Thank you to the many who sent prayers and happy thoughts my way during my extended absence. The Friday weirdness is returning on a regular basis. And it may get even weirder. This new place looks like a load of fun! CDC changes its mind again. Check back often, to see which direction they pivot

This week’s Courier Herald column: Inflation is back.  It’s hard to believe that a political issue that dominated the first decade of my life – From Nixon’s Wage and Price Controls, Ford’s Whip Inflation Now campaign to the OPEC oil embargos that exacerbated price levels in the late seventies – has disappeared as a front-burner

Peaches Is Mayor Bottoms Paying The Political Cost For A COVID Crime Wave? Pauper burials on the rise in parts of Georgia Courts: You can use force to resist an unlawful arrest Apple Maps ‘Look Around’ Feature Expands to Georgia Georgia may end extra unemployment payments, like other GOP-led states Fulton County sees chaotic vote

Good morning! It’s National Hurricane Preparedness Week, and this season looks like it’s going to be an active one. We had the earliest named storm on record in the Eastern Pacific last week, so now is an excellent time to make sure you’re ready for what’s to come. As the last few years have proven,

Good morning! Don’t panic! Kemp’s signing the repeal of Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law yesterday is a “birthday gift to Ahmad Arbery.” Most of the Georgia mass vaccination sites are set to wind down — but not until after you’ve hopefully had the chance to get your kids age 12+ vaccinated! Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor

Peaches Surrender your kid for quality (or any) care. Outsourcing our building management across the pond  Former Regent indicted  Kemp indicates he’ll sign bill to allow athletes to be paid  What’s really going on down in Georgia, according to The Hill.  The first Living Building  Preemptive gun legislation for Athens?  As supply trumps demand, rural

Wouldn’t Yoda be proud of me? Yesterday was May 4th. As it happens, this post relates to Hollywood as well as Georgia politics.  Before reading this post I want you to watch a scene from Quintin Tarantino’s most recent film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I bet you’re wondering how Brad Pitt treating Bruce

Good morning and happy Cinco de Mayo, which, if you’re unaware (and an astounding number of Americans are), celebrates Mexico’s victory over France at the battle of Puebla in the Second French Intervention in Mexico. Essentially it boils down to France lying to Spain and Great Britain about its motives for attacking Mexico under the

Happy Monday, friends! House explodes in north Georgia, killing 2 Mental health a challenge for Georgia college students, providers UGA academics fight climate change through Drawdown Georgia Other states pass Georgia in school choice Georgia restaurants can begin to apply for a much-needed financial boost Columbus, Georgia airport gets new flights to Texas, North Carolina

Today is Theresa’s birthday. I’ll take the safe route and say that she’s celebrating her 29th birthday. Take some time and wish her congratulations on another trip around the Sun.