Topic: The Wall Street Journal


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 […]

February 26, 2013

Checking Up On Health: February 26, 2013

  Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd ObamaCare sticker shock: Atlanta insurers were included in a six-market survey released this month on how much the multiple mandates in […]

February 25, 2013

Registration Open for, ‘Morality and The Marketplace,’
With Ayn Rand Institute Executive Director Yaron Brook

GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION EVENT February 25, 2013 Contact Benita Dodd at 404-256-4050 or Registration Open for, ‘Morality and The Marketplace,’ With Ayn Rand Institute Executive Director Yaron Brook Atlanta […]

February 22, 2013

Friday Facts: February 22, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson “Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American […]

February 15, 2013

Friday Facts: February 15, 2013

It’s Friday! Today is the deadline to register for the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at Cobb County’s Georgian Club, 8 a.m. on Tuesday, February 19. Keynoted by the Cato Institute’s Randal […]

February 8, 2013

Friday Facts: February 8, 2013

February 8, 2013  It’s Friday! February 19: The Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at Cobb County’s Georgian Club, 8 a.m. on Tuesday, February 19, is keynoted by the Cato Institute’s Randal O’Toole. […]

February 5, 2013

Checking Up On Health: February 5, 2013

  Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Individual mandate update: Under proposed rules for the individual mandate under the federal health law, individuals who have to pay more […]

January 29, 2013

Checking Up On Health: January 29, 2013

Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Glossary for the health care law: The Associated Press has helpfully compiled a list of explanations of the terms you should know […]

January 25, 2013

Friday Facts: January 25, 2012

January 25, 2013  It’s Friday!  Upcoming: Did you know that Georgia had the nation’s fourth-highest foreclosure rate in 2012? Who’s to blame? Greedy bankers? Corrupt politicians? Ignorant homeowners? Find out […]

January 15, 2013

Checking Up On Health: January 15, 2013

  Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd So much for individual responsibility: Merrill Matthews, resident scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation, has two articles that should be […]

January 4, 2013

Friday Facts: January 4, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the […]

December 18, 2012

Checking Up On Health: December 18

Is your health plan “grandfathered” or does it fall under ObamaCare? Do you have “good” genes or mutants?     Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The fault […]

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 28, 2012

Friday Facts: September 28, 2012

It’s Friday! Events October 16: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher turns 87 on October 13. The Foundation marks the birthday of this remarkable leader with a Policy Briefing Luncheon […]

September 23, 2012

Foundation Video Archive

All new videos produced by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation are posted to our YouTube channel.  This file primarily contains archive material that migrated to YouTube.  Some video products are located on […]

August 30, 2012

Friday Facts: August 31, 2012

August 31, 2012 It’s Friday!  Quotes of Note  “I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that “all powers not delegated to the United States, by […]

August 24, 2012

Friday Facts: August 24, 2012

August 24, 2012  It’s Friday!  Quotes of Note  Correction: Two of the Quotes of Note in last week’s Friday Facts were incorrectly attributed to Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. Our […]

August 17, 2012

Friday Facts: August 17, 2012

August 17, 2012 It’s Friday! Visit the Foundation’s new Web site at www.georgiapolicy.org then e-mail us at to tell us what you think of it! Quotes of note “If […]

August 13, 2012

Health Care Technology

Technology is transforming health care. To learn more and see some examples, explore the links below.  A new technology developed by Invivo Therapeutics has helped paralyzed monkeys run again, giving hope to humans […]

August 9, 2012

Friday Facts

      It’s Friday!   Quotes of note – “A government with the policy to rob Peter to pay Paul can be assured of the support of Paul.” – George […]

August 3, 2012

Friday Facts

  It’s Friday!  Quotes of note – “Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality – an authoritarian determination […]

July 27, 2012

Friday Facts: July 27, 2012

  It’s Friday!  Quotes of note – “All of the progress that the U.S. has made over the last couple of centuries has come from unemployment. It has come from […]

July 20, 2012

Friday Facts

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note – “An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.” – T.S. Eliot – “But […]

July 17, 2012

Checking Up On Health

By Benita Dodd Health Policy Briefs: July 17, 2012 – What’s in a name? Another regulatory slugfest: The Generic Pharmaceutical Association is urging the Federal Drug Administration to apply the same […]

July 13, 2012

Friday Facts: July 13, 2012

  It’s Friday!    Quotes of note – “It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.” […]

June 22, 2012

Friday Facts: June 22, 2012

It’s Friday!  – Register now! Monday is the deadline for the Foundation’s noon Policy Briefing Luncheon and Book Forum on Wednesday, June 27. The event, “The Road to Freedom,” takes place […]

June 15, 2012

Friday Facts: June 15, 2012

It’s Friday!  – Register by Monday, June 25, for the Foundation’s noon Policy Briefing Luncheon and Book Forum on Wednesday, June 27. The event, “The Road to Freedom,” takes place […]

June 12, 2012

Checking Up on Health

By Benita M. Dodd June 12, 2012   Medicaid spending growth outpaces education spending: State revenues are finally returning to pre-recession levels, but the growing cost of providing health care […]

June 8, 2012

Friday Facts: June 8th, 2012

It’s Friday!  – Register by Monday, June 25 for the Foundation’s noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Wednesday, June 27. The event, “The Road to Freedom,” takes place at Cobb County’s […]
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