A Servant’s Heart day of service – A day of Hypocrisy
Just before Nathan Deal gets ready for his inauguration ball he decided to participate in an event called “With a Servant’s Heart: A Day of Service” and just to be…
What Georgian’s expect from legislators in 2015
Fox 5 Atlanta is out with a poll from Insider Advantage that tries to tap the mood of registered voters leading up to the start of the legislative session on…
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…
Firing Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran Both Justified and Necessary
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed just fired Chief Kelvin Cochran on Tuesday. Cochran claimed that his PRIORITY (his word) as Fire Chief of the AFD was to “cultivate its culture to…
Police are Routinely Using Resisting Arrest as a Reason for the Arrest Itself
For those of you that think you are great at solving riddles, I have one for you. How can you resist arrest when you have done nothing wrong to be…
The Real Motive for Dr. Anthony Tricoli Ouster was GSU and GPC Merger
An official announcement was finally released by USG officials that they want to move forward with a “merger” of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College. I used the word…
Grading the Editorial Sections of Newspapers in Georgia
Good editorials are hard to find in Georgia it seems. Here in Macon they died long ago if they ever existed at all, but I decided to take a look…
Some Thoughts on Outgoing Senator Saxby Chambliss
By Homer Scarborough from the Checkerboard Gang Senator Chambliss shares some thoughts about his career in politics, leaving out how he got his Senate seat.I read an interesting article from…
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,…
A Comparison of Side Effects With Prescription Medication and Marijuana
I just read an article on Bloomberg called The ‘Marijuana Middle’ is the New Drug Policy Majority. The article speaks of the changing public opinion on marijuana. Even conservative Republicans…
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…
Mercer University law students call for law professor’s resignation for using a quote containing the “n” word.
By Homer Scarborough from the Checkerboard Gang We have known law professor David Oedel for a number of years. We have even worked as a volunteer with him on a…