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What We’re Watching – October 12

Rowena Itchon – What Happens During a Major Stock Market Crash? It happened in 1929, in 1987, and in 2008 – an October stock market crash.  While no one wants to see it happen, it’s best to keep on our toes.  Here’s a classic video of Sam Donaldson of ABC ...
Education

Rebecca Friedrichs – Janus Before Janus

Rebecca Friedrichs of For Kids and Country joins us to talk about the victory for worker freedom in the Janus decision, and her experiences as lead plaintiff in a prior case that ended in a 4-4 tie in the Supreme Court.  We discuss what’s next for disaffected union members after ...
Multimedia

Video Highlights from the Thatcher Gala

Pete Wilson Throughout the Years   Introduction Sally and Dan Kolkey   Roundtable   Pete making statement at Thatcher Gala   Original Song video
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What We’re Watching – October 5

Rowena Itchon – Wine Harvests One Year After Devastating Fires It was a year ago when northern California wine growers suffered from devastating wildfires.  But by all accounts, as harvest season nears its end, wine growers are expecting 2018 to be an excellent year.  Here’s a video of a families ...
Business & Economics

Harry Crocker – What Would Have Happened if George Armstrong Custer Had Lived?

Regnery Publishing Vice President and Executive Editor Harry Crocker joins us to talk about his new book Armstrong, which imagines what would have if George Armstrong Custer survived the Battle of Little Big Horn. We discuss his inspiration for writing the book, the challenges faced today by the conservative book ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Talks Medicare for All in Managed Care Magazine

Medicare Expansion Steps Into the Political Limelight Democrats are running on Medicare for All—or extending the seniors’ program to the merely middle-aged—or resurrecting a ‘public option’. Republicans say Medicare expansion would mean government intrusion and inefficiency. But politics aside, how would these Medicare expansions work? By Timothy Kelley Sometimes it ...
Agriculture

Dr. Henry Miller Publishes New Federalist Society White Paper on Regulation of Food & Ag Biotech

We Need Smarter Regulation of Food and Agricultural Biotechnology By John J. Cohrseen and Henry I. Miller EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the early 1970s a group of scientists — none involved in agriculture or food — raised concerns about the hypothetical hazards that might arise from the use of the newly ...
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What We’re Watching – September 28

Tim Anaya – Check out the new “California Nation” Podcast Very excited to announce The Bee is getting into the podcast arena. Starting Thursday, I'll be hosting "California Nation." You can subscribe now on Apple, Stitcher, TuneIn, SoundCloud, and Google Play. https://t.co/OrTISEuZ3I — Bryan Anderson (@BryanRAnderson) September 25, 2018 Our ...
Environment

Dr. Henry Miller – Just How “Authentic” Are the “Natural” Products You’re Buying?

Dr. Henry Miller, PRI’s new fellow in health care studies, joins us to discuss his recent Wall Street Journal op-ed challenging the “authentic” industry, which made waves nationally. We also discuss how over-regulation prevents beneficial products from going to market, how the EPA’s Superfund program has become a cash-cow for ...
Health Care

Dr. Henry Miller Talks $6-a-Gallon “Raw Water” on Lars Larson Show

PRI Senior Fellow in Health Care, Dr. Henry Miller, discusses the marketing of $6-a-gallon “raw water” and how the “authentic industry” is pushing pure hooey on the nationally-sydnicated Lars Larson Show. The interview begins at the 45:45 mark.
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What We’re Watching – October 12

Rowena Itchon – What Happens During a Major Stock Market Crash? It happened in 1929, in 1987, and in 2008 – an October stock market crash.  While no one wants to see it happen, it’s best to keep on our toes.  Here’s a classic video of Sam Donaldson of ABC ...
Education

Rebecca Friedrichs – Janus Before Janus

Rebecca Friedrichs of For Kids and Country joins us to talk about the victory for worker freedom in the Janus decision, and her experiences as lead plaintiff in a prior case that ended in a 4-4 tie in the Supreme Court.  We discuss what’s next for disaffected union members after ...
Multimedia

Video Highlights from the Thatcher Gala

Pete Wilson Throughout the Years   Introduction Sally and Dan Kolkey   Roundtable   Pete making statement at Thatcher Gala   Original Song video
Blog

What We’re Watching – October 5

Rowena Itchon – Wine Harvests One Year After Devastating Fires It was a year ago when northern California wine growers suffered from devastating wildfires.  But by all accounts, as harvest season nears its end, wine growers are expecting 2018 to be an excellent year.  Here’s a video of a families ...
Business & Economics

Harry Crocker – What Would Have Happened if George Armstrong Custer Had Lived?

Regnery Publishing Vice President and Executive Editor Harry Crocker joins us to talk about his new book Armstrong, which imagines what would have if George Armstrong Custer survived the Battle of Little Big Horn. We discuss his inspiration for writing the book, the challenges faced today by the conservative book ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Talks Medicare for All in Managed Care Magazine

Medicare Expansion Steps Into the Political Limelight Democrats are running on Medicare for All—or extending the seniors’ program to the merely middle-aged—or resurrecting a ‘public option’. Republicans say Medicare expansion would mean government intrusion and inefficiency. But politics aside, how would these Medicare expansions work? By Timothy Kelley Sometimes it ...
Agriculture

Dr. Henry Miller Publishes New Federalist Society White Paper on Regulation of Food & Ag Biotech

We Need Smarter Regulation of Food and Agricultural Biotechnology By John J. Cohrseen and Henry I. Miller EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the early 1970s a group of scientists — none involved in agriculture or food — raised concerns about the hypothetical hazards that might arise from the use of the newly ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – September 28

Tim Anaya – Check out the new “California Nation” Podcast Very excited to announce The Bee is getting into the podcast arena. Starting Thursday, I'll be hosting "California Nation." You can subscribe now on Apple, Stitcher, TuneIn, SoundCloud, and Google Play. https://t.co/OrTISEuZ3I — Bryan Anderson (@BryanRAnderson) September 25, 2018 Our ...
Environment

Dr. Henry Miller – Just How “Authentic” Are the “Natural” Products You’re Buying?

Dr. Henry Miller, PRI’s new fellow in health care studies, joins us to discuss his recent Wall Street Journal op-ed challenging the “authentic” industry, which made waves nationally. We also discuss how over-regulation prevents beneficial products from going to market, how the EPA’s Superfund program has become a cash-cow for ...
Health Care

Dr. Henry Miller Talks $6-a-Gallon “Raw Water” on Lars Larson Show

PRI Senior Fellow in Health Care, Dr. Henry Miller, discusses the marketing of $6-a-gallon “raw water” and how the “authentic industry” is pushing pure hooey on the nationally-sydnicated Lars Larson Show. The interview begins at the 45:45 mark.
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