Supreme Court Grants Marriage Equality for All Americans at Long Last
It’s been a long fight, but that day is finally here. June 26, 2015 will be an indelible date that will join other notable decisions of the past like May…
Statement by David Hooks Attorney After Decision
THE FOLLOWING IS AN AUTHORIZED STATEMENT ISSUED BY ATTORNEY MITCH SHOOK ON BEHALF OF TERESA HOOKS AND THE DAVID HOOKS FAMILY. On behalf of the Hooks family, I would like…
David Hooks Grand Jury Findings Released
Laurens County grand jurors decided the evidence doesn’t support the filing of criminal charges in the 2014 shooting death of David Hooks. This is no surprise and as soon as…
Rick Ross, rapper star, arrested on Kidnapping and Aggravated Battery Charges in Fayette County, Georgia:
Maybach Music Group founder, Rapper Rick Ross, 39, best known for his 2006 single “Hustlin’,” and his body guard, Nadrian Lateef James, 42, were arrested earlier today on charges of…
Nathan Deal Backtracks on Confederate License Plate
(Update: A day after this article was published, Nathan Deal did as we predicted and now wants a redesign of the license plate in Georgia. The current license plate has…
Bernie Sanders: Preaching to the Choir? A Dose of Reality
Bernie Sanders seems to be attracting the attention of those who are looking for something new and different. They are looking for new answers, and not the same old excuses…
We Need To Stop Blaming Teachers for Failing Schools
By Homer Scarborough Editor of Georgia News Online Our attention was drawn to the column of Christopher De Vinck titled Stop Blaming the Teachers today while reading the paper. Being…
Visibly Carrying Rifles and Handguns is Going to Scare People
Recently a reader of my site sent me a screenshot of a Facebook post made by the opinion editor of the Macon Telegraph. The reader was outraged that Charles Richardson…
Lysol-Gate Leads To Political Reshuffling in Georgia
City Attorney Resigns After Altering Documents to Protect Mayor Brookhaven City Attorney Thomas Kurrie resigned this week after allegations by multiple news agencies that he altered a document, resisted full…
Will David Hooks Grand Jury Give Him Justice?
A Grand Jury in rural Laurens County, Georgia is meeting to decide whether charges or further investigation is warranted in the cold-blooded murder of an innocent grandfather in his own…
The Very Broken Georgia Board of Regents
The Georgia Board of Regents is probably the most powerful entity in the state. They control billions of the state budget yet operate without any oversight and practically no transparency…
Why do white people vote against their own self-interest?
As the 2016 election cycle begins to heat up, I decided to write an article on why I think so many white Americans continue to vote Republican. Most policies of…