Southerners love their dogs. Georgia shows “…a smart and directed reopening is absolutely possible.” Since when does threatening teenagers get the result you want?  LOLz. Sadness.  Not much time left to visit this gem. Goosebumps ON FIRE, baby! Vindicated. All we need is a fainting couch, and our 2020 life will be complete. GoT creator

Today is the 55th anniversary of President Johnson’s signing of the Voting Rights Act. It’s also the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima. The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named “Little Boy” was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan where an estimated

Governor Kemp today vetoed four bills, and offered statements regarding those. At the bottom of the press release, there is a note on a bill he signed, HB 105. It’s important. In the coming weeks, I will issue a proclamation calling for a special session of the General Assembly to pass the Hurricane Michael tax

Good morning! Or mid-morning. Y’all, I totally thought it was Tuesday until an hour ago when I got the reminder for my weekly Wednesday meeting coming up in an hour. But, it’s International Traffic Lights Day, which is pretty awesome. Here is a short history of the first ever installed electric traffic light. There’s not

Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball holds the rating on Georgia’s Senate race between Senator David Perdue and Jon Ossoff as “leans Republican” noting a tight statewide race. Senator Perdue maintains the edge, with Sabato giving a nod to a possible runoff – viewed as a firewall for Perdue. In Georgia, Sen. David Perdue (R) is locked

This week’s Courier Herald column: Let’s not mince words here.  We need to be wearing masks if we have any hope of ending the pandemic early. Yes, I’m willing to acknowledge those who claim the pandemic hasn’t been politicized are being willfully ignorant or flat out lying.  You are also correct if you point out

Good morning! Today is the first day of (virtual) school for many children in my area; their district, Marietta City Schools, announced that at least 5 staffers tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier this summer, MCS Superintendent Grand Rivera was clear that unless we have widespread testing and contact tracing in Georgia, schools could not safely

Happy Monday! A south Georgia prison was put on lockdown after 2 staff and 3 inmates were injured Polls Put Biden Ahead In Georgia And North Carolina How Georgia parents are confronting challenges of online learning Growing call to put John Lewis statue in place of Georgia Confederate leader Mississippi Power storm team departs for

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Folks, Covid hasn’t gone away, and it’s not a hoax. I’ll have a bit more to say on that later, but for now, understand this: The singular metric that matters on where we are in this pandemic is hospital utilization. Once again, we have hospitals in Georgia that are at capacity in ICU beds. As