Category News

Georgia, News, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Hank Huckaby is Among Most Influential Georgians: For all the Wrong Reasons!

Georgia Trend magazine for some bizarre reason decided to choose the chancellor of the University System of Georgia Hank Huckaby as their Georgian of the year. The person that sent me the…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 9, 2015
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Crime & Justice, News, Opinion

Part 1: The Broken relationship between the police and the public

Unless you have been living under a rock you have watched all the protests on television. This discontent started to bubble to the surface with Trayvon Martin even though George Zimmeman was…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 9, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, News

Georgia Police Chief’s Wife Heard Moaning on 911 Call After He Shot Her

More ABC News Videos | ABC World News By MEGHAN KENEALLY Meghan Keneally More from Meghan » Digital Reporter via Good Morning America The dramatic 911 call made by a Georgia police…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 3, 2015

Georgia, News

Possible Chick-fil-A data breach may affect Georgia customers

Michael King, WXIA-TV, Atlanta 6:43 p.m. EST January 2, 2015 Drive through customers wait in line at a Chick-fil-A restaurant.(Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images) ATLANTA (WXIA) – A reported possible data breach of…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 3, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, News

Peachtree City police chief shoots wife

Peachtree City Police(Photo: WXIA) The GBI is investigating a predawn shooting Thursday that critically wounded the wife of Peachtree City’s police chief. Officers were called to Chief William McCollom’s home on Autumn…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 1, 2015

News, Opinion, Technology

Would Sony Have Been hacked if They Used Macs?

Details of the hack North Korea used to break into Sony are now coming out. Late Monday the FBI issued a confidential five-page warning to U.S. businesses concerning malicious software, or malware, used…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 24, 2014

News

Supreme Court adds same-sex marriage cases to agenda | The Rundown | PBS NewsHour

WASHINGTON — Gay marriage cases are on the Supreme Court’s agenda with enough time for the issue to be argued and decided by late June. The justices could decide as early as…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 23, 2014

Health, News, Watchdog Reports

Leading role for Murthy: New American Surgeon General

Harvard health experts anticipated bold pronouncements on tobacco control, obesity, and mental health this week, as they digested the news that Harvard Medical School physician Vivek Murthy had been confirmed by the…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 18, 2014

News

Obama Normalizes relations With Cuba: Is Havana Your Next Vacation?

President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced plans to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba and ease economic restrictions on the nation, an historic shift he called the end of an “outdated approach” to…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 17, 2014

Crime & Justice, News, Pets

Former Officer Sentenced for Gruesomely Stabbing and Shooting His Family’s Dog

By Bob Tuskin Smotherman shot his dog, Whiskey, three times with a .45-caliber gun and slashed its throat with an 8-inch knife at his home in far west unincorporated Bexar County. San…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 14, 2014

Crime & Justice, Georgia, News

Woman Arrested and Thrown in Solitary Confinement for Yelling “F*** the Police” at a Cop

Cobb County, GA — A Marietta woman, after expressing her disdain for police, was subsequently arrested and thrown in solitary confinement for her free speech. Amy Barnes was riding her bicycle to…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 12, 2014

Crime & Justice, News, Watchdog Reports

Man Asks Cop Nicely to Stop Blocking Traffic, So the Cop Beat Him and Stomped his Head

Sacramento, CA — A Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputy is on paid vacation after a video surfaced showing him stomping on a man’s face and hitting him with his flashlight after tasering him.…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 12, 2014

Georgia, News

Where is the National Media Attention over the David Hooks Story?

Edit: Article updated to include a video interview with the widow of David Hooks as she recounts this tragic event. Please take 30 seconds and Sign this Petition right now and take…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 10, 2014
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, News

Rally to be held for man killed in botched drug raid in East Dublin, GA on December 13

A rally will be held next Saturday – December 13 – 2:00 pm in Dublin GA for businessman David Hooks who was shot and killed him his home after a Laurens County…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 8, 2014
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Georgia, News

Final session of the Georgia Medical Cannabis Study Committee 2014 held December 3

By Homer Scarborough from the Checkerboard Gang The joint Medical Cannabis Study Committee had its last hearing before the 2015 legislative session at the State Capitol today. Republican State Representative Allen Peake said today…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 6, 2014

News

The Hidden Story Behind Ferguson Violence

By Garland Favorito from Voter GA No matter what you believe as to whether or not Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson was justified in shooting 18 year old Michael Brown on August…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 5, 2014

News

Germany Now Considered Greatest Country in The World

Achtung! Germany named world’s favorite country By Matthew Diebel of USA Today Well, it took about 70 years. Yes, from being the world’s pariah in the decades following Nazism and World War…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 22, 2014

Education, Macon, News, Opinion

Political Correctness Run Amok at Mercer Law School

Homer Scarborough, an attorney with decades of experience, wrote an article in support of Mercer Law Professor David Oedel and I decided to add my own thoughts to this important conversation. This…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 21, 2014
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