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It has long been my policy not to weigh in on what everyone else in the media happens to be pontificating about at the time.  Hence, you saw little here about the Trump impeachment trial. To add to that cacophony seemed a waste of my time – and yours.  Today is different.  This is about the coronavirus, a subject on everybody’s mind.  Never have I witnessed … [Read more...] about March 16: Trying To Put Some Perspective to the Coronavirus Pandemic

What a difference a decision makes.  Wasn’t it just the other day that Georgia Republican Cong. Doug Collins, of Gainesville, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, was the Hero of the Day, for his strong unwavering defense of Pres. Donald Trump during his Kangaroo Court impeachment trial? Now we are being told that he is just another tax-and-spend … [Read more...] about March 2, 2020: Republican Campaign Slamming Congressman Doug Collins Could Backfire

With a chance to choose a presidential candidate to oppose Donald Trump this November, Democrats have had the opportunity to pick among a diverse list of 29 candidates.  There were six women candidates, including a (cough! cough!) Native American.  There were five black candidates, a Taiwanese, a gay and a gaggle of governors, senators, representatives, mayors and … [Read more...] about March 9, 2020: Out Of 29 Candidates, Democrats Opt To Go With Two Old White Guys

Georgia’s public schoolteachers must feel like a pinata.  At one end of the Gold Dome, Gov. Brian Kemp has delivered on promised pay raises and now is trying to get rid of some of the onerous and burdensome mandatory tests thought up by a bunch of navel-gazing bureaucrats who have no skin in the game. At the other end, legislators recently made a clumsy attempt to mess … [Read more...] about February 9, 2020: Teachers Must Stay On Alert at Doings Under the Gold Dome