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Blue State Model Continues To Drag Down California
Right By the Bay | Kerry Jackson
July 15, 2019

About the same time two of California’s largest cities were named among the seven worst-run municipalities in the country, we learn that the state’s — and the country’s — largest county had the worst population outflow in the U.S. in 2018. The livin’ in California ain’t easy, in the summertime or at any other.

According to WalletHub, which compiles Internet lists like Ihop stacks pancakes, Oakland and San Francisco are the 144th and 148th — out of 150 — worst-run cities in the nation. 

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Ting Sun - How Charter Schools Meet the Diverse Needs of Students and Transform Lives
July 15, 2019

California State Board of Education member and Natomas Charter School co-founder and retiring Executive Director Ting Sun joins us to discuss what makes her school so special.  Natomas Charter School is one of the schools profiled in Lance Izumi’s book, Choosing Diversity.  

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Is the Miracle of Vaccination Fading?
Fox & Hounds | Henry I. Miller
July 18, 2019
 
This year’s debate over Senate Bill 276 (Pan) has generated significant controversy in an area where there should be none – the importance of vaccinating all children from often deadly or debilitating communicable diseases.
 
 
Sally C. Pipes in the Orlando Sentinel: Employer-sponsored health insurance: You're fired
Orlando Sentinel | Sally C. Pipes
July 18, 2019

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, has made a career out of lambasting America’s employer-sponsored health insurance system.

It causes workers to “worry about losing health” benefits if they’re laid off, he recently said. It forces employees to stay in jobs they “really hate” solely to maintain coverage. And it compels small business owners to spend an “inordinate amount of time, energy, and resources” on insurance-related matters rather than focus on growing their firms.
 
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California Legislature Now Determining Which Presidential Candidates You Can Vote For
Right By the Bay | Tim Anaya
July 17, 2019
 
What’s in President Trump’s tax returns?  It’s a mystery that has stumped cable television pundits since he refused to release them during the 2016 campaign.  At times, the furor has been so high that I’m surprised that Matlock or Jessica Fletcher were not called out of retirement to investigate.
 
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Pacific Research Institute's biosimilars study featured in Politico
Politico | Pacific Research Institute
July 16, 2019

The Pacific Research Institute’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation published an issue brief stating that the U.S. health system could save billions by expanding the use of biosimilars.


UPCOMING EVENTS

San Francisco Luncheon and Discussion with National Review's Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy, senior fellow at National Review Institute and a contributing editor at National Review, will speak about the Mueller investigation and his forthcoming book, Ball of Collusion:  The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
 

Wednesday, August 14
Noon
City Club of San Francisco
155 Sansome Street, Grand Salon, 9th Floor
San Francisco

$30 for Sir Antony Fisher Freedom Society members;
$60 for non-members

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Claremont Institute and Pacific Research Institute
present
A 40th Anniversary Celebration Cruise

*Spain, France, Monaco, and Italy*

Sail with us on a remarkable journey from the lush Spanish isle Mallorca to the cosmopolitan elegance of Monte Carlo to the historic and artistic treasures of Florence and Rome, with commentary and reflections on “the Future of America and the West: Liberty, Sovereignty, & Self Government.”

Featuring Michael Anton, Steven F. Hayward, Kishore Jayabalan, Charles Kesler, John O’Sullivan, Sally C. Pipes, Ryan P. Williams, and Andrew Roberts.

October 2 - 10, 2019

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