Happy 4th of July! America is 243 years old. I hope y’all enjoy the blessing of liberty today and (safely) celebrate the fact that we threw off the reigns of a tyrannical government based on the ideas of protecting the individual’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In this day and age,

Fourth of July Foods, Ranked by How Much They Make Me Love America. America, you’re grilling your burgers wrong. Trump says today’s event will cost less than it’s worth. America “Why have we lost our patriotism?“ Speaking of…”The New Patriotism“ Freedom Not Force Has Made America Great. Why It Must Be the People Who Preserve

The Deep Dark is out getting darker, so I am filling in. The World’s Game The women’s national team defeated England yesterday 2 – 1 and move onto the World Cup Final to face the winner between Sweden and the Netherlands. The final will take place this Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The men’s national team

Good morning! Please excuse any technical difficulties – no need to adjust your screen. Yesterday at Wimbledon, a 15-year-old Georgia teen defeated Venus Williams. Atlanta is now a smoke-free city! Smell ya later, Hartsfield-Jackson smokers’ aquarium! Representative Carter and the duality of drill, baby, drill – just not in Georgia. Oregon lawmakers (I guess they’re

Government, by design, has dozens of problems worthy of criticism, but among the less frequently discussed topics is how often frequent elected officials don’t finish what they start. Public officials at all levels of government quit their jobs. Often. Be it for to run for higher office, to tend to family issues, because of work

This week’s Courier Herald column: Last week was a bit of a milestone, as the calendar tells me that I’ve turned 50.  It’s hard not to spend at least a little bit of time thinking about how the world and this country have changed over that half century. Bryan Adams had a hit song “Summer

From a press release: Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan today announced the members of three Senate Study Committees: SR 202 (Senate Study Committee on Evaluating and Simplifying Physician Oversight of Physician Assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses), SR 353 (Senate Study Committee on Community Schools), and SR 371 (Senate Protections from Sexual Predators Study Committee). “The

At a Carter Center event in Virginia, Former President Jimmy Carter questioned the legitimacy of President Trump’s election. The most interesting part about this is how long it’s taken Trump to respond with a semi-coherent insult via Twitter.

Happy Friday, everyone! We’re celebrating Paul Bunyan Day with a list of random facts about the tales of the mighty lumberjack compiled by somebody else. Pat Conroy Georgia’s heartbeat bill has now been challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood. Meanwhile,

95 years ago on this date, Democrats offered Mrs. Leroy Springs for the vice presidential nomination. She was the first woman considered for the job. Peaches How The Push For Renewable Energy Is Changing Southwest Georgia. EPA recommends Georgia become 2nd state to run its own coal ash permit program. Georgia’s Rural Center to study