December 29, 2017
Friday Facts: December 29, 2017
It’s Friday! It’s the FINAL Friday of the year. It’s the FINAL Georgia Public Policy Foundation Friday Facts of 2017. And, it’s the FINAL time you’ll see Kelly McCutchen sign […]
Topic: Donald Trump
December 22, 2017
Friday Facts: December 22, 2017
December 22, 2017 It’s Friday! FRIDAY FACTS is made possible by the generosity of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s donors. If you enjoy the FRIDAY FACTS, please consider making a […]
November 17, 2017
A Thanksgiving to be Grateful for Leaders with Integrity
By Benita M. Dodd (Third in a series on the speakers at the 2017 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum held in Atlanta on October 13, 2017) When the Georgia Public Policy […]
November 3, 2017
Friday Facts: November 3, 2017
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than […]
October 6, 2017
Friday Facts: October 6, 2017
It’s Friday! Events October 13: REGISTER TODAY! It’s just one week to the 2017 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum! The daylong event October 13 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel brings […]
October 6, 2017
The Unintended Consequences of Trade Protectionism
By Jeffrey Dorfman The International Trade Commission has ruled that imported solar panels from China and other countries were injuring U.S. manufacturers, which will provide President Trump with the opportunity to impose […]
September 8, 2017
Friday Facts: September 8, 2017
It’s Friday! On a personal note Hurricane Irma’s path remains uncertain, but residents in Florida, Georgia and the Southeast coast are evacuating or bracing for its impact. Our thoughts and […]
August 18, 2017
Friday Facts: August 18, 2017
It’s Friday! Mark your calendar: The 2017 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum will take place October 13 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel. Details to follow! Quotes of note “It has […]
August 4, 2017
Friday Facts: August 4, 2017
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “We got ObamaCare because Republicans didn’t take care of the health care problems we already had. Let’s not make the same mistake.” – Star Parker […]
July 28, 2017
Friday Facts: July 28, 2017
It’s Friday! The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s offices will be closed today as we attend the memorial service for Marcia Bryan Wade, wife of Foundation Board Chairman Rogers Wade. The […]
July 21, 2017
Friday Facts: July 21, 2017
It’s Friday! The Georgia Public Policy Foundation regrets to inform friends and supporters of the July 19 passing of Marcia Wade, 76, wife of Rogers Wade, the Foundation’s former president […]
July 14, 2017
Friday Facts: July 14, 2017
It’s Friday! Georgians in high places: Our congratulations to Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, former board member and board chair of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, on her appointment as head of […]
June 9, 2017
Get Real About the Federal Education Budget
Federal education cuts? More paper cut than slash. By Larry Sand Did you know that the Trump/DeVos budget is manifestly cruel to children and catastrophic to public schools? Are you aware that […]
June 2, 2017
Friday Facts: June 2, 2017
It’s Friday! Events There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but there is a free doughnut today! Today’s National Donut Day, the food holiday featuring free doughnuts at shops […]
June 2, 2017
An Unhealthy Obsession with Climate Change
By Harold Brown On June 1 came the encouraging news that President Trump has decided the United States will exit the U.N. Paris climate agreement. The agreement imposes huge burdens […]
May 19, 2017
Stop Making a Federal Case for Transportation Funding
Shift transportation funding responsibility to the states. By Robert Krol President Trump and Congress seem poised to boost spending on highways, bridges, and mass transit. Yet if this increase in […]
April 28, 2017
Friday Facts: April 28, 2017
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Each generation of humanity takes the earth as trustees. … We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted […]
April 21, 2017
Friday Facts: April 21, 2017
It’s Friday! Quotes of note Tax Day: “Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will always […]
April 7, 2017
Friday Facts: April 7, 2017
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Governments create nothing and have nothing to give but what they have first taken away. … Every vote given for Protection is a vote to […]
April 6, 2017
The Relationship Between Health Care Reform and the Supreme Court Confirmation
Be careful when you set a new precedent, because your decision could come back to haunt you. By Kelly McCutchen Be careful when you set a new precedent, because your […]
April 3, 2017
AJC Publishes Op-Ed on Atlanta, MARTA TSPLOSTs
Foundation op-ed proposes Atlanta transit reprioritization. The Sunday edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on April 2, 2017, published an op-ed by Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd on the new transportation […]
March 31, 2017
Friday Facts: March 31, 2017
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Problems arise when political decision-makers attempt to distort what scientific studies conclude, but also when scientists and others attempt to exert influence on policy decisions […]
March 24, 2017
Friday Facts: March 24, 2017
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” – Voltaire “A good judge doesn’t give a whit about politics or the political […]
March 17, 2017
Friday Facts: March 17, 2017
It’s Friday! Events March 23: The deadline is Tuesday to sign up for the Foundation’s March Leadership Breakfast, “Capitol Insight,” with keynote speaker Lynn Westmoreland, who retired recently after six […]
March 10, 2017
Friday Facts: March 10, 2017
It’s Friday! Condolences Dudley Rochelle Carter, who served as a board member for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, passed away on March 4 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s syndrome. […]
March 3, 2017
Friday Facts: March 3, 2017
It’s Friday! Have you visited our social media sites lately? The Foundation has 3,185 Facebook “likes!” Our Twitter account has 1,719 followers at twitter.com/gppf. Follow us on Instagram, too! Events […]
February 24, 2017
Global Warming: Playing Fast and Loose in Policy, Proof and Politics
Doomsday prophets have always fixated on the goal more than the cause. By Harold Brown Global warming (climate change) is not just a scientific subject but also a technical-social-political scramble. […]
February 17, 2017
Friday Facts: February 17, 2017
It’s Friday! Events February 22: Register by MONDAY to join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Institute for Justice for, “Bottleneckers,” Wednesday’s Leadership Breakfast and Book Forum with Dick […]
February 10, 2017
Friday Facts: February 10, 2017
It’s Friday! Events Happy birthday, Georgia! Georgia Day is February 12. Today and Saturday are rare opportunities to visit the Georgia Archives in Morrow to view Georgia’s copy of the […]
February 10, 2017
The State of the Graduation Rate, and the States of the States
If Trump keeps his promise to devolve education, all eyes move to the states. By Jenn Hatfield When President Donald Trump was sworn into office on January 20, the clock […]
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