The true person of the year: whoever buys me the best gifts. “Supercapitalism” by Wynton Marsalis. GSU researchers detecting cancer. Perhaps not surprising: White House doesn’t know who John Lewis is. Stacey Evans hopes Roy Moore gets elected. Isakson wants expedience on VA funding vote. St. Simon’s stinks! Should Jimmy be indicted for Russian collusion?
Some of y’all think we’re total Scrooges here at GeorgiaPol, or at least a collection of Get Off My Lawn-types. Maybe there’s a little truth to that. (Probably.) But one thing we’re not Scrooge-y about are children in the foster care system in this state. These kids have clearly had some bumps in their road
Two months after a judge set a $750,000 bond for Atlanta attorney and former member of the Georgia Board of Elections, Tex Mclver, the AJC is reporting that the accused raised the 10% needed to walk free until his trial. Mclver is accused of murdering his wife, Dianne, in September of 2016. Mclver maintains it
Good morning! Happy birthday, Baker County! The PSC moved the date of their Plant Vogtle decision from February to next Thursday. You can watch the live hearing here. Jeff Bezos to the white courtesy phone, please. A Los Angeles-based developer has a massive plan for The Gulch in downtown Atlanta. If you’re flying out of
This week’s Courier Herald column: I’m a bit old to make Christmas lists. There was a time, some four decades ago, when the arrival of the Sears catalog at the Harper household signaled it was time to begin assembling and then culling a list that would eventually be mailed to the North Pole. This was
Happy Monday, everybody! Let’s jump into it like it’s a pile of snow. News by the Numbers 77 percent – of evangelicals believe their religious freedom is becoming more restricted. We are witnessing a change in their tactics. Whereas they once fought against same-sex marriage and its impact on our culture, they are now using
The union is coming! The union is coming! Sorry, I couldn’t resist, but in reality, I pushed three buttons there, all of which are wrong: Paul Revere never said the British were coming, we’re better off in the Union, and little-u unions aren’t scary. In regards to that last one, though, in my younger years,
There are reports that Speaker Ralston and Lt. Governor Casey Cagle are creating a subcommittee to re-evaluate how any claims of sexual harassment in the Georgia legislature are handled. As a starting point, the leadership should be commended for taking some action in this current climate when they could easily sit quiet and do nothing.
Snow? Or no? Send your community improvement ideas to Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. Here’s hoping that Atlanta won’t be asking these folks for traffic advice. Or these either. If the government really shutdown, would anyone notice? LOLz – Palestine gets even. Do they serve butter beer in the canteen as well? Evil Oracle is
Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug Collins was a co-sponsor and managed the rule debate on the floor for H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow people who are lawfully permitted to carry a concealed firearm in their home states to carry concealed firearms in other states that allow the practice. H.R. 38 passed
