of your choice.
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Grading Obama
New York Times "Education Watch" blog
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
10.31.2008
The federal No Child Left Behind Act has been the target of much criticism, some ill-founded and some legitimate. Of the latter, the issue of accountability confusion is the most important. Rather than reducing this confusion, Barack Obama’s campaign has added to it.
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Technological Singularity: Utopia or Annihilation?
Tech News World Op-Ed
10.31.2008
Some far-thinkers gathered at a recent Singularity Institute conference to ponder the possibility that machines might eventually develop a capacity for intelligence that could outstrip humanity's. TechNewsWorld columnist Sonia Arrison, who attended the event, shares some of their provocative ideas on the subject of technological singularity.
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Where have Silicon Valley's Republicans gone?
CNet.com News Clipping
By: Declan McCullagh
10.30.2008
Calling venture capitalist Tim Draper an ardent Republican is something of an understatement. In 1999, he was enough of a fan of then-candidate George W. Bush that he chaired three fundraisers over a year before the actual election.
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Paulson’s Plan Making Things Worse
Sacramento Union Op-Ed
10.30.2008
U.S. financial markets continue to implode, yet government officials assure the American people that the problem is under control. More economists, however, are starting to realize that the government’s constantly evolving rescue plan is contributing to the instability.
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In a Time of Economic Trouble, Which Presidential Health Reform is Good Medicine?
Free Press-Courier (PA) Op-Ed
By: John R. Graham
10.29.2008
With the specter of a serious recession looming, many Americans fear unemployment and loss of health coverage. Economists anticipate that the unemployment rate will jump from 6 percent up to 8 or 9 percent. Because most working people are entirely dependent on their employer for health benefits, thousands will likely be forced onto state Medicaid rolls after they lose their jobs. Many will be grateful for any help with medical bills, but Medicaid is a poor way to take care of their needs.
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Scapegoating corporations is bad economics
Tucson Citizen (AZ) Op-Ed
By: Jason Clemens
10.29.2008
Sen. Barack Obama has consistently exhibited a pronounced hostility to corporations. Such rhetoric, while politically useful, raises questions about his understanding of economics and his ability to lead on serious economic issues.
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Californians beware: ‘Healthy’ San Francisco’s tax hikes may be coming your way
Eureka Reporter Op-Ed
By: John R. Graham
10.28.2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger invested a lost year in health reform, allying himself with former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez in support of a bill to increase taxes and spending on government-mandated health care by more than $12 billion annually. Fortunately for Californians, the bill stalled in the Senate, and the state’s budget crisis pushed health “reform” off the agenda, for now.
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Freedom more important than climate
Orange County Register Op-Ed
By: Steven Greenhut
10.27.2008
Most of us who live here love California — the climate, the views, the beaches, the mountains, the opportunities, the people. One of the main reasons California Democrats (and, to a lesser extent, California Republicans) have been so aggressive in pushing bad policies is they believe that we won’t leave given the wonderful amenities right here.
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How Copenhagen is becoming like Houston
Houston Strategies Blog News Clipping
By: Tory Gattis
10.23.2008
Just came across this article on urban development in Copenhagen, Denmark, and how many parallels there are to what we face in Houston, where a decentralized city makes transit increasingly impractical.
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What California Can Learn From New Jersey’s K-12 Scholarship Plan
Sacramento Union Op-Ed
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D, Evelyn Stacey
10.23.2008
California’s finances are a “mess,” as the Wall Street Journal recently observed, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is grappling with an array of cost-saving options, including K-12 education. In these conditions, perhaps the Golden State could learn a few things from the Garden State. New Jersey is one of the few states with a fiscal surplus—and one of the country’s leaders in student achievement.
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New Book Debunks Common Myths about American Health Care
PRI Press Release
10.22.2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 22, 2008) -- Today, the Pacific Research Institute released The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen's Guide. This is the latest book from health care scholar, and PRI President and CEO Sally C. Pipes.
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Mayors join I-LAW in fight against lawsuit abuse
Marion Daily Republican News Clipping
By: Diane Wilkins
10.20.2008
Marion Mayor Robert Butler and West Frankfort Mayor Marion Presley joined other mayors from throughout Southern Illinois in recognizing the work of Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch(I-LAW).
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Cheer Up: There's a Silver Lining for Tech
Tech News World Op-Ed
10.17.2008
Chipmaker Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) said this week that despite its record US$10.2 billion in revenue for the third quarter, the company is worried that the global economic crisis will affect future performance . Despite such a general malaise across the industry, however, there is some very good news on the tech front.
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Why Americans Won't Tolerate Overseas 'Models'
Politics Magazine
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.15.2008
Everyone knows that American health care is in crisis. Its poor quality arrives accompanied by a huge bill and lack of universal coverage. Like dining in an amusement park, Americans are captives to a cafeteria that serves up cold, fatty food at double the price, leaving those who can't pay, hungry.
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Tort Reform is Needed to Refill the Nation’s Medicine Chest
CIANJ Op-Ed
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D
10.15.2008
AFTER EIGHT DECADES IN NEW JERSEY, drugmaker Hoffmann-La Roche recently announced plans to move its headquarters, transferring many high-paying jobs to another state. This is more evidence of a shrinking pharmaceutical industry in the Garden State—once known as“the nation’s medicine chest.”One reason for the exodus is the state’s poor tort liability system.
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Importation is a national security issue
The Westside Gazette (FL) Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.15.2008
John McCain and Barack Obama have long been proponents of lifting the ban on foreign drug importation. Both claim the move would reduce the nation’s healthcare costs by giving Americans access to cheap pills from abroad. Now, according to recent announcements from their advisors, they are both reconsidering their support for such a move.
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Since tonight’s debate won’t talk education...
Flypaper Blog
By: Eric Osberg
10.15.2008
It’s a safe bet that education won’t be a big part of tonight’s presidential debate, so if you need to ponder what an McCain or Obama administration should or could do, two NY Times blog entries from earlier this week have some interesting thoughts.
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Obama health plan would worsen flaws
Omaha World-Herald Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
10.13.2008
Barack Obama recently announced a two-pronged plan to help small businesses cope with the rising cost of health insurance. First, his proposal would institute a refundable tax credit to offset up to 50 percent of a small business's health insurance expenses. Second, it would extend public health insurance to small-business employees with high health care costs.
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The Fiscal Reality of School Spending
New York Times "Education Watch"
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
10.13.2008
Out here in California, this was supposed to be the “Year of Education,” at least according to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But whatever plans the terminator-turned-governor had in mind to reform education ran aground on the rocks of a sputtering economy and sagging tax revenue. A similar situation faces the next president, especially with the taxpayer-financed Wall Street bailout crowding out federal spending in other areas, including education.
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Sacramento sellout
Eureka Reporter Op-Ed
By: Daniel R. Ballon, Ph.D
10.12.2008
Only two weeks after lawmakers in Sacramento passed a budget, the state is already in the red. As Gov. Schwarzenegger and the Legislature debate more spending cuts and accounting tricks, another solution may be right in front of them: more laws. In California, government owns the laws and forces people to pay for a copy. Therefore, the more legislation and regulations the state creates, the more revenue it generates.
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Blatant Contradictions From Larry Kudlow
Free Advice Blog
10.12.2008
I have always liked Larry Kudlow. When I was growing up as a budding free marketeer, there was a natural disaster (I don't remember which one) and everyone was calling for the president (must have been Reagan) to disburse disaster assistance for rebuilding. I didn't like that answer, but I didn't know how to argue against it except through appeal to property rights. I was elated, then, when Kudlow was on some talking heads show and explained the problem of moral hazard.
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Winning diagnosis
Mobile Press-Register Op-Ed
By: John R. Graham, Michael Ciamarra
10.12.2008
There is good and bad with Alabama's health, health care and health delivery systems. We do have a number of health disparities and challenges. Alabama has the nation's highest rate of stroke, second-highest rate of obesity and the third-highest rate of infant mortality.
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Northeast policies oppress enterprise
Providence Journal (RI) News Clipping
10.10.2008
THE RESULTS ARE IN, and for residents of America’s Northeast, the news is not good. With the notable exception of New Hampshire, the nine states of the Northeast continue to be the worst places for economic freedom.
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Riding the Revenue Rollercoaster
Sacramento Union Op-Ed
10.8.2008
After a record impasse, the sages of Sacramento have finally agreed on a budget for California, a $144-billion bonanza with unprecedented general fund spending but without structural reform in the state’s finances.
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Our Healthcare System Is Hemorrhaging
Health Made Easy News Clipping
By: Norman Traverse, M.D.
10.8.2008
Patients concerns about access to physicians showed a significant increase according to polls1. Access difficulty is directly related to the overall shortage of doctors in the specialty of Primary Care (Internal Medicine, Family Practice and Pediatrics).
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Federal Reserve Employs Tools to Ease Credit Fears
PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer - TV Segment
10.7.2008
Global markets continued to fluctuate Tuesday, as the Federal Reserve announced plans to buy up short term debt in a bid to ease strain on the credit sector. Reporters and analysts examine the Fed's moves.
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Whether McCain or Obama, Tech Policy Is Bound to Change
xChange.com News Clipping
By: Kelly M. Teal
10.7.2008
Technology policy is not center stage in this year’s presidential campaign, much as the competitive community might wish otherwise. Each candidate – Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Barack Obama, D-Ill. — is consumed with weightier subjects, namely the economy and Iraq, analysts and industry insiders say. That’s not to say technology isn’t on the nominees' minds.
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A Strike Against Labor
Inside Higher Ed News Clipping
By: Doug Lederman
10.7.2008
If one were looking to make a statement about fiscal prudence in the $3.3 billion budget for the University of California system, wiping out a single $5.4 million research program probably wouldn’t be how you’d do it.
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A Lesson both Modern and Ancient for the Tax Commission
Fox and Hounds Daily News Clipping
By: Joel Fox
10.6.2008
Now that the legislative session is over and Speaker Karen Bass is contemplating her commission on taxation, I want to recommend a piece in the September 25th Sacramento Bee by Jason Clemens of the Pacific Research Institute.
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Glenn Beck: Problem solved! Not
Glenn Beck Show News Clipping
10.6.2008
Transcript of the Glenn Beck Show discussing the California budget crisis and Pacific Research Institute's U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report.
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Network Theory Can Explain US Credit Crunch
Tech News World Op-Ed
10.3.2008
The financial crisis currently consuming the U.S. has led tech industry leaders, such as Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Steve Ballmer, to speak out in favor of quick Congressional action. Tech stocks, as well as general stocks, have plummeted, and there is confusion over why this crisis is happening and spreading so fast. One explanation that makes a lot of sense draws on network and information theory.
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Let Entrepreneurs Fix the Problem Government Made
American Experiment Op-Ed
10.3.2008
As the financial crisis intensifies, we hear ever more claims that emergency times justify government measures unthinkable a mere 14 months ago. Even some libertarians, who would cry foul if a third world dictator nationalized an industry, are calling for the government to take equity positions in major financial institutions.
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No Health Insurance - Not A Matter Of Choice
Colorado Health Insurer Insider Blog
10.3.2008
Jason Shafrin from the Healthcare Economist has put together a great Health Wonk Review - and there are 700 billion reasons to go check it out. One of the posts I came across was by our friend Hank Stern from InsureBlog, and I felt compelled to present my own view points in response to his article.
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Study: region’s business regs are worst
Pike County Courier (PA) News Clipping
10.2.2008
The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in California, has released the ‘U.S. Economic Freedom Index 2008 Report,’ a ranking of economic freedom in the 50 states.
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A Job to Downsize
Campus Report Online Op-Ed
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
10.2.2008
SACRAMENTO – David Long, California’s Secretary of Education, resigned on August 10, the fourth such Secretary to resign in the past five years. California should take this opportunity to eliminate this position, which Mr. Long’s brief 18-month tenure confirms to be redundant.
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Economic Freedom in America: What is Economic Freedom?
Capitalism Magazine News Clipping
By: Eric Daniels
10.1.2008
Writing in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence, Jefferson optimistically believed that the example of American freedom and individual rights had opened the eyes of the world to the value of liberty.
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