Dr. Alan Wood

Musings of an unabashed and unapologetic truth-seeker. Crusader against obscurantism. Optimistic curmudgeon, snark jockey, lovably opinionated purveyor of wisdom and truth. Multilingual world traveler and part-time irreverent philosopher who dabbles in writing, political analysis, and social commentary. Attempting to provide some sanity and clarity to complex issues with a dash of sardonic wit and humor. Thanks for visiting!My byline rests on 24 years in the classroom: three years teaching in Japanese junior and senior high schools, ten years as an associate professor at Japanese universities, and eleven years teaching Spanish in Georgia public schools. I hold a PhD in Linguistics, and my EduLingo line of Spanish, ESOL, and French teaching resources is on Teachers Pay Teachers.Enjoying Global Watchdog? Become a monthly supporter on Patreon and help keep independent journalism free for everyone — no paywall, no intrusive ads. Winston approves.

Joined: June 21, 2021
Articles: 597
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Georgia, Politics & Elections

Buzz Brockway Unfit to be Secretary of State

Buzz Brockway sponsored HR273 which called for a repeal of 17th Amendment and takes away our ability to vote directly for our U.S. Senator in the 2013-14 regular session. You can read the…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 31, 2018

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Georgia SB403 Voting Ballot Bill Dead…for now

VoterGA Supporters SB403 died in the Senate just around midnight after being passed by the House at 10:45 pm. All the calls and Emails to the House Rules committee and Speaker Ralston’s…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 30, 2018

Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Renee Unterman Excoriated on Full Frontal By Samantha Bee

Georgia has no shortage of inept, corrupt, and just plain embarrassing politicians. But thanks to Samantha Bee, the host of Full Frontal on TBS, one especially vile and repugnant politico named Senator…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 31, 2017

Georgia

Rally against Sam Olens on November 1st at KSU

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A large rally will be held at Kennesaw State University’s main campus green this Tuesday, November 1, the day newly-appointed president Sam Olens takes office. It will start at noon. See attached…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 31, 2016
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Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Vote No on all four Georgia Constitutional Amendments!

The presidential election this year has blocked the sun out for pretty much every other race and issue on the ballot. However, there are four ballot questions regarding changing the Constitution of…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 29, 2016
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Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Injunction Sought to Block Political Appointee Sam Olens from KSU Presidency

A coalition of KSU faculty, students, alumni, joined by Cobb community leaders have filed an injunction to block Sam Olens as president of Kennesaw State University. Sam Olens is a political appointee…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 28, 2016
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Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Ten Reasons Sam Olens May Have Resigned as AG to go to KSU

Georgia proves once again to be a backwater state controlled by the good ol’ boy network. As many have long speculated, we now have an utterly unqualified Attorney General named Chris Carr…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 13, 2016
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Georgia

Sam Olens tries to silence opposition by having him disbarred

Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens conceded in pleadings filed in federal court that there was never any basis for his request to have a duly licensed attorney barred from practicing in Georgia…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 20, 2016
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Opinion, Politics & Elections

Bernie Sanders is poised to become the most powerful man in politics, but only if we trust his end game

Gang, we played the game. Bernie-or-Bust. We stamped our feet and crossed our arms and swore to high heaven that we’d stand aside and watch the whole damned Democratic party burn to…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 28, 2016

Opinion, Politics & Elections

The cancer of conservatism: The GOP created Donald Trump

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry called Donald Trump’s politics “toxic” and his 2016 candidacy a “cancer” on conservatism back in July of 2015. Not long after that that Perry got steamrolled by…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 27, 2016

Education, Georgia, Opinion

Worrying similarities between KSU and GPC financial irregularities

There appears to be much more to the story regarding the recent uproar at Kennesaw State University. President Dan Papp is resigning over widespread financial impropriety at the school and several other…

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Open letter to Jim Barksdale: Georgia Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate

Dear Jim Barksdale, it’s time for an intervention. I decided to write you an open letter with a few observations and suggestions. First of all I want to thank you for running against…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 21, 2016

Crime & Justice, News, Opinion

Reflections on the aftermath of the Orlando Pulse massacre

Whenever there are senseless tragedies like the Pulse massacre in Orlando there is always an attempt to try and make some sense of it all. There is a desperate need in human…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 14, 2016

Georgia, News, Politics & Elections

Georgia Senator David Perdue prays for President Obama’s death

Georgia Senator David Perdue prays for President Obama's death at Faith and Freedom conference. "We should pray like Psalm 109:8 says: Let his days be few"

Macon

Cheat sheet on Makin’ Macon Great Again

I am not sure if you could truly ever describe Macon as a great city, but most long timers here would agree it has seen much better days in the past. There…

Crime & Justice, Georgia

The Strange Journey through the Georgia courts of the Case against Judge Susan Edlein

When Fulton State Court Judge Susan Edlein began repeating rulings for which she had already been reversed by the Georgia Court of Appeals to block Professor Dezso Benedek from filing claims against…

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Open letter to GA GOP Director Adam Pipkin RE: Delegate selction

Below is a series of correspondence between Denise Caldon Sorkness and the executive director of the Georgia GOP named Adam Pipkin in regards to selecting elected officials as delegates to the convention.…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 8, 2016

Education, Georgia

Kennesaw State University president Daniel Papp paid $577,500 on top of salary

Thanks to an investigative report by Channel 2 Action News out of Atlanta it was discovered that KSU President Daniel Papp received hundreds of thousands of dollars he never worked a day…