This week’s Courier Herald column. I was in one of my favorite local restaurants in Brunswick Georgia last week, an area I’ve been more than not for the past year and a half. Enough time that on some documents I’ve now started to call Glynn County “home”. The place is a favorite of mine for
This week’s Courier Herald column: The headlines these days are mostly negative. We’ve mostly moved on from pandemic news to stories about inflation, rising interest rates, and a likely recession. If you move on from news of the domestic economy, Europe is mired in a land war and is worried whether it will have the
This week’s Courier Herald column: You’ve likely seen the meme shared on Facebook. It purports to be an electric car graveyard in France. There are variations on the text surrounding the photo, but the conclusion suggested is generally the same: EV’s are bad because the expensive batteries soon go bad and the cars are junked,
This week’s Courier Herald column: This should come as no surprise, but I didn’t win the recent $1.3 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot. Neither did you unless you’re holding a ticket bought in Des Plains, Illinois at the end of July. That’s Ok. While it’s fun to dream, it’s better to plan. Most of our
This week’s Courier Herald column: The work of the Georgia General Assembly doesn’t begin in January. It’s important to remember that our legislators are officially part-time. Most have other jobs and other responsibilities they attend to the rest of the year, and juggle those the best they can when the legislature meets. It’s hard for
This week’s Courier Herald column: The United States Economy shrank .9% for the second quarter of this year, according to the Commerce Department. This follows a contraction of 1.6% in the first quarter. Economists generally consider two consecutive quarters of decline as the definition of recession. Officially, the National Bureau of Economic Research declares whether
This week’s Courier Herald column: Every year, usually during the first week the Georgia General Assembly convenes, the Governor delivers a state of the state address. It, much like the President’s State of the Union speech, is often a mix of how things are, with a heavier emphasis on the agenda the executive branch would
This week’s Courier Herald column: As this column is filed, President Joe Biden is en route to the Middle East. With domestic policy dominated by increasing inflation, the trip will highlight U.S. economic and security interests via Israel’s role within the region, Iran’s march toward obtaining nuclear weapons, and the headline issue, getting Saudi Arabia
This week’s Courier Herald column: The second last thing I wanted to write a column about this week was the Georgia Guide Stones. The last thing was Kandiss Taylor, a former candidate for Governor in this year’s primary elections as well as a candidate in the 2020 Special Election for U.S. Senate. If you’re aware
This week’s Courier Herald column: There are a lot of important things going on in the world. The Supreme Court has rediscovered strict interpretations of the Constitution and the principles of Federalism, the economy continues to be ground toward recession between the gears of inflation and higher interest rates, and Freddie Freeman has grown publicly
