I am not the American Comeback Committee!
Recently I have been receiving a lot of very angry letters that have the mistaken idea that I am the one responsible for all those annoying phone calls and fliers…
The ‘Maroon 6’: A Better Way To Look At The 2014 Senate Races
By Nate Silver It’s natural to group Senate races based on which party controls the seat in the current Congress. The math seems easy enough. If Republicans win six seats…
Supreme Court Tacit Victory For Same Sex Marriage
Today the court refused to hear cases from the states — Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin — seeking to keep their same-sex marriage bans in place. Today’s decision may…
The Repeal of Glass-Steagall Nearly 15 Years Later: Future Prospects
It was almost 15 years ago that the government in it’s infinite wisdom chose to dismantle a key firewall between commercial and investment banks. Commercial banks used to be more…
Financial State of States Released: Georgia Sinkhole State
Truth in Accounting is a non-partisan group that has been examining the financial health of states since 2002. Their mission statement: To educate and empower citizens with understandable, reliable, and…
American Held In North Korea Has Doppelgänger
Today while watching CNN I happened to watch a report of three Americans being held in North Korea. The reclusive and rather eccentric regime for some reason decided to grant…
Why is There No Database For People Killed by Police
We Have No Idea How Many Americans are Killed By Cops Each Year Because of several high-profile killings of unarmed people by cops recently, I became curious what the total…
O Captain My Captain: RIP Robin Williams
It is not often that the death of a celebrity really touches me since I really don’t follow their lives that closely. I don’t buy entertainment magazines, I don’t watch…
Prayer Rally in Dublin Over Mall Policy Much Ado About Nothing?
I just read an article in the about a story that is gaining widespread national media attention with Fox News and Glen Beck both chiming in. The gist of the…
Are Too Many Counties in Georgia Hurting Growth?
Georgia has 159 counties but why? This is a subject that has always intrigued me. Why is Georgia second only to Texas in the number of counties given that Texas…