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Putting Kids First: A Conversation with Betsy DeVos
Webinar | August 16, 2022
Pacific Research Institute
Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, in conversation with Secretary Betsy DeVos, author of the new book Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child (Center Street Books). They discuss how we can expand school choice options for every student and parent, how to improve student performance, how to roll back government intrusion into classroom learning, and other key education reform topics.
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Dubious findings about food from the 'Nutrition Researchers Guild': How can we learn from this unscientific manipulation of statistics?
Genetic Literacy Project | Henry Miller & Stanley Young
August 9, 2022
Are you confused about conflicting “research” findings on certain foods’ effects on our health? It would hardly be surprising. First, butter is the enemy; then, it’s solid margarine. Is caffeine good or bad ([link removed]) for your heart? For a time, beta-carotene supplements are thought to prevent cancer — until they are found to increase the risk of lung cancer in smokers. And finally, does a woman’s diet at conception determine the sex of her fetus ([link removed]) ?
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Ag Already Doing Its Part to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Right by the Bay | Pam Lewison
August 15, 2022
The United States ([link removed]) Senate recently passed an energy spending bill that would, in part, funnel billions toward agriculture to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from livestock and soil tillage. The goal of this legislation is to bring the U.S. in line with its promised GHG emissions reduction target of 50 percent by 2030.
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Medicare for All Wouldn't Have Saved Us From COVID
Townhall | Sally Pipes
August 13, 2022
Could Medicare for All have averted more than 330,000 deaths over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s the claim of a new study published by 10 researchers from four different universities in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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