That whole “we made it easier to fire employees of the Veterans Administration” law that Congress passed so that the V.A. could expedite reforms? The V.A. doesn’t want to be bothered. And Senator Johnny Isakson, Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, is not happy. The following is a press release from his office: WASHINGTON
This week’s Courier Herald column: The attack on the night club popular with the LGBT community was conducted by a terrorist that fit the usual profile. He had limited formal education, with much of his worldview set by by a stint at a fundamentalist camp that represented some of the most extreme views of his
By now the magnitude of the tragedy that is the aftermath of an overnight terrorist attack in Orlando is becoming clear. The facts, such as they are being reported, indicate that 50 of our neighbors lost their lives overnight with another 50 wounded. On this Sunday, we begin by offering prayers. There is also a
…and now for a moment of personal privilege. A friend of mine since childhood (yes, I had one once. It didn’t last long) is running for the National Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Man of the Year. Stephen Beckwith has been in a ten week campaign to raise money to fight cancer. He and thirteen others
A meme disguised as a news story made its way through Atlanta and national social media yesterday saying that the Braves were going to have to raise taxes to buy parkland because they used park bond money to give to Liberty Media and the Atlanta Braves. Lee has released the following statement: Contrary to several
This week’s Courier Herald column: Republicans pride themselves of being the party of free markets. In politics, there are two primary measures of whether or not the markets are working. The monetary measure is fundraising for party activities. The market measure that ultimately matters is at the ballot box. Georgia Republicans have been maxing out
This week’s Courier Herald column: A funny thing happened on the way to voting “them all out” last Tuesday. After the votes were all counted, not a single Republican incumbent congressman or state legislator was voted out of office. Only two were pushed into runoffs statewide, and even then by a handful of votes in
The Georgia Department of Transportation has threatened to shut down Atlanta’s beleaguered street car. The AJC’s David Wickart has the details: In a letter to Mayor Kasim Reed and MARTA CEO Keith Parker on Monday, the Georgia Department of Transportation gave the city until June 14 to submit plans to address 60 outstanding problems outlined
Atlanta has been awarded the Super Bowl for 2019. Congrats. I’ll have a bit more to say about this later. For now, here’s your reminder that both the State of Georgia taxpayers and the City of Atlanta are unambiguously better off for the win. (Click here for the explainer) I now return you back to
