Topic: United States




October 25, 2013

Friday Facts: October 25, 2013

October 25, 2013  It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. […]

October 25, 2013

Proposed CO2 Standards: Expensive Hot Air

The EPA is working to redefine a gas that every living being exhales into a pollutant. By Benita M. Dodd (This commentary is the basis for testimony by Benita Dodd […]

October 18, 2013

Friday Facts: October 18, 2013

October 18, 2013 It’s Friday! About 200 people attended the Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on October 11. Visit our Facebook page at http://tinyurl.com/k7xd84g to view photographs of the event; view […]

October 18, 2013

The False Promise of Universal Health Insurance

There are many things that might have been done to reform health care in the United States after Barack Obama was elected. By Greg Scandlen There are many things that […]

October 15, 2013

Checking Up On Health: October 15, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled By Benita M. Dodd Just in time for ragweed season: The Food and Drug Administration has granted Sanofi’s nasal allergy spray Nasacort approval to […]

October 11, 2013

Friday Facts: October 11, 2013

October 11, 2013 It’s Friday! We look forward to seeing you at the Georgia Legislative Policy Forum today! Quotes of Note “Resolved, that the several States composing the United States […]

October 8, 2013

Checking Up On Health: October 8, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd (Back after a two-week hiatus!) There’s an app for that: Apple’s iTunes Store has introduced a section featuring apps aimed […]



October 4, 2013

Friday Facts: October 4, 2013

  October 4, 2013 It’s Friday! Six reasons to sign up for the Georgia Legislative Policy Forum TODAY: 6. Justice for all. When’s the last time you had a discussion […]

September 27, 2013

Friday Facts: September 27, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till […]

September 24, 2013

Atlanta’s Great Strides as a World Class IT Capital

The digital economy is changing the world, and we’re just getting started. Companies are launched every day with just an idea and an Internet connection. Technology has affected nearly every […]

September 23, 2013

New Network of Metro Atlanta Streets Could Connect Us

Atlanta’s mobility and congestion problems are well known. It has the seventh-worth congestion in the country. The area’s residents waste 51 hours a year sitting in traffic, and those delays […]

September 20, 2013

Friday Facts: September 20, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” – Friedrich von […]

September 17, 2013

Checking Up On Health: September 17, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd First, the good news: Americans are living longer and healthier lives than ever before, according to a new study published […]

September 10, 2013

Checking Up On Health: September 10, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Docs and their apps: The majority (51 percent) of physicians who own smartphones now use clinical apps in their daily […]

September 6, 2013

Friday Facts: September 6, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but […]

September 6, 2013

Practical Strategies Can Increase Mobility in Georgia

There is an opportunity for Georgia to develop a quality transportation network without raising taxes. By Baruch Feigenbaum  Even the through travelers know it: Georgia’s transportation system is inadequate. Metro […]

September 3, 2013

Checking Up On Health: September 3, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd   Healing broken hearts: Reprogrammed cells could be used to grow new muscles that help repair scar tissue after a […]

August 30, 2013

Friday Facts: August 30, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.” – Calvin Coolidge “The time is always right to do […]

August 30, 2013

Acid Rain Cleans Up Its Act

Over the decades it’s become clear that an environmental crisis is the media’s baby; environmental progress is an orphan. By Harold Brown Over the decades it’s become clear that an […]

August 27, 2013

Checking up on Health: August 27, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Self-diagnosis? It can save you a trip to the pediatrician and help ensure that health care resources are used more […]

August 23, 2013

Friday Facts: August 23, 2013

August 23, 2013   It’s Friday! The deadline is MONDAY to register for “Georgia Transportation: The Next Frontier,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon at the Georgian Club on Wednesday, August 28. […]

August 16, 2013

Friday Facts: August 16, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.” – Calvin Coolidge “If I had […]

August 16, 2013

Health Care Expansion: “Yes, If” Versus “No, Because”

Expanding Medicaid under existing inflexible federal regulations would be unwise and irresponsible as long-term solution for Georgia, but that doesn’t mean there are not more effective alternatives. By Kelly McCutchen […]

August 13, 2013

Checking Up On Health: August 13, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The good news: The number of deaths from motor-vehicle crashes declined by 5 percent during the first six months of […]

August 9, 2013

Friday Facts: August 9, 2013

August 9, 2013  It’s Friday! Congratulations to the winners of tickets to the Heartland Institute’s Emerging Forum: Lynda Whitt Chapman, Jeffrey Cole Copeland and Heather Moody Breeden.  Events August 15: […]
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