Good morning! It’s dark, my children are a little grumpy, and I need another cup of coffee. This is day two of the bad time change (the good one is in the fall). Let the Marine drummer in this clip drop a beat that will get your morning going. Meanwhile, the great world spins: Daylight
Georgia voters faced a decision in last week’s primary beyond which presidential candidate they wanted to support. In Georgia, we have open primaries, which means that we get to choose whether we vote in the Republican or the Democratic primary. True-believing die-hards from either party will rarely waver on which ballot they choose, but as
Good morning! Added at 8:08 AM – Remember the tiny WalMart that used to be over by Georgia Tech? It closed last summer – and this morning, Tech announced that Amazon Student will now occupy that space. This also marks the first Amazon pickup location in Georgia. Here’s to hoping that Amazon capitalizes on all those
Hey! It’s Super Tuesday! Did you vote? Make sure you tell all your Facebook friends to be sure to vote – they probably have no idea it’s Election Day. In honor of Super Tuesday, match the Hamilton lyric with the presidential candidate (answers are at the bottom, like in Highlights Magazine). A: “You disgust me.”
Good morning! Let’s start the day with a slow clap for today’s offering from the AJC’s Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist, Mike Luckovich. And now, the rest of the Reads: This Tom Friedman column is nearly a week old, but I’ve been dying to share it since last week, mainly because of this perfect paragraph: Donald Trump
PARKatlanta, the private parking enforcement firm that the City of Atlanta contracted with in 2009, maintains that it is “a collaborative initiative led by the City’s Department of Public Works that is modernizing the City’s parking operations to improve convenience, access, fairness, and service for City motorists, residents, businesses, and visitors.” Pretty much everyone who
Good morning! Have you seen this yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oNz5uruEpo NPR SCOTUS correspondent Nina Totenberg’s Scalia coverage. Of course there are Scalia death conspiracy theories. The only surprise is that it took this long. Also from NPR, why the President is the President (History had its eyes on him.) …and speaking of Presidents, why are 43 of
Happy Mardi Gras! If you’re the kind of person who enjoys being happy (not all of us are; that’s okay), keep an ear tuned to WWOZ today. Here are a few places you might want to eat today: On The Bayou (Smyrna) Hugo’s (Roswell) Huey’s (Savannah) New Orleans Snoball Cafe (Decatur and Stone Mountain) Just
The University of Georgia School of Law released a video profiling Trevon Smith, the first recipient of the Stacey Godfrey Evans Scholarship. Smith is a second-year student at the School of Law. The Stacey Godfrey Evans Scholarship was endowed by Representative Stacey Evans (D-Smyrna) earlier this year. Rep. Evans was a first-generation college student, and
Good morning! The Iowa Caucuses are over, and it’s Groundhog Day. Watch out for that first step – it’s a doozy! Amtrak’s Sunset Limited returns to south Georgia for the first time since Katrina – but only for one day, and only for VIPs. HB 865 – the Building Educational Success Together Act, or “The
