June 14, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 14, 2024
Why Georgia needs to be serious about tort reform.
Topic: Paris
March 14, 2023 • Blog
Rural Georgia’s rising population numbers could create unexpected tensions
Seven counties in Georgia have only one commissioner rather than a board.
May 8, 2020
Friday Facts: May 8, 2020
It’s Friday! This is the eighth Friday Facts edition to focus on the coronavirus pandemic across the nation and in Georgia. View previous editions here. View the Foundation’s near-term proposals […]
February 14, 2020 • Commentary
Put the Brakes on High-Speed Rail in Georgia
Every few years, high-speed rail advocates arrive in Georgia and argue for high-speed rail. Supposedly, Atlanta and the state as a whole will not become a world
July 19, 2019
Friday Facts: July 19, 2019
It’s Friday! Events August 27: “Election Integrity: Facts, Fraud and Fiction” is the Foundation’s August noon Policy Briefing Luncheon at the Georgian Club. The speaker is Hans von Spakovsky, Senior […]
April 19, 2019
Climate Change Agreements: Solutions in Search of a Problem
Earth Day arrives again on April 22, and along with it the also-predictable heated rhetoric by climate change alarmists who bolster their claims with articles and opinions and state, “Facts […]
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. […]
January 13, 2017
Friday Facts: January 13, 2017
It’s Friday! Events January 26: The National School Choice Week Leadership Breakfast is keynoted by education expert Dr. Ben Scafidi, who will unveil his study on the real numbers of […]
November 20, 2015
This Thanksgiving, Call Us ‘Thank Tanks’
Hundreds of liberty-minded activists from around the world were gathered for the Atlas Network’s Liberty Forum. By Benita M. Dodd As terrorists were detonating deadly bombs in Beirut, hundreds of […]
November 13, 2015
Friday Facts: November 13, 2015
It’s Friday! Have you seen our Giving Tuesday posts? Visit our Facebook page and follow as we give you 30 reasons you should not contribute to the Georgia Public Policy […]
October 2, 2015
Friday Facts: October 2, 2015
It’s Friday! Events October 15: Health Care! Education! Work! In less than two weeks, the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum takes place at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. Join us […]
August 27, 2014
Caveat Investor! Now Feds Want a Bite of Your Mutual Fund
Capital markets should not be subject to central planning by the Fed. (Paul S. Atkins and Peter Wallison are the speakers at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s August 28 Policy […]
October 30, 2012
Checking Up On Health: October 30
The number of health care records breached? Alarming. The chances of catching flu from a pig? Good. You’ll find these tidbits and more in this week’s Checking Up On Health! […]
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 […]
September 13, 2012
It Wasn’t Government That Fixed Your Clock
(Editor’s Note: Lawrence W. Reed is President of the Foundation for Economic Education. Reed will deliver the keynote address, “The Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy,” at the Georgia Legislative Policy […]
January 17, 2012
Transportation Roundup
TRANSPORTATION ROUNDUP Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Logistics and innovation: More than 1,100 people have registered already for the fourth annual Georgia Logistics Summit on February 8th, 2012, in Atlanta. […]
June 15, 2007
State’s Teacher of the Year Gets ‘Brain Juice’ Flowing at Marietta School
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 […]
November 10, 2006
No Time to Detour from Viable Transportation Solutions
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 […]