It’s Friday! - Today is Veterans Day. Remember to thank those who have fought for our freedom: "The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable […]
While the administration fiddles, the United States could miss an opportunity to secure a reliable source of fuel from a friendly – and stable – nation. By Benita M. Dodd […]
It’s Friday! Events – Mark your calendar: John Charles, president and CEO of the Cascade Policy Institute of Oregon, will keynote “Portland: Model or Maverick?” a Foundation Leadership Breakfast on Wednesday, […]
It’s Friday! – The Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award dinner begins at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, at the Renaissance Waverly Atlanta. Joining the event to honor the Freedom Award […]
By Richard L. Jackson Executive Summary The current medical liability tort system is exceptionally expensive, complicated and only awards 20 percent of all legitimate malpractice claims – leaving many patients […]
Texas Governor Rick Perry will address the Georgia Public Policy Foundation legislative conference this Friday morning at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. GPPF invited the governor several weeks before […]
President Barack Obama has dropped a water balloon onto No Child Left Behind. “In my State of the Union address this year I said Congress should reform No Child Left […]
It’s Friday! – Space is limited! Don’t miss the second annual Georgia Legislative Policy Briefing on Friday, Sept. 30, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Register now for the daylong event, […]
What should you expect to pay for your dog’s knee replacement? Should what you pay for your dog to have his knees fixed bear any relationship to fixing your own […]
It’s Friday! Quotations – “The fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves. That enables them to act […]
Georgia’s governor and attorney general said Friday’s decision by the federal appeals court in Atlanta that strikes down the federal health care reform individual mandate is “a huge step toward […]
Michelle Rhee, the innovative founder of StudentsFirst and former chancellor of Washington, D.C. public schools, spoke about the new Obama administration No Child Left Behind waivers when she appeared on […]
No Child Left Behind has moved one step closer toward No Longer Totally Relevant. President Barack Obama ‘s administration used the White House briefing room on Monday afternoon to announce […]
Chances are extremely high that you know someone who receives Social Security or Medicaid or unemployment compensation or another federal benefit payment. If so, they may be scared. More than […]
Christine Vestal at the website Stateline writes today about possible changes to the Medicaid funding formula. The administration’s so-called “blended rate” proposal would change how federal money is divided among […]
Georgia congressman Tom Price warned Thursday that the outcome of the debt ceiling limit battle in Washington could send President Barack Obama down the road toward a successful re-election bid […]
By Benita M. Dodd Georgia is moving forward on transportation innovation with a 16-mile High-Occupancy toll (HOT) lane project set to open this summer along Interstate 85 in metro Atlanta. […]
Imagine you are in a room full of diverse people, with differing political views and differing levels of understanding of economics and social science. You are discussing health care. Yet […]
It’s Friday! Quotations – “The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children.” -William Havard – “Perform, then, this one act of remembrance before this Day […]
Has national economic policy become a moral issue? When he addressed the University of Colorado at Denver business school last Thursday evening, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jaime Dimon said a United […]
It’s Friday! Events – Save the date: The Foundation’s 20th anniversary celebration is scheduled for the evening of Monday, October 24. Details to follow. – Save the date: The Foundation’s second annual Legislative […]
It’s Friday! Quotations – “[President] Obama will participate in a town hall meeting hosted on Facebook. So just like everyone else in America, Obama will be on Facebook when he should […]
It’s Friday! Events – Today is the deadline to register for the Foundation’s April 19 noon Policy Briefing Luncheon at the Georgian Club in Cobb County. Amid the back and forth over […]
By Benita M. Dodd After a historic three days of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, the fate of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act known as […]
By Ronald S. Bachman The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) commonly referred to as ObamaCare was signed into law on March 23, 2010. One year later, the law […]
It’s Friday! – What can you do to help the Foundation celebrate its 20th birthday in 2011? E-mail to share how you can highlight the Foundation’s “20 For 20,” campaign. Will you recommend […]
It’s Friday! Events – March 1: Join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Concord Coalition for the Fiscal Solutions Tour at 5 p.m. on March 1 at Kennesaw State University. The Fiscal Solutions […]
It’s Friday! Join our Forum! – If you like the Friday Facts, you’ll love the Foundation’s interactive online community, The Forum. This week, editor Mike Klein wrote on The Forum that the state unemployment […]
It’s Friday! Join our Forum! – If you like the Friday Facts, you’ll love The Forum. This interactive community is a series of issue-oriented blogs where you can find breaking stories and […]
By Benita M. Dodd In a week in which the crafters of the new federal health care law probably needed trauma care, two of Georgia’s best known physicians were attending […]
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