The consternation and hand-wringing over the views of the Notorious MTG, aka Marjorie Taylor Greene, the GOP nominee to Georgia’s 14th Congressional district, needs a bit of perspective. It’s not that Ms. Greene’s apparent belief in the QAnon conspiracy theory puts her far out of the mainstream. It’s that her belief isn’t far enough out

The Fair is canceled for the first time in 30 years.  At least high school football might start. Maybe.  Of course, it’s Douglas County.  Where’s a Bat Signal when you need one?  That Bee.  So funny.  Not the Bee. Seriously. As it should be.   Alpacas. Not just for yarn anymore.  Instant Legolas.  Silly me.  I

The following is a statement released from Governor Brian Kemp’s office, regarding the lawsuit over local mask mandates and a subsequent lawsuit with the City of Atlanta: “I sued the City of Atlanta to immediately stop the shuttering of local businesses and protect local workers from economic instability. For weeks, we have worked in good

Phone a friend….Today marks the 131st anniversary of the patent issued for a coin-operated telephone — in 1889, it was issued to William Gray. 71 years after that, “Echo I,” a balloon satellite, allowed the first two-way telephone conversation by satellite to take place. Peaches 2 longtime Georgia House incumbents appear to be defeated Man

Georgia was founded in January 2, 1788.  For the first time in 232 years, there are seven African American women as the lead prosecutors in some of the State’s largest counties.  Last night’s runoff election solidified that Dekalb, Cobb, Clayton, Douglas, Rockdale, Macon, and Fulton will all have black women as their District Attorney’s.  I

Good morning! How fitting that hump day this week also happens to be National Middle Child Day, right? Here are a few fun facts about middle children in honor of their collective belief they’ve been shortchanged for all eternity. Full results from yesterday’s primary runoff election can be found here. Now, the news: Pat Conroy

It’s also Election Night for the General Primary Run-off Races. Republican voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District apparently wanted a true outsider. Marjorie Greene, who originally began her campaign in her home district of GA-06 to unseat Congresswoman Lucy McBath, looks to be sailing towards a victory to succeed Congressman Tom Graves in the US

Former Vice President Joe Biden has picked California Senator and former Presidential opponent Kamala Harris to be his running mate. Two prominent reactions of note. One from a Georgian that made the short list: And one that ran a full court press for the job.

This week’s Courier Herald column: To understand the future, we first need to understand the past.  To change the future, we first must change the present. There was a time, not long ago at all, when good policy was good politics. Good policy wasn’t hyper partisan – quite the contrary.  Good policy was post-partisan.  Good

Happy Run-Off Election Day! 2020 hasn’t produced too much that is super exciting to me, but Election Day is another version of Christmas for political nerds. If you need me, I’ll be sign waving and stalking poll locations to gauge turnout. Election day in Georgia: What you need to know for Tuesday ‘Everyone in the