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June 13, 2007

Ripon Forum: Search for Common Ground Former Republican Leaders Howard Baker and Bob Michel discuss bipartisanship and the effort to end political gridlock in Washington

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…
May 19, 2007

Outreach Event In Florida With Congresswoman Brown-Waite

On Saturday, May 19, The Ripon Society held a State Policy Outreach Luncheon in Crystal River, FL with Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite. Three outstanding high school seniors received Ripon Society Educational Scholarship Awards. Jamie Gajos, Amanda Canupp, and Hal Jaquith were all awarded Ripon Educational Scholarships based on their academic achievements, community involvement and proposed course of studies…
April 23, 2007

Ripon Society to Hold State Policy Outreach Event with Congressman Charlie Dent

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…
April 16, 2007

Ripon Forum Looks Beyond Iraq Latest edition examines challenges America faces on other fronts in the war on terror and elsewhere around the world.

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…
March 2, 2007

Inside the Beltway Cites Forum Article on Lame Ducks

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…
February 19, 2007

Ripon Forum Looks at Why Ideas Matter And the Importance of Entrepreneurship in America

February/March Issue features essays by Governor Haley Barbour, humorist Ben Stein, and presidential advisor Mary Matalin, among others WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Forum kicks off its 41st year of publication with an issue that focuses on the importance of ideas in the public policy debate and the effort by Republicans to find new ideas that will help…
January 5, 2007

Ripon Society Praises Schwarzenegger Inaugural Address

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ripon Society today praised California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Inaugural Address, in which he embraced centrism and bipartisanship and stated the days of political gridlock must come to an end. “It’s been said that trends move from west to east in this country,” stated Lou Zickar. “If that is indeed the case,…
May 1, 2006

Ripon Forum Marks 40 Years of Publishing With Focus on the Suburban Agenda

WASHINGTON, DC – The Ripon Forum marks 40 years of publishing this month with an issue that focuses on the Suburban Agenda, an effort by a group of Republicans in the House of Representatives to develop a positive, issues-oriented strategy heading into the mid-term elections this fall. The anniversary issue of the Ripon Forum also includes articles on creating…