Ellie Thompson, Meredith Freed and Alli Brennan of the Ripon Society. WASHINGTON, DC — The Ripon Society today announced new assignments for three members of its staff. Meredith Freed is now the Deputy Editor of The Ripon Forum, the Society’s flagship journal of political thought and opinion.  Freed has been with the organization for two years. …

What:   The Ripon Society’s Bully Pulpit Luncheon with United States Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters will be the featured speaker at the Ripon Society’s first “Bully Pulpit” Luncheon of 2008. Secretary Peters is scheduled to discuss Administration policies related to transportation and infrastructure at the luncheon. The…

Discussion Scheduled for this Friday, March 7, in Roswell, GA WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Society will hold its first State Policy Outreach event of 2008 this Friday, March 7th, with a discussion with Congressman Tom Price (GA-6) in Roswell, Georgia.  Congressman Price represents Roswell and the surrounding area in the U.S. House of Representatives.  The…

Latest Edition Features Q&A With Jack Kemp, essays by SC Gov. Mark Sanford and WI Cong. Paul Ryan, among others WASHINGTON, D.C. – With voters across America calling for change, the latest edition ofThe Ripon Forum focuses on two individuals who are working to bring about one of the biggest policy changes of all — tax…

Latest Edition also includes Q&A interview with Respected Political Scientist Larry Sabato WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Forum focuses on health care in its latest edition, looking at, among other topics, the efforts being pushed by Arnold Schwarzenegger and other Republican Governors around the country to strengthen health care in their respective states. “States have been called…

August/September edition also features essay by Ross Perot’s press secretary on the ’92 campaign and the challenges of mounting a 3rd party bid today WASHINGTON, DC – The Ripon Forum examines the issue of “Global Trade in the Balance” in its August/September edition, with essays by Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. Trade Rep Carla Hills, and…

Centrist Republican organization marks 45 years WASHINGTON, DC – The Ripon Society recently marked 45 years of public policy with a two-day conference featuring policy panels, speeches, and an awards dinner which reunited three of the founding members of the centrist Republican organization.             The two-day event, which was held on June 18th and 19th in the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its latest edition, The Ripon Forum focuses on “The Search for Common Ground” and the bipartisan effort being led by former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker to break the political logjam in Washington.  The June/July edition of theForum also features an essay by former House Republican Leader Bob Michel on gridlock in Congress and some ideas he has…

Dinner scheduled for Friday, April 27 in Allentown, PA WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Society will hold its first State Policy Outreach Event of 2007 on Friday, April 27, with a dinner featuring Congressman Charlie Dent (PA-15) in Allentown, Pennsylvania.  Congressman Dent represents Allentown and the surrounding Lehigh Valley area in the U.S. House of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its latest edition, The Ripon Forum examines some of the foreign policy challenges America faces on other fronts in the war on terror and elsewhere around the world. The April/May 2007 edition of the journal features a cover story written by U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, one of the Nation’s leading thinkers on national security…

By John McCaslin The Washington Times     Can he fly?     With Osama bin Laden still breathing down his neck and Iran standing stubborn if not firm on nuclear expansion, George W. Bush finds he doesn’t have enough time remaining to be a lame-duck president.     “If Bush goes home with Iran’s nuclear program not shut down,” frequent conservative critic Patrick J. Buchanan wrote this week, “his…