Good morning! If you haven’t had a moment to read Holly’s piece on knowledge and learning (and book burning) in Georgia, that should be your first stop. The Golden Ray will have to be disassembled in the St. Simons Sound. The Libertarian Party of Georgia is appealing a ruling that upholds Georgia’s ballot access laws.
What a sad week for knowledge and learning in Georgia. We’ve managed to make regional and national news twice for actions surrounding our treatment of books in education settings, and neither has shone a positive light on us. First, the county where I went to high school and where my parents still live caught our
This week’s Courier Herald column: Sometimes it takes a swift kick in the gut to assess where we are, why we do what we do, and what we should be doing going forward. For sports fans in Georgia, we’ve been provided ample opportunity. It was a week that began and ended with embarrassing losses by
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
Coca-Cola UNITED to build new facility in Tift County, creating 200 jobs. Remember the cargo ship off the coast that overturned? Well, it can’t be turned upright, so it’s being disassembled. To save rural hospitals, Georgia requires classes for CEOs and board members. An author’s second appearance at a Georgia university has been cancelled after
Prepare to get really, really, cozy in Metro Atlanta. The Atlanta Regional Commission predicts an addition 2.9 million people could move to Atlanta by 2050. That’s the equivalent population of Denver. We’ll also have a substantially less white metropolitan area (47.5% now down to 31% if the forecasts are correct) with a total population of
LawDawgs! (And GSU, too.) Let the chill bumps commence. Always wondered what was under the hat. “As illiterates…” applies more and more these days. Like that one? Here’s another shot of VDH. Can humans regrow cartilage? Inquiring shoulders want to know. Every Californian pays the price of their lovely state lacking basic forestry skills. Honestly, Comey
Peaches Ralph Reed: “Render to God & Trump” Request to stop opioid lawsuit denied. Taking heat for moving voting precinct to police station. Savannah Council considers cracking down on fun. You probably forgot this jury still doesn’t have a verdict. …And this is just for smile’s sake. Jimmy Carter Here’s an example of why the
What a heartbreaking game. Man….we say that an *awful* lot with Georgia sports, but this one hurts. We say that an awful lot too. The Atlanta Braves, who had a more spectacular season than the “experts” said they would have, ended their postseason bid tonight in a spectacularly devastating do-or-die Game 5. We died. Some
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office has issued the following press release in regards to the hiring of Walter C. Jones to educate voters on the new voting machines in Georgia: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday he has hired a long-time media professional to head the effort to educate Georgians about the state’s