January 22, 2015
Student Achievement: Eleven of 12 random assignment studies (the gold standard in research) show school choice improves academic outcomes of participants; no study found a negative impact. Of 23 studies, […]
January 16, 2015
It’s Friday! Events January 21: The deadline is Monday to register for “School Choice: The Next Frontier,” an 8 a.m. Leadership Breakfast at Cobb County’s Georgian Club. The keynote speaker […]
January 16, 2015
Georgia’s motor fuel excise tax hasn’t changed in 44 years, while fuel efficiency and inflation steadily eroded the tax base and its purchasing power. By Kelly McCutchen In politics, you […]
January 13, 2015
Telehealth, health care consumerism and excessive showering. Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd A week ago, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation shared the results of a […]
January 9, 2015
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The (state) Constitution clearly says that all taxes derived from the sale of motor fuel has to be put on transportation … so I think […]
January 9, 2015 • Foundation News
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s, “Guide to the Issues 2014,” serves as a guideline and benchmark for Georgia’s part-time General Assembly as elected officials weigh proposals for 2015-2016. The Guide […]
January 7, 2015
Critics who point to color behind a reluctance to join MARTA are right. But it’s not about race. It’s about green. This op-ed by Benita Dodd, vice president of the […]
January 6, 2015
The Cold, colds and the flu. Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita Dodd Happy New Year and welcome back to Checking Up On Health, where I’m back to sharing […]
December 31, 2014
The Foundation shares its Top 10 of 2014! What were YOUR favorites? Dear friend, It’s a busy time of year and we understand you have celebrations and resolutions to finalize! With […]
December 19, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.” – Confucius “Listening to what voters said in the 1994 elections […]
December 19, 2014
This legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly is expected to tackle transportation reform, with many hoping lawmakers address both roadways and transit. By Baruch Feigenbaum This legislative session, the Georgia […]
December 12, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “My primary objection to the amendment was a concern that for-profit charter school management companies that had showered campaign dollars on our state’s politicians would […]
December 9, 2014
Am I the only one noticing an increase in obituaries among friends this time of year? Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Remember when you were […]
December 5, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” – Calvin […]
December 5, 2014
It’s time to raise the cap for tuition tax credit scholarships for Georgia students. By Jim Kelly In a recent speech at the National Press Club, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, […]
December 2, 2014
While you were preparing for Thanksgiving, ObamaCare was changing. Again. Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Oops, they did it again. And even I missed it […]
December 1, 2014
We need institutions that work to advance the ideas of liberty and limited government, no matter who’s in the White House or the Statehouse. Dear Friend, (Don’t you hate those […]
November 29, 2014
MUCH is being written about the preposterously high cost of college. The median inflation-adjusted household income fell by 7 percent between 2006 and 2011, while the average real tuition at […]
November 21, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.” […]
November 21, 2014
By Bartlett D. Cleland Our civil liberties suffered another loss this week when the Senate chose to duck surveillance reform by killing the USA Freedom Act. The legislation would have […]
November 18, 2014
Guess who’s cashing in on health care for stupid American voters? Health Care News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd I had this visual of net “neutrality” today. It’s […]
November 14, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from […]
November 14, 2014
Seizing the property of individuals who have not been convicted, let alone indicted, is a travesty of justice By Benita M. Dodd Back in 1966, Bobby Fuller sang about, “Robbin’ […]
November 11, 2014
ObamaCare Obfuscation: The plot thickens. Health Care News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd You’re stupid. Don’t sweat all this complicated gubmint stuff. This week’s big health care story […]
November 7, 2014
It’s time to fix Medicare’s “Doc Fix” once and for all. By Kelly McCutchen and Patrick Gleason The mid-term elections are in the rearview mirror, but Congress still has a […]
November 4, 2014
The government has demanded confidentiality from insurers about testing of the health care enrollment system. Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd It’s Election Day in Georgia, so […]
October 29, 2014
A student field trip to the museum yields much more than an appreciation for the arts. By Benita M. Dodd Growing up in a dreary, low-income community where even restaurants […]
October 24, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The next time you hear an alarming speech about ‘global warming’ on Earth Day, just remember that the first Earth Day featured alarms about the […]
October 24, 2014
Like the blind men and the elephant, the competing charges on Georgia’s jobless are because of different data. By E. Frank Stephenson Georgians with the misfortune of turning on their […]
October 17, 2014
‘Poverty’ gets harder to define in a changing world. By Harold Brown You know poverty is losing ground when the rhetoric changes to “income inequality.” Over the past 10 years, […]
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