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Watch “Bait & Switch: How the Wokerati Misleads the Public for Power and Profit”

Watch a special webinar conversation with the Honorable Janice Rogers Brown, moderated by the Honorable Daniel Kolkey about the rise of “woke” ideology in our public schools, college campuses, businesses, sports, and our legal system, and how it threatens our Constitution and America’s institutions. Judge Brown gives an intellectual look ...
California

William Voegeli – California Progressively Worse

This podcast features William Voegeli, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and senior editor at the Claremont Review of Books.  Ro and Tim discuss with Dr. Voegeli his recent essay in the Claremont Review on California’s activist government and its crisis of competence.
Business & Economics

Carol Roth – The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America

Next Round features Carol Roth, New York Times bestselling author and PRI fellow and economist Wayne Winegarden.  They discuss Ms. Roth’s new book, The War on Small Business, the economic recovery, Federal Reserve policy, and what’s next for American small business owners. Carol Roth is a “recovering” investment banker, entrepreneur, TV pundit and ...
Blog

Been There, Done That on Costly Subsidies for the Rich

  President Biden has proposed $174 billion in federal electric car subsidies, which research shows have been little more than giveaways to wealthy car buyers. California Has “Been There, Done That” California is one of the nation’s leaders in offering taxpayer-funded subsidies to purchase new electric cars. State tax credits ...
Business & Economics

Glenn Reynolds – America’s New Destiny in Space

University of Tennessee law professor and Instapundit founder Glenn Reynolds – author of an Encounter Intelligence book on space policy – joins us for a fascinating conversation about America’s future in space, which will be dominated by the private sector rather than the work of government space agencies.  We discuss ...
California

PRI Hails Supreme Court Decision Protecting Free Speech Rights of Americans who Make Donations to Charities

The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) today applauded the U.S Supreme Court’s decision upholding the First Amendment rights of all Americans to make donations to the charities they support.  The Court struck down as facially unconstitutional the California Attorney General’s compelled disclosure of major donor’s identities—thereby exposing them to harassment. “Cancel ...
Featured

Sally Pipes and Naomi Lopez – The Future of Health Care in America

This podcast features PRI President Sally Pipes and the Goldwater Institutes Director of Health Care Policy Naomi Lopez in an insightful discussion on health care in America and what lies ahead under the Biden-Harris administration.
Business & Economics

Watch PRI’s webinar with Carol Roth – The War on Small Business

Carol Roth, New York Times bestselling author joins Pacific Research Institute fellow and economist Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D. in conversation about her new book, The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America. They discuss the state of the economy under the Biden ...
Commentary

America’s drug rebate system is broken

Rebates and discounts are generally viewed as important competitive tools that lower prices for consumers, and rightly so. But consumers should beware when discounts create competitive restrictions that reduces their choices and increases their costs. Such is the case when dominant drug manufacturers use rebates to keep lower-priced drugs off ...
Environment

CBS San Francisco Interviews Steven Greenhut on Marin Desalination, Drought

Drought: Transbay Pipeline, Desalination Plant Could Boost Marin’s Dwindling Water Supply By John Ramos CORTE MADERA (KPIX) — Communities across the state are desperately searching for ways to make their dwindling water supplies last. In Marin County, one water district is considering sources that they’ve looked to in the past. ...
Multimedia

Watch “Bait & Switch: How the Wokerati Misleads the Public for Power and Profit”

Watch a special webinar conversation with the Honorable Janice Rogers Brown, moderated by the Honorable Daniel Kolkey about the rise of “woke” ideology in our public schools, college campuses, businesses, sports, and our legal system, and how it threatens our Constitution and America’s institutions. Judge Brown gives an intellectual look ...
California

William Voegeli – California Progressively Worse

This podcast features William Voegeli, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and senior editor at the Claremont Review of Books.  Ro and Tim discuss with Dr. Voegeli his recent essay in the Claremont Review on California’s activist government and its crisis of competence.
Business & Economics

Carol Roth – The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America

Next Round features Carol Roth, New York Times bestselling author and PRI fellow and economist Wayne Winegarden.  They discuss Ms. Roth’s new book, The War on Small Business, the economic recovery, Federal Reserve policy, and what’s next for American small business owners. Carol Roth is a “recovering” investment banker, entrepreneur, TV pundit and ...
Blog

Been There, Done That on Costly Subsidies for the Rich

  President Biden has proposed $174 billion in federal electric car subsidies, which research shows have been little more than giveaways to wealthy car buyers. California Has “Been There, Done That” California is one of the nation’s leaders in offering taxpayer-funded subsidies to purchase new electric cars. State tax credits ...
Business & Economics

Glenn Reynolds – America’s New Destiny in Space

University of Tennessee law professor and Instapundit founder Glenn Reynolds – author of an Encounter Intelligence book on space policy – joins us for a fascinating conversation about America’s future in space, which will be dominated by the private sector rather than the work of government space agencies.  We discuss ...
California

PRI Hails Supreme Court Decision Protecting Free Speech Rights of Americans who Make Donations to Charities

The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) today applauded the U.S Supreme Court’s decision upholding the First Amendment rights of all Americans to make donations to the charities they support.  The Court struck down as facially unconstitutional the California Attorney General’s compelled disclosure of major donor’s identities—thereby exposing them to harassment. “Cancel ...
Featured

Sally Pipes and Naomi Lopez – The Future of Health Care in America

This podcast features PRI President Sally Pipes and the Goldwater Institutes Director of Health Care Policy Naomi Lopez in an insightful discussion on health care in America and what lies ahead under the Biden-Harris administration.
Business & Economics

Watch PRI’s webinar with Carol Roth – The War on Small Business

Carol Roth, New York Times bestselling author joins Pacific Research Institute fellow and economist Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D. in conversation about her new book, The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America. They discuss the state of the economy under the Biden ...
Commentary

America’s drug rebate system is broken

Rebates and discounts are generally viewed as important competitive tools that lower prices for consumers, and rightly so. But consumers should beware when discounts create competitive restrictions that reduces their choices and increases their costs. Such is the case when dominant drug manufacturers use rebates to keep lower-priced drugs off ...
Environment

CBS San Francisco Interviews Steven Greenhut on Marin Desalination, Drought

Drought: Transbay Pipeline, Desalination Plant Could Boost Marin’s Dwindling Water Supply By John Ramos CORTE MADERA (KPIX) — Communities across the state are desperately searching for ways to make their dwindling water supplies last. In Marin County, one water district is considering sources that they’ve looked to in the past. ...
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