This week’s Courier Herald column: Anne Ware Lewis passed away last week at the too-young age of 56. Most readers of this column likely have never heard Anne’s name, but she was an insider’s insider of Georgia Republican politics. Anne was an attorney, but not just any attorney. She represented the Georgia Republican Party and
Word is going around this afternoon that former Congressman Mac Collins has died. He served in Congress from 1993-2005, arriving in DC two years before Newt Gingrich (who had represented much of what became Collins’ district) became Speaker with the Contract With America. Mac was my Congressman when I began to dabble in “organized” politics,
I’ve been covered up today so forgive the brevity of the post. There’s little “news” content here, but more of a placeholder that action is required. Georgia got hit by a Category 3 hurricane yesterday. I don’t think that’s happened in the last century. The Georgia coast had three very strong storms in the 1890’s
My son is over 13 months old now. I can’t believe how much time has flown by since the nearly 51 hour marathon that his mother spent in labor back in late August 2017. We thought he was going to be an eclipse baby on August 21st. Lucas had other plans. His due date was
Well, we’re a political blog. We don’t write much about celebrities and their lives or their passing, but Burt Reynolds was one of us, a Georgian. Like many Georgians, he wasn’t really from here, though he claimed to have been born in Waycross throughout most of his career. He didn’t really live here, though he
By now you’ve likely seen the out take of Johnny Isakson saying anyone talking bad about John McCain deserves a “whippin”. Here’s the full ten minutes of Isakson’s remarks. I beg of you to take time when you can to watch this in in full. It’s about so much more than John McCain. If you
This week’s Courier Herald column: There was a time, only a generation or two ago, when words were currency. There was no social media. There were three major TV networks. Every city had at least one major newspaper that was widely read seven days per week. There were rules, written and unwritten, for those that
It’s Teri’s Birthday. That’s Representative Anulewicz if you’re being formal and all. And, she’s in Junior League, so we must start out with formalities, lest I get a “Bless your heart” added to the thank you note this post will generate on personalized, lilac-scented stationary. Since Teri started here, she’s gone from “non-partisan City Councilwoman
I miss some of our contributors’ birthdays when they happen on weekends. I try to minimize my social media usage and attempt to be a real person now in an effort to feign sanity. And….it appears I missed Pat Malone’s birthday yesterday. Y’all know him as “Irish Pat”. Pat is “retired”, and yet, not so
Today is Jessica’s birthday. Yes, that Jessica. She’s the one that at her first BBQ tour podcast refused to sit near the microphone for fear she would be recorded. She’s now a featured regular on Fox5 Atlanta. She’s the one that used to be the prototype for North Atlanta Suburban Millennial, but just upgraded her
