Cory Booker Making Atlanta Whistle Stop Wednesday

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker wasn’t content to let Andrew Yang have all of Georgia to himself. On Wednesday, Booker will make only his second stop nationally to discuss reproductive and voting rights at Paschal’s. From a press release: Cory will make the case for a new Voting Rights Act to defend against attacks on

Morning Reads for Tuesday, April 16

How laser technology may be able to assist in rebuilding Notre Dame. “The burning of a great stone book.” Compelling evidence in the case against the alleged church arsonist in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Near Skidaway, introducing Freedom Creek! When the Army’s Cyber Command moves to Ft. Gordon next year, it may have a new

Andrew Yang to Hold Rally in Atlanta on Thursday

Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur and a Democratic candidate for President, will hold a rally in Atlanta on Thursday, April 18 as part of his Humanity First Tour. The event will run from 6-8 p.m. at the Promenade at Piedmont Park. A release states: “Nearly two thousand supporters have RSVP’d to hear the 2020 hopeful speak

The Easter Tiger

This week’s Courier Herald column: Palm Sunday gave us a fitting introduction into Easter week.  While Easter is the most holy of holidays on the Christian calendar, the secular version has been overtaken by eggs and bunnies.  This year, the Easter story had help from a Tiger. Tiger Woods won The Masters on Sunday.  His

Morning Reads for Monday, April 15th

(un)Happy Tax Day! I finished mine a couple of weeks ago, and my tax bill has me kinda like… May the odds be ever in your favor. Here: Tiger wins the Masters Speaking of the Masters, I saw “a few” people griping on social media about the local Atlanta CBS affiliate breaking in during Masters

#GAGOP District Convention Thread

It’s here! District Convention. Be in line before 10a if you’re a delegate or alternate and prepare for people griping about resolutions. That’s pretty much it. Y’all discuss among yourselves about what y’all see going on in the conventions. I’ll be at the 7th District Convention. Maybe Will Kremer will share his popcorn…

Morning Reads – Thursday, April 11, 2019

Hello & good morning. My calendar tells me today is ‘National Barbershop Quartet Day.’ Not sure how I’ll celebrate, but I’ll see what I can do. Peaches Congresswoman Lucy McBath has some ‘splainin to do. ACLU says Georgia sheriff illegally banning books from jail. ” A board to oversee Georgia journalists sounds like Orwellian fiction

Chris Erwin Wins! Again!

What is poetry? Is it forcing the state to conduct two extra elections, claiming less than a combined 100 votes were questionable and then spending who knows how much money on a legal fight for a third election leading to a three-thousand vote landslide defeat? Wordsworth might agree and what about now-former-Rep. Dan Gasaway? He’s