Topic: United States

June 9, 2017

Get Real About the Federal Education Budget

Federal education cuts? More paper cut than slash. By Larry Sand Did you know that the Trump/DeVos budget is manifestly cruel to children and catastrophic to public schools? Are you aware that […]

June 2, 2017

Friday Facts: June 2, 2017

It’s Friday! Events There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but there is a free doughnut today! Today’s National Donut Day, the food holiday featuring free doughnuts at shops […]

June 2, 2017

An Unhealthy Obsession with Climate Change

By Harold Brown On June 1 came the encouraging news that President Trump has decided the United States will exit the U.N. Paris climate agreement. The agreement imposes huge burdens […]

May 26, 2017

Friday Facts: May 26, 2016

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Health-care reform is a test of whether Republicans, having been handed the gift of ObamaCare’s failure, can show voters that they can do better with […]

May 26, 2017

Second Chances for Ex-Offenders

Expungement of records can help young job seekers. By John G. Malcolm and John-Michael Seibler  A simple adjustment in federal law would provide much greater opportunities for young individuals who […]

May 12, 2017

Friday Facts: May 12, 2017

It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human […]

May 12, 2017

Education is Key to Redeeming Lives in Prison

In today’s knowledge economy, higher education is one of the first rungs on the ladder to economic freedom and social mobility. Too many formerly incarcerated Americans never climb this ladder […]

May 5, 2017

Friday Facts: May 5, 2017

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “When we’re dealing with big, intrusive government, we need to forget about good intentions. Instead, let’s focus on how it adversely impacts people at the […]

May 5, 2017

Global Brightening and Hazy Predictions

By Harold Brown Global warming, simplified: Burning fossil fuels generates carbon dioxide into the air, trapping energy radiated from the globe. The earth is made warmer because this energy is […]


April 28, 2017

Friday Facts: April 28, 2017

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “Each generation of humanity takes the earth as trustees. … We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted […]

April 28, 2017

Education Reform Requires More Than Tweaks

By Benita M. Dodd It’s no secret that a 2017 legislative session begun with a smorgasbord of meaningful education reforms disintegrated into crumbs for Georgia families struggling to find viable […]

April 21, 2017

Friday Facts: April 21, 2017

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note Tax Day: “Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will always […]

April 21, 2017

Environmentalist Rhetoric Endangers Facts on Extinction

By Harold Brown Every year around Earth Day (April 22), people everywhere are harshly reminded just how “unnatural” environmentalists consider humans.  Humans, they argue, are against nature, and nature is […]

April 14, 2017

Friday Facts: April 14, 2017

It’s Friday! Welcome to a special “By the Numbers” Friday Facts to mark Tax Day on April 18! Quotes of note “Take not from the mouth of labor the bread […]

April 14, 2017

Return Insurance Regulation to the States

Let’s reawaken the constitutional idea of federalism. By Ralph T. Hudgens Much of the impasse in Washington regarding health care reform relates to health insurance regulation and mandates. There is […]

April 7, 2017

Friday Facts: April 7, 2017

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “Governments create nothing and have nothing to give but what they have first taken away. … Every vote given for Protection is a vote to […]

March 31, 2017

Friday Facts: March 31, 2017

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “Problems arise when political decision-makers attempt to distort what scientific studies conclude, but also when scientists and others attempt to exert influence on policy decisions […]

March 17, 2017

Friday Facts: March 17, 2017

It’s Friday!  Events March 23: The deadline is Tuesday to sign up for the Foundation’s March Leadership Breakfast, “Capitol Insight,” with keynote speaker Lynn Westmoreland, who retired recently after six […]

March 10, 2017

Friday Facts: March 10, 2017

It’s Friday!  Condolences  Dudley Rochelle Carter, who served as a board member for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, passed away on March 4 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s syndrome. […]

March 7, 2017

Georgia Has Opportunity to Set the Tone for Use of Drones

By Ross Coker The popularity of consumer-grade multi-rotor or quadcopter devices, the unmanned aerial vehicles commonly referred to as “drones,” has skyrocketed over the last several years. While previously a […]

March 3, 2017

Friday Facts: March 3, 2017

It’s Friday!  Have you visited our social media sites lately? The Foundation has 3,185 Facebook “likes!” Our Twitter account has 1,719 followers at twitter.com/gppf. Follow us on Instagram, too!  Events […]

March 1, 2017

News Release: Lynn Westmoreland Keynotes March 23 Event, ‘Capitol Insight’

NEWS RELEASE March 1, 2017 For Immediate Release Contact: Benita Dodd, Georgia Public Policy Foundation  | (404) 256-4050  Former Congressman Lynn Westmoreland Keynotes March 23 Event Atlanta – Former Georgia U.S. Representative Lynn […]

February 24, 2017

Friday Facts: February 24, 2017

It’s Friday!  Events **Late-breaking Friday Fact!!! March 23: Mark your calendar!  The Foundation’s March Leadership Breakfast will be keynoted by former U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia, who served six […]


February 17, 2017

Friday Facts: February 17, 2017

It’s Friday!  Events  February 22: Register by MONDAY to join the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Institute for Justice for, “Bottleneckers,” Wednesday’s Leadership Breakfast and Book Forum with Dick […]


February 10, 2017

News Release: Foundation Welcomes Tom Price as HHS Secretary

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release February 10, 2017 Contact: Benita Dodd, Georgia Public Policy Foundation  | (404) 256-4050  Foundation Welcomes Tom Price as HHS Secretary Atlanta – Kelly McCutchen, president of the Georgia […]

February 7, 2017

News Release: Foundation Welcomes DeVos as Secretary of Education

“Competition is a rising tide that lifts all boats.” Georgia Public Policy Foundation News Release For Immediate Release February 7, 2017 Contact: Benita Dodd, Georgia Public Policy Foundation  | (404) 256-4050  Foundation […]

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