July 20, 2007
By Leonard C. Gilroy Our culture makes the simplest problems complex and the simplest solutions expensive. None seem simpler than the cause of obesity and its cure, but nutritionists, psychologists, […]
July 6, 2007
By Kenneth P. Green It is rare that one finds a policy concept that unites policy-makers not only of the left and right, but between countries, particularly, these days, in […]
June 29, 2007
By Jason Pye This month marks the second anniversary of the infamous Kelo v. New London decision, a case where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the taking of private […]
June 22, 2007
By Benita M. Dodd Don’t like the drought-related watering restrictions in your community? Outraged enough to rat out neighbors who violate watering rules? The state’s water “wars” could get worse: […]
June 15, 2007
By Dr. Holly Robinson In the same week recently, the city of Marietta’s Sawyer Road Elementary School had its charter approved to become an International Baccalaureate (IB) conversion charter school […]
June 8, 2007
By Nina Owcharenko The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), jointly financed by the federal and state governments but administered by the states, should focus on transitioning eligible lower-income children into […]
May 25, 2007
Understandably, men who don’t benefit from their hard work tend not to work very hard. By David Boaz Four hundred years ago this month 105 men and boys disembarked from […]
May 4, 2007
By Senator Johnny Isakson When I was running for Senate in 2004, illegal immigration was second only to the war on terror on the list of issues folks asked me […]
March 9, 2007
By Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald Good medical coverage is affected by three components: cost, quality and availability. The true purpose of government in assuring that Georgians have good medical care is […]
February 23, 2007
By Kelly McCutchen Tired of slow downloads, limited access to broadband, high prices or poor service? You should be concerned. Georgia could easily lose out on billions of dollars of […]
February 16, 2007
By Casey Cagle Only when we design education around the individual needs of children will we achieve excellence. I have visited several schools throughout the state this session to share […]
February 9, 2007
By Ronald E. Bachman Governor Perdue said at the opening of the 2007 session, “Keep the main thing the main thing.” The “main things” for 2007 were listed as jobs, […]
January 19, 2007
By Andrew Broy Georgia’s charter schools are outperforming traditional schools and are serving a more diverse and economically disadvantaged population. Theses are the conclusions of the Georgia Department of Education’s […]
January 12, 2007
By Benita M. Dodd and Geoffrey Segal If ever there was a moment of unvarnished political pass-the-buck, it came during Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin’s annual State of the City address […]
January 5, 2007
By Kelly McCutchen With more than a half-billion-dollar budget surplus and a booming stock market, Georgia’s economic future looks bright. Of course, things looked bright in the late 1990s, too. […]
December 5, 2006
By Joel Schwartz Air pollution has been declining for decades across the United States, yet most Americans still believe air pollution is a growing problem and a serious threat to […]
November 10, 2006
By Benita M. Dodd Traffic congestion in metro Atlanta, where half the vehicle miles traveled in Georgia are concentrated, is frequently blamed on land use patterns in a region derided […]
October 27, 2006
By James Frogue Are Georgians getting measurably healthier? Is this progress being made in a manner that is fiscally sustainable? These are the first and second questions that we must […]
October 24, 2006
October 19, 2006 The growth of the uninsured is a national, state and local challenge. At the root of many of our health care problems is a tax code that […]
October 24, 2006
October 19, 2006 We believe that a statewide video franchise law is critical to Georgia’s future. Telecommuting, telemedicine, virtual schools and other high tech advances hold great promise for a […]
October 13, 2006
By Kelly McCutchen Telecommuting, telemedicine, virtual schools and other high tech advances hold great promise for a large, rural state like Georgia, but roadblocks to investment will make progress much like […]
October 12, 2006
The objective of this report is to inform policy-makers and citizens on government finances, revenues and expenditures in the state. This report focuses on Georgia’s combined state and local finances […]
September 29, 2006
By Kelly McCutchen State and local governments operate in a cycle of feast or famine. With projections of surging tax revenues for Georgia after one of the toughest downturns in […]
September 17, 2006
By Ronald E. Bachman Debate raged last year across the nation over the cost of the new Part D Medicare prescription drug benefit. Now that dueling economic models have been replaced […]
September 15, 2006
By Kristin Rowles Given a choice between two equivalent solutions to a problem, the rational choice is to select the least expensive option. Water quality trading, a hot topic around […]
August 25, 2006
By Randal O’Toole and Kathleen Calongne A recent paper purporting to show that speed humps make residential streets safer for children actually shows nothing of the kind. In fact, the […]
August 18, 2006
By Kathleen Calongne Across the nation and in Atlanta, policy-makers are preparing to spend billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money building rail transit. The problem they face now is how […]
August 11, 2006
By Benita M. Dodd Remember when people moved to the countryside for health reasons? Choosing to live in small-town Georgia has its health advantages, but health care hasn’t been one of them. […]
July 28, 2006
By Harold Brown Projections of metro Atlanta’s deteriorating water quality are many and presumptive, usually with warnings of looming problems exploited as leverage for some cause or project. According to […]
July 21, 2006
By Jeff Edgens Name an issue: From eminent domain to fast food, tobacco to Internet taxes, you can find an alliance of politicians and trial lawyers whose ultimate goal is […]
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