Good morning! And thanks to Will for covering last Tuesday’s reads.
- You don’t have as many friends as you think you do – but that’s okay, neither do I!
- GOP Senator Susan Collins of Maine will not endorse Donald Trump.
- Meanwhile, 50 former national security officials – all Republican – signed a letter saying that Trump “would be the most reckless President in American history.“
- Georgia is one of the places in America that has seen the most growth in “advanced industries.“
- If it’s back to school time, it’s time for your annual reminder from J. Tom Morgan that it behooves undergrads to stay out of jail.
- In Fulton County, tax bills are delayed, which means collections are delayed, which means that the county will likely need to borrow money in the interim.
- Georgia’s salt marshes are not as healthy as they were 30 years ago.
- The world’s richest man and the man who is arguably the world’s finest ex-president are combining efforts to keep coal ash out of south Georgia.
- The Economist ponders “the supremacy of [Atlanta-based] King of Pops.”
- Set your DVR because Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg have a new show where they throw a dinner party every week.
- I’d like to think I don’t fall into the Venn diagram overlap of people who know the words to random Disney songs and people who appreciate Lin-Manuel Miranda and The Rock, but the truth is that I totally know the words to every song featured herein.