Lost amid all the hooplah and teeth-gnashing following Monday’s Grammy Awards was the news of the most important award: Jimmy Carter’s second Grammy! He won the Best Spoken Word Album for the audiobook of “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety”. With two Grammies, a Nobel Peace Prize, a Presidential Medal of Freedom award and a
The Legislature is getting busy, and regulars Stefan and Jon will both being on duty at the Capitol today. Thus, I’ll be not quite all alone as Sully (and likely Alfred) will keep me company in the luxurious bright orange confines of the WGST studios today. I’m going to have a few words at the
Encryption is an important part of our digital lives. It shields our data so that we can perform routine tasks like checking our bank account and paying bills online, using digital wallets like Apple Pay and Android Pay, and various other tasks that we probably weren’t achievable 20 years ago. Apple knows that encryption is
Long lines due to too few TSA screeners prompted Hartsfield-Jackson Airport’s GM to demand the TSA do more at the world’s busiest airport. Or force ATL’s hand and hire a private security firm to do the TSA’s work. WSB’s Aaron Diamant obtained a copy of the “terse letter” Miguel Southwell sent to TSA officials with his
Zell Miller was in the audience Wednesday evening as his beloved Young Harris Mountain Lions basketball team moved into a first place tie in the Peach Belt Conference with a 90-80 win over the Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes. Unfortunately the former Senator and Governor didn’t fair as well because of a tumble he took during the
Senator Josh McKoon went to the well in the Georgia Senate this morning with the purpose to draw attention to the exchange he had with the Speaker’s Counsel Terry Chastain following Thursday’s session. Per McKoon, “The Counsel for the Speaker of the House just used some language to describe me that I cannot post here
Senate Bill 330 will receive a hearing this afternoon at a meeting of the Senate Transportation Committee. The measure, sponsored by Brandon Beach would allow the MARTA counties to levy a one half percent sales tax which would be used to pay for MARTA expansion. Should the bill pass in Fulton and DeKalb counties, it’s
Michael Thurmond will make it official later this week: he’s running for DeKalb CEO. The continued existence of a CEO position in DeKalb — unique in Georgia county governance — is an open question with legislation pending to end the position in favor of a commission chairman system. And the job itself looks like a
As Barack Obama considers who should replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (and he should be able to, this is pure crybaby-ism from Republicans and Democrats would do the same thing were they in the GOP’s shoes, too), there’s a Georgian who should be strongly considered: former Supreme Court of Georgia Chief Justice Leah Ward
This week’s Courier Herald column: Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday. The immediate political reaction was as expected as it was unseemly. Expected because one of the courts most conservative members has left a vacancy during a heated election to replace our country’s most progressive President. Expected because the candidacies of Donald Trump and Bernie sanders
