Category: Politics

Morning Reads for Friday, August 23, 2019

More Y’allywood drama. Don’t laugh because it’s California. It could happen here, too. You’re being watched. Who wants to start a pool for when this breaks down?  These aren’t funny anymore.  Something must really be wrong. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. These just get better and better!  But nothing really happened, right? This is truly exciting.

Collins visits local defense supplier

9th District Congressman Doug Collins visited ABB Inc. in Flowery Branch, GA yesterday to see firsthand the skilled jobs and business that the production of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers brings to the region. For a new aircraft carrier, ABB Inc. will produce several thousand motors that perform a variety of functions, including air handling (HVAC

Morning Reads – August 22, 2019

If you’ve ever been south of Macon, you needn’t an article to confirm. It seems the Ga Ethics Commission wants Oxendine’s case to be the longest running in history. Stranger Things @ the grocery store. The state isn’t doing what it said it would do about mental health. Ga Supreme Court considers data breach damages

Morning Reads – Wednesday, August 21, 2019

So, you want a re-evaluation of the new voting system… you get to pay for it too. Listen people… articles like this concerning the politics of a chicken sandwich should never have to be written. Drive by mention of Georgia in Rollings Stone’s wish list of a Senate flip to Blue. Sen. Perdue doesn’t seem

Morning Reads – Tuesday, August 20

This is my first time giving the craic in years, which means I’m bound to make a mess. Also, I’m not Scottish, for which I blame others. Let us use obscure idioms today. What’s the Skinny It’s Tuesday, which means Donald Trump has changed his mind again on gun control. CNN has Joe Biden up

The Latest on the Ethylene Oxide Situation

The next public meeting on Ethylene Oxide is tonight, Monday, August 19, 2019, at 7:00 PM at the Cobb Civic Center. An Open House will precede the meeting, and from 5:00 PM until 6:45 PM, representatives from the EPA, the Georgia EPD, the CDC, and community organizations will be available to discuss the issue one-on-one.

China is about tough choices and the long game

This week’s Courier Herald column: My thoughts keep returning to a meme being posted and reposted on Facebook.  It featured a picture of protesters in Hong Kong, waving American Flags.  The words are simple on the surface but contain a haunting charge:  Be the America Hong Kong thinks you are. America’s self-image often differs greatly

Four GA GOP Congressional Candidates Added to NRCC’s Young Guns Program

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has added four Republicans from Georgia running for Congress to the “On the Radar” list for its Young Guns program. The four candidates are former Rep. Karen Handel (GA-6), Ben Bullock (GA-7), Lynne Homrich (GA-7), and GA Sen. Renee Unterman (GA-7). The Young Guns program “mentors and supports candidates