Topic: Frederick Douglass


June 20, 2022 • Blog

Juneteenth: A Franchise of Freedom

We are not all descendants of American slavery, but to be an American is to have inherited its legacy, and its lessons. 

April 8, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: April 08, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note“Personal independence is a virtue…but there can be no independence without a large share of self-dependence, and this virtue cannot be bestowed, it must be developed […]

March 11, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: March 11, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note“When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.” -Jean-Paul Sartre “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.” -Jonathan Swift “It is easier […]

July 2, 2021

Friday Facts: July 02, 2021

 It’s Friday!  Quotes of Note “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and […]

January 29, 2021

Friday Facts: January 29, 2021

It’s Friday!  Today’s Friday Facts has an education focus, to mark the 11th annual celebration of National School Choice Week, which kicked off January 24. Memory Lane: Education options for […]

August 21, 2020

Friday Facts: August 21, 2020

It’s Friday! The 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum enters its final week! Click on the links for information and registration for next week’s Zoom sessions: August 25 panel discussion: “Healthcare: […]

June 12, 2020

Friday Facts: June 12, 2020

It’s Friday! This is Week 13 of the Friday Facts’ focus on the coronavirus pandemic across the nation and in Georgia, and the last day of the public health state […]

October 12, 2018

Friday Facts: October 12, 2018

It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized […]

February 3, 2017

Friday Facts: February 3, 2017

It’s Friday!  Events  February 22: Register by February 20 to join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Institute for Justice for a Leadership Breakfast and Book Forum with Dick […]

January 22, 2016

Friday Facts: January 22, 2016

It’s Friday!  Then and Now Did you know? In 1991, the year the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, according to one advertisement (May 1991), a business-class 386/33 personal computer with […]

November 20, 2015

Friday Facts: November 20, 2015

It’s Friday!  A personal note: Our condolences to those affected recently by terrorism in France and elsewhere. “There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source […]

September 18, 2015

Stifling Debate: Transparency vs. Privacy

The more controversial the issue, the more important it is to protect privacy. By Kelly McCutchen  Would you respond honestly at a public meeting in your community if the speaker […]

March 13, 2015

Friday Facts: March 13, 2015

It’s Friday! Events March 18: The deadline is MONDAY to register for, “Federalism, The Rule of Law and Regulatory Excess,” the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast on Wednesday with Georgia Attorney General […]

February 14, 2014

Friday Facts: February 14, 2014

It’s Friday! Events February 26: Tired of Washington’s out-of-control spending? The Foundation’s February 26 Leadership Breakfast focuses on the “The Case for the Compact for a Balanced Budget,” keynoted by […]

March 1, 2013

Friday Facts: March 1, 2013

It’s Friday! Events March 19: Capitalism has been demonized; markets are not so free and individual responsibility is becoming passé. How does America turn that around? Join Yaron Brook, executive […]

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