“Georgia is a state too great to hate;” Governor Signs Hate Crimes Law, Completing Legislative Cycle

With the stroke of a pen, Governor Brian Kemp removed Georgia from a discouraging list of states lacking a hate … More

Hate Crime Bill Continues To Turn As End of Session Looms

Last Thursday, after being inactive for over a year, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a long anticipated hearing on HB … More

A Weekend Update on Georgia’s Hate Crime Bill

06/18/2020—Since last writing, the long awaited hate crimes bill finally had a hearing last Thursday. The hearing can be streamed … More

New Hate Crimes Proposal Introduced, But Time is Running Out

Yesterday morning in a press conference, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan unveiled a hate crimes bill proposal, after criticizing HB 426 … More

Hate Crimes Bill Stalled For Now, But Tomorrow Promises Movement in Day 32

With legislative day 31 in the books, another day passed without movement on the Georgia General Assembly’s latest effort to … More

With Day 30 Completed, No Movement on a Hate Crimes Bill

Yesterday, the Georgia General Assembly reconvened to complete the remaining 11 days of this year’s legislative session, after a 3 … More

After Difficult Election Day, Results Finally Available

Anyone dialed into this year’s political discourse would reasonably expect this election cycle to be volatile, but not the way … More

Election Night in Georgia: Here are the contests I’m watching.

8:30 pm EST— Tonight, I’m watching several election results closely. They are: *U.S. Senate Democratic Primaries, since both of Georgia’s … More

The Importance of Unplugging During a Time of Increased Connectivity

Rocker Jerry Cantrell’s 2002 song “Solitude” has a line highly relevant to today’s climate: “Take the time to pull the … More

THE CONCEPT OF “TIME” IN QUARANTINE

Hootie and the Blowfish’s 1995 song “Time” carries a line still relevant today. Here goes: Can you teach me about … More

On Super Tuesday III, Biden Outshines Sanders by Significant Margins

Before the votes were cast last Tuesday, former Vice President Joseph Biden led Vermont Senator Bernard Sanders in polls in … More

Biden Routs Sanders on Super Tuesday II, Clearing a Path to the Nomination; More States Vote Tomorrow

If the Sanders’ campaign hoped for a late comeback on Super Tuesday II, it fell short, especially in states where … More

Looking Back at Super Tuesday I

Now that the dust has settled on last week’s Super Tuesday primary, we can return to watching Youtube videos without … More

Biden’s White House Bid Defibrillated as Super Tuesday Starts

ATLANTA—Former Vice President Joesph Biden finally got his long awaited vindication last weekend in South Carolina. For months now, the … More

All Eyes are on Nevada as Caucus Begins

According to July 2019 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the white populations of Iowa and New Hampshire are 90.7% … More

Georgia Assembly 2020 session opens, but controversy looms

This week starts the 2020 session of the Georgia General Assembly. Similar to sessions of the past few years, at … More

A Closer Look At Upcoming Congressional Retirements

Significant attention has recently focused on retirements from the House of Representatives and the Senate, prior to the upcoming presidential … More

Beneficiaries To Receive Nominal Increase Next Year

According to data released today from the Social Security Administration, the 68.6 million beneficiaries of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability … More

Republican Challengers Seeking Nomination Face Historical Paradigm Shift

To date three candidates have challenged President Donald Trump to the Republican Party nomination for next year’s election. William Weld, … More

What’s up with Social Security’s Trust Funds?

The Social Security program pays monthly cash benefits to retired or disabled workers and their family members and to the … More