This week’s Courier Herald column: With the legislature now meeting in Atlanta and the week for candidates to officially file to put their names on ballots fast approaching, Georgians can now experience the differences between campaigning and governing in real time. You’ll sometimes have to look closely to spot the pivots. Several candidates on the
This week’s Courier Herald column: On January 12th, two days after the Legislature gaveled in for the session (and two days after the University of Georgia again won a National Championship), the Fox Theater was filled with state political leaders, lobbyists, members of the state’s chambers of commerce, and media to hear the priorities of
This week’s Courier Herald column: Somewhat quietly but very methodically, the issue of mental health and how it is treated in Georgia has become a policy focus for the Georgia legislature. The topic has long been a bit of a sore spot among the other policy laurels the state has achieved, as well as the
Last week’s Courier Herald column: If you look around at any business, you’ll likely notice they’re short staffed. Georgia’s unemployment rate is at an all-time low, and help wanted signs are everywhere. Wages for entry level jobs are going up. While the official “minimum wage” hasn’t changed in over a decade, market forces remain at
Last week’s Courier Herald column: As the calendar turns to the second week of January, Georgia’s eyes begin to look to Atlanta. Some are looking for leadership in problem solving, some are looking for campaign fodder, and some are emulating NASCAR fans just hoping for a big crash. The annual meeting of the Georgia General
This week’s Courier Herald column: Happy New Year. It’s the annual time we take stock in what we’ve done, what we say we’re going to do, and generally finish up the holiday season while really just hoping work goes easy on us for the first week of January. It’s a time to look back. Last
This week’s Courier Herald column: We lost a great leader this week. Johnny Isakson was the kind of person that made you proud to be a Georgian. Senator Isakson said what he meant and meant what he said. He did so with a smile and humility. He was a man who accomplished much in his
This week’s Courier Herald column: And just like that, it’s Christmas time again. The 2021 calendar is on its last page. A new year beckons in a couple of weeks. In the interim, we have a last mad scramble to navigate supply chain shortages to get presents under the tree and traditional holiday foods on
This week’s Courier Herald column: In the quiet early hours of Sunday December 5th, former Senator Bob Dole passed away in his sleep. It’s quite the contrast from the morning of April 14th, 1945, when then Second Lieutenant Dole remained critically wounded on a mountainside in northern Italy for ten hours before being rescued. Dole
This week’s Courier Herald column. I’m taking care of some personal business, so you get a pre-written, mostly non-political column this week. When I first started writing columns for print publications I had a goal – briefly – of becoming Lewis Grizzard. There were a few problems with this goal, the first and most important
