Topic: Cato Institute

February 15, 2013

Friday Facts: February 15, 2013

It’s Friday! Today is the deadline to register for the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at Cobb County’s Georgian Club, 8 a.m. on Tuesday, February 19. Keynoted by the Cato Institute’s Randal […]

February 8, 2013

Friday Facts: February 8, 2013

February 8, 2013  It’s Friday! February 19: The Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at Cobb County’s Georgian Club, 8 a.m. on Tuesday, February 19, is keynoted by the Cato Institute’s Randal O’Toole. […]

February 1, 2013

Friday Facts: February 1, 2013

February 1, 2013  It’s Friday!  February 19: Did you know that Georgia had the nation’s fourth-highest foreclosure rate in 2012? Who’s to blame? Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? Find out […]


January 25, 2013

Friday Facts: January 25, 2012

January 25, 2013  It’s Friday!  Upcoming: Did you know that Georgia had the nation’s fourth-highest foreclosure rate in 2012? Who’s to blame? Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? Find out […]

January 18, 2013

Friday Facts: January 18, 2013

January 18, 2013 It’s Friday! Events January 24, 2013: The deadline is Tuesday to register for the Foundation’s first Leadership Breakfast of 2013, “Moving Georgia Ahead: What’s Coming Down the […]

January 11, 2013

Friday Facts: January 11, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.” – Harriet Tubman “We have no […]

January 4, 2013

Friday Facts: January 4, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the […]

December 21, 2012

Friday Facts: December 21, 2012

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” – Aesop “I do come home at Christmas. We all do, or […]

December 14, 2012

Friday Facts: December 14, 2012

 It’s Friday!  Quotes of Note  “When you can’t afford what you’ve already got, why would you try to buy into more?” – Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, explaining why Georgia will […]

December 7, 2012

Friday Facts: December 7, 2012

It’s Friday!  Quotes of Note  “[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer … [taking] away from before […]

November 30, 2012

Friday Facts: November 30, 2012

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be […]

November 2, 2012

Friday Facts: November 2, 2012

November 2, 2012  It’s Friday!  As you take time to consider the organizations you will support before year’s end, we hope you’ll include us. Your support will help us grow […]

September 14, 2012

Friday Facts: September 14, 2012

 September 14, 2012 It’s Friday! The deadline is Monday to register for the third annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, which takes place on Friday, September 21, at the W Hotel […]

August 3, 2012

Friday Facts

  It’s Friday!  Quotes of note – “Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality – an authoritarian determination […]

July 13, 2012

Friday Facts: July 13, 2012

  It’s Friday!    Quotes of note – “It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.” […]

June 29, 2012

Friday Facts: June 29, 2012

It’s Friday! Quotes of note – “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” – George Bernard Shaw – “And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can […]



February 17, 2012

Friday Facts: February 17th, 2012

It’s Friday! Events – Monday is the deadline to register for the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast on Wednesday, February 22, at 8 a.m. Rod S. Martin, co-founder of PayPal and an education philanthropist, […]

February 14, 2012

Checking up on Health

  Health Policy Briefs: February 14, 2012 Compiled by Benita M. Dodd If you’ve read “Overdiagnosed,” the eye-opening book by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, you know there is such a […]

January 31, 2012

Checking Up on Health

Health Policy Briefs: January 31, 2012 Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Price controls: Everence Insurance of Pennsylvania on Monday became the first insurer flagged by federal regulators for having an […]

January 24, 2012

Checking Up on Health

                                           A Health Policy Checkup Supreme Court schedule for federal health care law case: For those who are interested in following the litigation regarding the federal Patient Protection and Affordable […]

October 28, 2011

Friday Facts: October 28th, 2011

It’s Friday! – Thank you for your support! About 400 friends and supporters celebrated the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award dinner on Monday evening at the Renaissance Waverly Atlanta. At the event […]

September 23, 2011

Friday Facts: September 23rd, 2011

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, […]

August 19, 2011

Friday Facts: August 19th, 2011

It’s Friday! Quotations – “The more the state ‘plans’ the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.” – F.A. Hayek – “Civilizations in decline are consistently characterized by a tendency towards […]

August 5, 2011

Friday Facts: August 5th, 2011

It’s Friday! Quotations – “To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father’s has acquired too much, in order to spare to […]

July 29, 2011

Friday Facts: July 29th, 2011

It’s Friday! Quotations – “The effect of the people’s agreeing that there must be central planning, without agreeing on the ends, will be rather as if a group of people […]

June 24, 2011

Friday Facts: June 24th, 2011

It’s Friday! Education – The largest portion of special education spending goes to special education teachers, who are trained in the law, know how to identify disabilities, and are steeped […]

April 15, 2011

Friday Facts: April 15th, 2011

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 […]
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