This week’s Courier Herald column: The year was 1992. The economy had stalled following the economic uncertainty that had surrounded the Gulf War and the after effects of the savings & loan crisis. A President that had received a 90% job approval rating just a year earlier was struggling to remain competitive in his bid
Many American holidays have stories, movies, or songs we will alway connected to them. I’m ready to see The Christmas Story on repeat this season. How about you? In 2017, VICE News covered a non-fiction American story that takes place in the 1920’s, the year women first secured the right to vote. The story is
The day before an election is the least politically informative day on the calendar, so here’s what you need to remember today: You know nothing. You’re like Jon Snow in the final round of Jeopardy. Are you looking forward to your Thanksgiving dinners and your Christmas lists? Well, tough noughies, pardner, there’s 24 more hours
About an hour ago the Marietta Daily Journal posted the Justice Hines had passed away due to a car accident he and his wife were involved in earlier today between Newnan and their Cobb County home. Many of our contributors knew Justice Hines, and you will hear more from them about his exemplary life of
In addition to the high-profile Governor’s Race being waged, every other statewide state office is also up on Tuesday’s ballot. Let me discuss here the four most hotly contested races according to political pundits – the races for Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Public Service Commissioner (District 3). Caveat: As I stated
Oh, the joys of tight elections! They bring out the best in some of us, but then there’s the mayhem caused by bad actors… Between August 2014 and May 2016, I voted in North Carolina. That was two years of sheer craziness because North Carolina is well known for being the purplest of purple states.
I don’t write as much about candidates and elections as I used to. I now focus on the policy arena, as that is both my focus and what most of my day-job work consists of. That said, as I am a non-lawyer, I find a lot of policy reasons to choose Chris Carr this Tuesday.
Shout out to the unsung heroes of every election – the poll workers. Campaign volunteers who work on a candidate’s campaign are moved by dedication to an individual or the ideals they represent. Yet the people, often seniors, year after year dedicate weeks during early voting and long days on each election day to ensure
During the Constitutional Carry legislation debate in the Georgia General Assembly, I wondered if this support to open carry big, scary, and unnecessary guns would be as popular if the majority of the open carriers were big black men from the metro area rather than rural Georgians. The divide in the General Assembly was on
We received this presser this morning about the Georgia Secretary of State’s office opening an investigation into the Democratic Party of Georgia after a failed intrusion attempt into Georgia’s Voter Registration system. ATLANTA – After a failed attempt to hack the state’s voter registration system, the Secretary of State’s office opened an investigation into the Democratic Party of
