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PRI’s 2024 Holiday Book List
Sally Pipes – Doctor Sally by P.G. Wodehouse While not a policy book, my favorite this year and one that I read recently is Doctor Sally by my favorite author, P.G. Wodehouse. After a long and grueling election campaign, this book is a tonic and breath of fresh air for ...
Election
Dallas Lawrence – Communicating Under Fire
This week’s guest is Dallas Lawrence, a communications pro who has worked at the highest levels of government, the military, and corporate America, who joins us to discuss his new book Communicating Under Fire. The book offers terrific advice for communications novices and PR pros alike on how to ...
Blog
A Trailblazer Explains What it Means to Be a Veteran
I sat next to her at the luncheon at which we were both speaking. An unassuming person, one would never know that Cathy was a pioneer in our armed forces. But then she got up to speak. As I listened to her I was struck by her words. In her ...
calrecycle
Learn more about recycling hypocrisy
AG Bonta’s Recycling Hypocrisy Will Harm Consumers
California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing ExxonMobil over accusations of deception. Allegedly, the company deceived Californians for nearly 50 years “by promising that recycling could and would solve the ever-growing plastic waste crisis,” even though ExxonMobil knew that it could never handle “more than a tiny fraction of the ...
automation
The future is now: Robots take aim at urban gridlock
Machines already flip burgers, fry potatoes and slice avocados for lunch. Some even deliver meals. While it’s still a bit of a novelty, especially to those who see for the first time a food-bearing wheeled robot roll by them on the sidewalk, it appears they are about to become far ...
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Free cities in Honduras under attack by left-wing regime
The ruling, issued September 20, caps off a years-long campaign by the Central American country’s leftist President Xiomara Castro to outlaw the ZEDEs. “Justice for the Honduran people means not selling off our territory piecemeal or privatizing our sovereignty,” she wrote on X after the ruling. Since 2013, Honduras has ...
family
Tim Carney talks about his new book Family Unfriendly
Our guest this week is journalist Tim Carney. We recorded his talk on his new book, Family Unfriendly, at a recent PRI luncheon in Newport Beach, California. Tim discusses what’s ailing so many families these days – record rates of anxiety, depression and medication among children, and stress suffered by ...
Commentary
American Healthcare Broken? Says Who?
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund ranks the U.S. health system dead last among 10 developed nations. But is healthcare in the United States really that bad? A close look at the data suggests otherwise. Read the full article in Newsmax.
Commentary
A British Lord’s Warning: Steer Clear of Single-Payer Healthcare
Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of Americans sounded the alarm about the oppressive government policies being propagated by British lords. Today, the tables have turned. This month, Lord Ara Darzi presented the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care with a devastating report on the state ...
PRI’s 2024 Holiday Book List
Sally Pipes – Doctor Sally by P.G. Wodehouse While not a policy book, my favorite this year and one that I read recently is Doctor Sally by my favorite author, P.G. Wodehouse. After a long and grueling election campaign, this book is a tonic and breath of fresh air for ...
Dallas Lawrence – Communicating Under Fire
This week’s guest is Dallas Lawrence, a communications pro who has worked at the highest levels of government, the military, and corporate America, who joins us to discuss his new book Communicating Under Fire. The book offers terrific advice for communications novices and PR pros alike on how to ...
A Trailblazer Explains What it Means to Be a Veteran
I sat next to her at the luncheon at which we were both speaking. An unassuming person, one would never know that Cathy was a pioneer in our armed forces. But then she got up to speak. As I listened to her I was struck by her words. In her ...
Learn more about recycling hypocrisy
AG Bonta’s Recycling Hypocrisy Will Harm Consumers
California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing ExxonMobil over accusations of deception. Allegedly, the company deceived Californians for nearly 50 years “by promising that recycling could and would solve the ever-growing plastic waste crisis,” even though ExxonMobil knew that it could never handle “more than a tiny fraction of the ...
The future is now: Robots take aim at urban gridlock
Machines already flip burgers, fry potatoes and slice avocados for lunch. Some even deliver meals. While it’s still a bit of a novelty, especially to those who see for the first time a food-bearing wheeled robot roll by them on the sidewalk, it appears they are about to become far ...
Free cities in Honduras under attack by left-wing regime
The ruling, issued September 20, caps off a years-long campaign by the Central American country’s leftist President Xiomara Castro to outlaw the ZEDEs. “Justice for the Honduran people means not selling off our territory piecemeal or privatizing our sovereignty,” she wrote on X after the ruling. Since 2013, Honduras has ...
Tim Carney talks about his new book Family Unfriendly
Our guest this week is journalist Tim Carney. We recorded his talk on his new book, Family Unfriendly, at a recent PRI luncheon in Newport Beach, California. Tim discusses what’s ailing so many families these days – record rates of anxiety, depression and medication among children, and stress suffered by ...
American Healthcare Broken? Says Who?
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund ranks the U.S. health system dead last among 10 developed nations. But is healthcare in the United States really that bad? A close look at the data suggests otherwise. Read the full article in Newsmax.
A British Lord’s Warning: Steer Clear of Single-Payer Healthcare
Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of Americans sounded the alarm about the oppressive government policies being propagated by British lords. Today, the tables have turned. This month, Lord Ara Darzi presented the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care with a devastating report on the state ...
