Good morning! I was supposed to be in New Orleans this week. I am not in New Orleans. I do not miss the humidity, but I do miss the people, and the food, and all the rest of it (well, I do not miss the potholes). The sentiment, “If you don’t like it here, leave”

This week’s Courier Herald column: It’s been difficult to get a good understanding of the tax cuts passed by a Republican Congress and signed into law by President Trump.  Media coverage has generally been sporadic, and seemed to accentuate the negative whenever possible.  Shortly after the bill passed, coverage implied that most Americans would see

We are officially half-way through this hotter than Dallas month with the promise of an August that will be hotter than Satan’s house cat. So, y’all stay hydrated. A big ole Welcome Home to the 48th Brigade of the Georgia National Guard! A feel good story for your Monday morning because I love feel good

I say this with love in my heart: there are a small number of people I can blame for drawing me into politics and public policy in DeKalb, for convincing me that it would be worth it. We lost one of them today. Jim McMahan, a former school board member, died in a boating accident

Are Republicans hyper-focused on national level politics that we are ignoring our county races? Just taking a casual look at my Facebook feed, I see Georgia Republican activists seemingly more focused on Congressional, US Senate, and Presidential races more so than the local level races. We lost GA-06 and barely won GA-07 in 2018. That

Save the Trestle! A good reason to stop in Statesboro (besides visiting a certain someone). Hope you weren’t going to Naw’lins anytime soon. Prime Day is on the way. This sounds really cool. Sorry, I didn’t notice. There’s an underwater Upside-down. Faster, please. Greater Love.

Yesterday the Crowther Lab released a study of the predicted climate change of 250 global cities. I suppose it’s good news that Atlanta is considered alongside such great cities as London, Beijing, Fez and Ljubljana. Anyway, the study was done to make climate change data more relatable and offered a “best case scenario”. The “best

Steve Henson will not seek reelection to the legislature next year. As Jim Galloway noted, his retirement means the Senate Democrats could be without a white male in 2020. So why the retirement? Henson says he’s old, needs to focus on “real” work and wants all his focus to be on expanding the caucus not

9th District Congressman Doug Collins, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, yesterday released guiding principles for legislation he plans to draft and introduce to protect online data as the property of consumers and establish privacy protections for online users. Commenting on the proposed legislation Collins said, “Congress should empower people to protect their data and

Hall County Sheriff’s Deputy Blane Dixon to be laid to rest this morning. Peaches Kemp, Abrams’ ‘Fair Fight’ Group Bring In Large Q2 Fundraising Numbers An outside inspection of Georgia voting machines. Water-rights dispute Florida v. Georgia seems to have stalled Taxing Masters rentals. Narcan for school nurses to keep on hand? How Worries Over