Category Opinion

Crime & Justice, Opinion

DATABASE OF PEOPLE KILLED BY POLICE URGENTLY NEEDED

Currently, there is no official database of the number of people killed by police each year. This is an essential reform that must change if police hope to win back the trust of the people they protect.

Dr. Alan Wood
July 12, 2021

Georgia, Opinion

GEORGIA MUST LOWER 159 COUNTIES BY HALF

Why does Georgia have 159 counties? This is a subject that has always intrigued me. Why is Georgia second only to Texas in the number of counties given that Texas has not only a larger population but is also just…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 9, 2021

News, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Georgia And Pennsylvania Hold Key To Senate Control In 2022

Today, Democrats control a razor-thin majority, holding fifty seats out of 100, with the tie being broken by Vice President Kamala Harris. In a little more than a year, 35 Senate seats will be up for grabs. Of those 35…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 6, 2021

News, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

REASONS WHY REPARATIONS ARE A TERRIBLE IDEA

America’s first Black billionaire is calling for $14 trillion in reparations to compensate for slavery, Jim Crow, and ‘200 years of systemic racism. Reparations are a thorny issue and have been vigorously debated since the end of the Civil War.…

News, Opinion

Samaria Rice criticizes Shaun King for fundraising over the death of Tamir

Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, criticizes activist Shaun King for allegedly fundraising without her consent (again) and says he ‘robbed’ her of the death of her 12-year-old son, who was shot and killed by a Cleveland police officer…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 23, 2021

Crime & Justice, Language & Culture, News, Opinion

Could Japan’s koban community policing work in the U.S.?

Unless you have been living under a rock you realize that tensions between the public and the police are at an all-time low. In addition to dealing with their normal day-to-day duties police now have to deal with protests often…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 22, 2021

Opinion

Renee Unterman Excoriated on Full Frontal By Samantha Bee

Georgia has no shortage of inept, corrupt, and just plain embarrassing politicians. But thanks to Samantha Bee, the host of Full Frontal on TBS, one especially vile and repugnant politico named Senator Renee Unterman (R) Buford, GA got her just…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 31, 2017

Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Vote No on all four Georgia Constitutional Amendments!

The presidential election this year has blocked the sun out for pretty much every other race and issue on the ballot. However, there are four ballot questions regarding changing the Constitution of Georgia that voters need to educate themselves about…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 29, 2016
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Opinion, Politics & Elections

Bernie Sanders is poised to become the most powerful man in politics, but only if we trust his end game

Gang, we played the game. Bernie-or-Bust. We stamped our feet and crossed our arms and swore to high heaven that we’d stand aside and watch the whole damned Democratic party burn to the ground before we’d be force fed Hillary.…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 28, 2016

Opinion, Politics & Elections

The cancer of conservatism: The GOP created Donald Trump

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry called Donald Trump’s politics “toxic” and his 2016 candidacy a “cancer” on conservatism back in July of 2015. Not long after that that Perry got steamrolled by the Trump train. Perry almost got it right,…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 27, 2016

Education, Georgia, Opinion

Worrying similarities between KSU and GPC financial irregularities

There appears to be much more to the story regarding the recent uproar at Kennesaw State University. President Dan Papp is resigning over widespread financial impropriety at the school and several other top administration officials have also resigned or…

Lifestyle, News, Opinion

Reflections on the aftermath of the Orlando Pulse massacre

Whenever there are senseless tragedies like the Pulse massacre in Orlando there is always an attempt to try and make some sense of it all. There is a desperate need in human nature to find some semblance of a silver…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 14, 2016

Georgia, Lifestyle, Opinion

Georgia FADA: Fascism brought to you by fundamentalist Casey Cagle

FADA stands for “First Amendment Defense Act” which like so many other proposed bills has a name which intends to do the exact opposite of it’s true intention. Far from protecting the First Amendment, FADA proposes to stomp all over…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 28, 2016
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Opinion, Politics & Elections

Ted “Backpfeifengesicht” Cruz

Buckle up folks because it is about to get good. As I write this article, Super Tuesday with the SEC primaries is fast approaching in a few short days and it looks like The Donald will likely steamroll his way…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 28, 2016

Lifestyle, Opinion

Dear Just Sayin’ people…. just stop

For several years I have been annoyed with a particularly abhorrent phrase that has entered the English lexicon especially on social media and on comments under articles.That adominably irritating phrase is just saying’. Every time I see these vexatious words written…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 17, 2015
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Opinion

Macon ranks as #5184 in the state of Georgia on livability index

I happen to live in a city that ranks as the 11th worst city in the state of Georgia. To be precise Macon ranked #5184 in Georgia and #9024 in the USA on this website. Now I take these types…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 13, 2015
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Macon, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Macon-Bibb P&Z meeting will decide fate of Zebulon neighborhoods

Residents of several neighborhoods around Zebulon road are mad as hell about a proposed new development. A meeting is scheduled on December 14, 2015 that will decide if Macon-Bibb planning and zoning will support the residents or allow more urban…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 10, 2015
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Macon, Opinion

Greedy local and well-connected developers seek to cash in on P&Z connections

BY JOHN LAUGHTER On Nov. 22, 2013, Planning & Zoning Commissioners Al Tillman, Kamal Azar and Bryan Scott voted for rezoning on Zebulon Road. They tried to open the doors to bring into our good neighborhoods and nice surrounding communities…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 8, 2015
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