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Mitch McConnell wants Democrats to use “budget reconciliation” in December to raise the debt ceiling. This lets McConnell and his party...

I recently read an article in the Athens Banner-Herald by DJ Simmons which caught my attention entitled “A win-win: Sparrow’s Nest...

In the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen, two swindlers, posing as weavers, offer to supply the emperor with magnificent clothes...

We have an urgent message for all members of the Georgia state legislature. Dear Senator or Representative, Your most important duty is...

In recent months, few Commission actions have been as divisive and controversial as the establishment of the Public Safety Oversight...

Dear A4E: Let me answer publicly to a piece of propaganda that you put out stating that “A local group of conservatives have been...

Today’s split in the Republican Party mirrors the split in the Democrats in 1860. Their leadership is made up of extremists who consider...

The current redistricting efforts will affect our state for the next decade. Our voting districts may change due to the results of the...

By T.W. Burger One of the dangers of becoming a superannuated human being, i.e., an old guy, is that one finds oneself becoming...

In preparation for Georgia's upcoming redistricting, eleven legislative committee meetings were held around the state over the summer. ...

The world’s gone mad. Covid deaths are approaching a thousand a day. Georgia’s a hot spot and its hospitals are full. Children are in...

By Michael Burnett and Dr. Robert Sinyard Athens-Clarke County, like much of the country, is experiencing a fourth surge of COVID-19...

By Steve Middlebrooks The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has been operating roughly 40 sworn officers short of full complement...

An effort is underway to undermine confidence in, and to destroy our democracy. First, a president seeking re-election to a second term...

Once upon a time, a Baron announced he had seen a unicorn! The Baron angrily stated that the unicorn had driven him from his palace (the...

There is a transportation bill in Congress making available $138 million for Georgia projects upon request by our U.S. representatives....

States are required to redraw lines for voting districts, from Congress to county commissioners, every decade to reflect demographic...

Not long after the repeal of Glass-Steagall, when the banks rolled out the Ponzi scheme called “mortgage-based derivatives” in the early...

Lots of disputes of late have been about environmental impacts of proposed and ongoing developments. In land use lingo “development”...

The Census is done, and the redistricting season that occurs every ten years, has begun. Maps in Georgia are drawn by the party in charge...