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What We’re Watching – August 23
Tim Anaya – What Would Have Happened if the US Bought Greenland in 1946? This week brought the unusual dispute between the Trump Administration and Denmark after being rebuffed over a proposal to purchase Greenland. In the coverage of the issue, it was reported that Harry Truman offered to buy ...
Commentary
Vaping Hysteria Will Mean More Tobacco Deaths
By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Jeff Stier When products could save lives, it’s important for people to be informed about those benefits, along with the risks. Conversely, it’s harmful and immoral to spread misinformation that negatively affects public perception of life-saving products and discourages their use. Consider, for ...
Featured
Jarrett Dieterle – Assembly Bill 5: Who Is An Independent Contractor and Who Is An Employee in California?
R Street Institute’s Jarrett Dieterle joins us to discuss his research on the hottest issue of the final weeks of the legislative session, Assembly Bill 5, and the impact its passage would have on employers, our innovation economy, and Californians who want to be their own boss and work when ...
Blog
What We’re Watching: August 16, 2019
Tim Anaya – Don’t Mess with Bingo Players One of the reasons why I love going on cruises is getting to play bingo every day. I’ve learned over the years not to mess with bingo players, whether you call out bingo when you haven’t actually won (they make you dance ...
Health Care
President Trump Shares Sally Pipes’ op-ed on Medicare For All
President Donald J. Trump took to Facebook on Monday to share Sally Pipes’ latest Fox News column on how union members will be impacted by the push by Democratic candidates for a single-payer health care system. Click here to read the column that the President is talking about.
Health Care
WIBW Topeka Interviews Sally C. Pipes on healthcare
A healthcare policy expert believes that Republicans need a legitimate alternative to Medicare for All if they’re going to be successful with the issue going forward. “President Trump has said that he is going to release another fantastic health care plan sometime this month in August, said Sally C. Pipes, ...
Business & Economics
Sally C. Pipes in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on gender pay gap at the White House
Sally C. Pipes offered her critique about a reported gender pay gap in the White House. “Sally Pipes of the conservative Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco argued, “You can’t just generally add up all the women and all the men. What are the titles and what does each job ...
Education
Ryan Williams – How We Can Encourage a More Balanced Political Debate on Campus
Claremont Institute President Ryan Williams joins us to discuss their current work on what they see as the growing threat from identity politics and multiculturalism, their recent censorship battle with Google, and how we can encourage a more balanced political debate and free exchange of ideas on campus.
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What We’re Watching – August 9
Rowena Itchon – Yes, I Really Did Work for Ronald Reagan When people learn that I worked at the Reagan Speechwriting office, people ask me if I ever met the President. My brother recently came across this old video in 1986 when the staff did the annual photo op. You’ll ...
Featured
Tim Snowball – The Ongoing Legal Fight for Worker Freedom Post Janus
Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Tim Snowball joins us to discuss the policy roadblocks unions and their allies have put up in California and other states following the Janus decision, and their ongoing legal efforts to overcome these hurdles and protect the worker freedom rights of every disaffected member who wishes ...
What We’re Watching – August 23
Tim Anaya – What Would Have Happened if the US Bought Greenland in 1946? This week brought the unusual dispute between the Trump Administration and Denmark after being rebuffed over a proposal to purchase Greenland. In the coverage of the issue, it was reported that Harry Truman offered to buy ...
Vaping Hysteria Will Mean More Tobacco Deaths
By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Jeff Stier When products could save lives, it’s important for people to be informed about those benefits, along with the risks. Conversely, it’s harmful and immoral to spread misinformation that negatively affects public perception of life-saving products and discourages their use. Consider, for ...
Jarrett Dieterle – Assembly Bill 5: Who Is An Independent Contractor and Who Is An Employee in California?
R Street Institute’s Jarrett Dieterle joins us to discuss his research on the hottest issue of the final weeks of the legislative session, Assembly Bill 5, and the impact its passage would have on employers, our innovation economy, and Californians who want to be their own boss and work when ...
What We’re Watching: August 16, 2019
Tim Anaya – Don’t Mess with Bingo Players One of the reasons why I love going on cruises is getting to play bingo every day. I’ve learned over the years not to mess with bingo players, whether you call out bingo when you haven’t actually won (they make you dance ...
President Trump Shares Sally Pipes’ op-ed on Medicare For All
President Donald J. Trump took to Facebook on Monday to share Sally Pipes’ latest Fox News column on how union members will be impacted by the push by Democratic candidates for a single-payer health care system. Click here to read the column that the President is talking about.
WIBW Topeka Interviews Sally C. Pipes on healthcare
A healthcare policy expert believes that Republicans need a legitimate alternative to Medicare for All if they’re going to be successful with the issue going forward. “President Trump has said that he is going to release another fantastic health care plan sometime this month in August, said Sally C. Pipes, ...
Sally C. Pipes in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on gender pay gap at the White House
Sally C. Pipes offered her critique about a reported gender pay gap in the White House. “Sally Pipes of the conservative Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco argued, “You can’t just generally add up all the women and all the men. What are the titles and what does each job ...
Ryan Williams – How We Can Encourage a More Balanced Political Debate on Campus
Claremont Institute President Ryan Williams joins us to discuss their current work on what they see as the growing threat from identity politics and multiculturalism, their recent censorship battle with Google, and how we can encourage a more balanced political debate and free exchange of ideas on campus.
What We’re Watching – August 9
Rowena Itchon – Yes, I Really Did Work for Ronald Reagan When people learn that I worked at the Reagan Speechwriting office, people ask me if I ever met the President. My brother recently came across this old video in 1986 when the staff did the annual photo op. You’ll ...
Tim Snowball – The Ongoing Legal Fight for Worker Freedom Post Janus
Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Tim Snowball joins us to discuss the policy roadblocks unions and their allies have put up in California and other states following the Janus decision, and their ongoing legal efforts to overcome these hurdles and protect the worker freedom rights of every disaffected member who wishes ...
