I never even heard of Ryan Helsley before last week. The Cardinals pitcher apparently caused an upset in the athletic world after he boldly forced people to acknowledge something they already knew. The Brave’s tomahawk chop is offensive and reinforces a stereotype created centuries ago. Per usual, sports fans were more upset that their team
Photos are here. Copying from the press release: U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, this week led a bipartisan Senate delegation to Normandy, France, for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion by Allied forces during World War II. The 17-senator delegation joined President Donald J. Trump and
Apparently, Thursday was “Expand Georgia’s National Parks Day” in Senator Isakson’s office. He reintroduced legislation to protect and expand the parks of Fort Frederica, Kennesaw Mountain and the Ocmulgee Mounds. The legislative effort included Senator David Perdue and a bi-partisan coterie of Georgia’s congressional delegation introducing the same legislation in the House of Representatives. The Fort
Many American holidays have stories, movies, or songs we will alway connected to them. I’m ready to see The Christmas Story on repeat this season. How about you? In 2017, VICE News covered a non-fiction American story that takes place in the 1920’s, the year women first secured the right to vote. The story is
Credit to political commentator Robert Patillo, who likely knows far more about sports than I, for reminding us that we have had NINE professional sports team stadiums with very few national titles. Fulton County Stadium + Georgia Dome + Mercedes Benz = No Titles Omni + Phillips Arena + State Farm Arena = No Titles Fulton
Documents revealed in court in New Mexico indicate that defendants allegedly found to be training children to carry out armed attacks on government institutions had a Georgia hospital in their cross hairs. The Taos District Court in Northern New Mexico heard a motion Friday to review a previous ruling on the grant of bail for
Those of you who listen to WSB in Atlanta may remember newscasts with Washington updates from Jamie Dupree. Jamie lost his voice in the spring of 2016 due to a medical condition called “Tongue Protrusion Dystonia”. The condition leaves, as he explains in this blog entry from last December, him with a strained, strangled voice.
Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore wasn’t content to let Casey Cagle work on keeping HQ2 out of Atlanta. She let it know she’s “not the biggest fan” of Amazon setting up shop in Atlanta. “I just think it will accelerate some of the gentrification and affordability [issues in Atlanta]” President Moore said on WABE’s
It is one year to the day that the City of South Fulton’s first mayor and council were sworn in on the stage of Banneker High School. It is one year to the day that the citizens in the Georgia’s largest county obtained their independence from the county government. One year since Georgia’s 5th largest
Twelve years is a long time in politics but just how long? In 2006 both Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls called for a special session of the legislature to write a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Georgia. Now both candidates are telling voters they are the most progressive and committed to equality. One example of how
