Folks, Covid hasn’t gone away, and it’s not a hoax. I’ll have a bit more to say on that later, but for now, understand this: The singular metric that matters on where we are in this pandemic is hospital utilization. Once again, we have hospitals in Georgia that are at capacity in ICU beds. As

And so it begins. (Which means we’ll all have to save up our Good Old-Fashioned Hate until next year. ) Well, it’s Auburn. The stupid.  It burns. Paranoid? You will be. Will we ever do a lot of things again? Well-deserved. Reindeer games.  Nice convention you have there.. Ministry of Truth. Visions of biscuits dancing

Herman Cain seemed to come out of nowhere to make a competitive run for U.S. Senate here in Georgia. He spent time as a front runner during the 2012 Presidential contest. (9-9-9 should get another look). He beat stage IV cancer. He spent a good bit of time behind a radio mic and donating his

Narrative over facts. It’s how “journalism” is done these days. The latest example is the New York Times three by-line dump on Georgia’s elections, that seemed to pick and choose observations that supported their narrative over objective facts. Other “facts” were just flat made up or wrong. Doesn’t matter. They’re the New York Times. No

Peaches Dead even race in Georgia between Trump, Biden. U.S. House chairman asks Kemp for documents detailing Georgia’s handling of COVID-19. Athens officials to consider 10 p.m. ‘last call’ for alcohol Macon mayor vetoes mask mandate for Bibb County  Georgia student expelled for racist social media post she didn’t make. Rural Georgia’s ‘Legal Deserts’ Are

In 1965, John Lewis tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama in a march for civil rights. Less than a decade later, Calvin Smyre was elected to represent the citizens of Columbus Georgia. Today, Smyre is the longest serving member of the Georgia House. He honored Congressman Lewis as he lies in

Good morning! It’s Global Tiger Day, a day to celebrate tigers (obviously). Though their population is small, there is a reintroduction ongoing in India that’s increased their numbers in recent years. Here’s a bit about that program, and here’s a video with a few things you might not have known about tigers: Now, let’s get

Good morning! Here’s your periodic reminder that while you should wear a mask, you should not wear the kind of mask that has valves (unless you are alone, working in your dusty attic or cleaning a chicken house). They are so useless against preventing the spread of COVID-19 that even Disney has banned them. Anyway:

This week’s Courier Herald column: We’re now closer to the November election than we are to the moment when it became clear that the Covid-19 pandemic was not just an overseas problem but a domestic crisis.  While there will undoubtedly be revisionist history on the government response to protect our public health and economy, a

Happy Mid-Morning Reads from the Covid 2020 Social Distancing beach…which is why you are getting mid-morning reads. My subtle “Happy Monday” text from Charlie was also my subtle “don’t make me fire you” text. Georgia hospital to close amid financial hardships Georgia’s school reopening plans can break along political lines Online classes could hit revenue