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…
Ending Spending Action Fund Throws in $2 Million More in Negative Ads against Nunn
The AJC reports the Ending Spending Action Fund is back in force with their wallets open. The conservative Super PAC that has pounded Democrat Michelle Nunn for much of the…
My Analysis of the Georgia U.S. Senate & Gubernatorial Debates
As a former debate champ from high school and college I couldn’t help but pick some nits from all the candidates performances tonight. Spare me the master debater jokes. I…
Will ‘security moms’ shift women voters away from Democrats?
By Travis Daub Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Republican challenger Scott Brown are in a tight race in New Hampshire, where women voters will likely choose the victor. Photos from…
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…
Admission of Guilt, Without an Admission of Guilt?
For over a year now a group of concerned citizens has been actively seeking the truth about decisions made at the Laurens County Board of Education. It all began with…
Macon Open Government Symposium Oct. 17
I encourage all to attend. The info I have for the event is in a PDF at the link below. I will also upload a screenshot as well. Any and…
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Reverse Decisions and Hidden Agendas at Laurens School Board
The Reason To Remove Tim Passmore Becoming Clearer Just when the citizens of Laurens County thought that things couldn’t possibly get any worse at our School Board, we were proven…
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…
Citizen journalist Violently Restrained at Public Event
There are so many disturbing aspects to this story. An off-duty deputy manhandled a female citizen journalist and slammed her against a table. She still has bruises and pain a…
Nathan Deal Steps in it Again With $74M Copart Tax Dispute
One month ago I wrote an articled entitled “Are Georgian’s Getting a Raw Deal from Our Governor?” The more we learn about Nathan Deal the clearer that answer becomes. In…
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…