Topic: Republican Party

November 18, 2020 • Blog

Tax and Spend Tuesday: November 17, 2020

Tax and Spend Tuesday, a roundup of news, views and policy proposals affecting your paycheck and pocketbook! The election: The Center for State Fiscal Reform at the American Legislative Exchange […]

November 13, 2020

Friday Facts: November 13, 2020

It’s Friday!  Quotes of Note “Government outlays on antipoverty programs are almost entirely unaffected by which party is in power: It has inexorably risen under Republicans and Democrats alike — […]

November 11, 2020 • Blog

The ‘In-Between’ Election, the ‘In-Between’ Year

Merriam-Webster will surely pick a pandemic-related term as 2020’s “word of the year.” Coronavirus, social distancing or quarantine would be apt. My choice is “liminal,” which that dictionary defines as […]

November 4, 2020 • Blog

Rejecting Nonstop Politics

By the time you read this, the 2020 election will be nearly over. Some votes may be still uncounted, the outcome still unclear, the lawyers just getting warmed up, and […]

November 3, 2020 • Blog

Tax and Spend Tuesday: November 3, 2020

Tax and Spend Tuesday is a roundup of news, views and policy proposals affecting your paycheck and pocketbook! The election: It’s going to be a while before today’s election ballots […]


September 11, 2020 • Commentary

Tests are Crucial to Measure Students’ Learning

Last week, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos put the kibosh on pleas to stop meaningful assessments of student learning before the school year had even begun

September 11, 2020

Friday Facts: September 11, 2020

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I called President Bush and I said, ‘You can’t come back here; the United States is under attack.’ And the rest of the day was […]

August 28, 2020

Friday Facts: August 28, 2020

It’s Friday! The 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum ended this week after eight sessions that began July 15. Click on the links to view each session – Zoom webinars – […]

August 7, 2020

Friday Facts: August 7, 2020

It’s Friday! Don’t miss a session of the 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum. The Foundation is recording each Zoom session for our YouTube channel! View the July 15 opening keynote, […]

June 5, 2020

Friday Facts: June 5, 2020

It’s Friday! This is Week 12 of the Friday Facts’ focus on the coronavirus pandemic across the nation and in Georgia. View previous editions here. View the Foundation’s near-term proposals […]

June 5, 2020 • Commentary

COVID-19: Spanish Flu 2.0

The COVID-19 pandemic bears a striking resemblance to the Spanish flu epidemic that peaked in October 1918. Nowhere is the resemblance more striking than in New

March 6, 2020

Friday Facts: March 6, 2020

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “It’s fashionable for Democrats – and, if polls are to be believed, many Republicans too – to believe that something must be done about the […]

January 31, 2020

Friday Facts: January 31, 2020

It’s Friday! About 300 friends and supporters joined us Tuesday night at the Fabulous Fox in Atlanta for the Foundation’s 29th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner. The keynote speaker […]

January 17, 2020

Friday Facts: January 17, 2020

It’s Friday! January 28: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 29th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner is almost here! The deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday, January 22. Join the […]

November 1, 2019

Friday Facts: November 1, 2019

It’s Friday!  Volunteer. Donate. Review. Thanks to our supporters for helping the Georgia Public Policy Foundation earn its 2019 badge as a Great Nonprofits’ “Top-Rated Nonprofit,” the second consecutive year […]

August 30, 2019

Friday Facts: August 30, 2019

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “We would never refuse to take a trip to the store for an adult who asked. We knew that we were not to litter or […]

June 28, 2019

New Rules Expand Individuals’ Healthcare Options

Almost two years have passed since Republican efforts to reform the U.S. health insurance market were pronounced dead. Perhaps they were merely on life support. By Kyle Wingfield Almost two […]


April 19, 2019

Friday Facts: April 19, 2019

It’s Friday!  Events  May 23: “You Can Say That: How Courage Can Defeat Political Correctness,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon with David French of the National Review Institute, on Thursday, […]

April 12, 2019

Friday Facts: April 12, 2019

It’s Friday!  Events  The registration deadline is MONDAY for “Second Chances 2019,” an 8 a.m. Leadership Breakfast with Georgia Congressman Doug Collins, sponsor of the FIRST STEP Act, on Wednesday, […]

March 29, 2019

Friday Facts: March 29, 2019

It’s Friday!  Events  April 10: “Education Choice: A Case Study in Policy and Politics,” a Foundation Happy Hour Policy Discussion in Athens at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in […]

March 1, 2019

Baby Steps in Teacher Pension Reform

They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The implication is that the first step won’t be the last. That’s the right way to think […]

January 11, 2019

Friday Facts: January 11, 2019

It’s Friday! Events January 22: “National School Choice Week: A Capitol Choice,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Tuesday, January 22. The event is in the Empire Room, 20th floor, Sloppy […]


December 28, 2018

Friday Facts: December 28, 2018

It’s Friday! A reminder: Your weekly FRIDAY FACTS is made possible by the generosity of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s donors. As the year draws to a close, we ask […]

December 14, 2018

Five Facts Favoring Education Choice in Georgia

With the turnover under the Gold Dome, however, policymakers risk losing the lessons learned – the hard-won institutional knowledge – that reinforce the need for choice for Georgia’s families. In […]

November 23, 2018

Friday Facts: November 23, 2018

It’s Friday!  Condolences: We were saddened to hear of the passing this week of former Congressman Mac Collins at age 74. Collins represented a Macon-based U.S. House district from 1992 […]

November 16, 2018

Friday Facts: November 16, 2018

It’s Friday! Quotes of note “No Wall of words, no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one […]

November 9, 2018

Friday Facts: November 9, 2018

It’s Friday! Events Sunday is Veterans Day. The federal holiday will be observed Monday. Take a moment to honor our military veterans. “There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that […]
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