By Jeffrey Albertson/Jan 3. 2018 Republicans in the senate face a compromising position as the government shutdown drags on. Earlier … More
Author: Jeffrey Albertson
Consumer of political theory, especially the writings of Foucault, Rousseau, Hobbes, and Locke.
The Government Shutdown Continues On, For Naught
The website of the National Park Service displays a disclaimer about the limited service due to the government shutdown. Jeffrey … More
Final Georgia Elections Go to Republicans
In the general election last month, candidates in two races failed to reach the required 50% vote threshold and were … More
Hyde-Smith Holds Senate Seat by Narrowest Margin in a Decade
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democratic challenger Michel Espy in this week’s runoff election, becoming the first elected female Senator in … More
Election Results in Gwinnett County Offer Glimpse of Blue Wave
By Jeffrey Albertson/Nov. 12, 2018 While campaigns and pundits debate the merits of a Democratic Party “blue wave” in this … More
Payees Will Receive 2.8% Increase Next Year
Jeffrey Albertson/Oct. 28, 2018 67 million beneficiaries of the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs will receive a … More
Abandonment of the Public Space
/Jeffrey Albertson; June 15, 2018. The daily battle with metro Atlanta traffic is enough to try the patience of the … More
The Logical Fallacy of Impeachment
Should Democrats pursue impeachment, the chance to correct re-alignments of the past, especially the loss of blue collar labor in the midwestern and southern states, may be indefinitely lost. Without correcting that paradigm, Democrats should expect to remain in the Congressional minority in the foreseeable future.
President Seeks Line Item-Veto; Against High Court Precedent
Even if Congress codifies the President’s authority to line-item veto appropriation bills, without specifically resolving the unconstitutional delegation of budget making authority inherently held by Congress, it would be fair to expect the Supreme Court to intervene, similarly as in Clinton, and strike down the law.
“The City Too Busy to Hate:” Atlanta and the Politics of Progress
The story of Atlanta’s struggle with segregation was centered on neither the crusade of civil rights activists nor the reactionary … More
Not So Fast on the #SchumerShutdown
Jeffrey Albertson/26 Jan. 2018 By now, the verdict on the 3-day federal government shutdown has been decided: “Schumer [Sold] Out … More
General Assembly to convene 2018 session; Possible action on guns, monuments, and transportation
By: Jeffrey Albertson/7 Jan. 2018—Lawrenceville, GA Even though most of Georgia remains in the midst of a cold snap, some … More
Jones Certified, Moore claims “No Regrets”
By: Jeffrey Albertson/30 Dec. 2017–Atlanta, GA– Carrying the moniker as the first Republican to lose a Senate election in Alabama … More
Breaking Silence, President Sides with Moore
By: Jeffrey Albertson/November 26, 2017 Before departing for Thanksgiving respite this week, President Donald Trump endorsed Alabama Republican Senate Candidate … More
Social Security Payees to receive 2% Bump in 2018
Jeffrey Albertson/18 October 2017 According to data released by the Social Security Administration last Friday, the 66 million beneficiaries of … More
“Politics and Society in the South”; ‘The Changing South’
I. The Changing South 1. Old Politics, New People The Old “Southern” Politics The politics of the old south—that is, … More
Trump’s Twitter-Edict Rings Hollow
By: Jeffrey Albertson, Jr./Atlanta, Ga, July 30, 2017 Earlier this week, President Donald Trump took to his personal Twitter account … More
The Stale Obamacare Repeal Promise
The fundamental flaw in the Republican Obamacare replacement plan is the belief that government should have a minimalist role in healthcare, instead it should adopt that government intervention is necessary to guarantee a baseline of care, for all Americans—regardless of ability to pay.
The President Needs a “Win”
“Instead of dabbling in the infertile soil of right-wing policy prescriptions, the President should seek to resolve issues where bipartisan support is paramount, the ground there is much more fruitful.”
Fiduciary Rule to Stay, For Now, According to Labor Secretary
By Jeffrey Albertson, Jr./Atlanta, GA. 26 May 2017 Back in February, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on the … More
