Finally some good news to report from our personal/personnel ranks. In the wee hours of this morning, Nathan and his wife Samantha finished about 48 hours of labor to bring their first child, Lucas, into this world. Young Nathan is now a father. He’ll be a great one. The vitals: 7 pounds, 12 ounces. Born
Facebook tells me it is the birthday of our favorite Junior Leaguer turned City Councilwoman turned political writer Teri Anulewicz. She’s the one of us that reads the New York Times and Listens to NPR to come up with Tuesday’s Morning Reads. She does this sometimes while ironing her children’s shoelaces or sending thank you
There’s a saying that if you need something done, find someone too busy to do it. A while back I realized we didn’t have anyone in Georgia’s 9th Congressional district covering items for us here. It’s kind of a busy GaPol area, given that it’s home to the Governor, Lt. Governor, and Speaker. As such,
You all know her. If you’ve been reading here long enough, she’s probably written something that upset you. You may have even thought her self-imposed exile to South Georgia would have provided a reprieve, but then she just keeps showing up at the Capitol or here or on Fox-5, like it or not. Today is
Before we hit the news of the day, I would like to take a point of personal privilege and wish my mother, Beth Garcia, a very happy birthday! Everybody has a mom, but not everyone’s mom has E I G H T kids and chooses to home school them, thereby spending every waking moment with
Dan Rosen was a great guy. He knew me my whole life and was friends with my family for decades. And he died of an apparent hit-and-run early Tuesday morning. There were no witnesses which doesn’t instill much confidence that the culprit(s) will ever be caught. The AJC continues to follow the story and I
I don’t write a lot of personal stuff here anymore. There was a time when a “blog” was all about pouring feelings all over the internet. The internet has changed. Blogs have changed. Commenters now have Facebook. Our readership has remained stable over the years, but we’re no longer comment driven. Here, we now lean