Human Behavior

There is definitely no logic to human behavior.

Will Adelson place a winning bet on Georgia Senate race?

Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who gave millions of dollars to Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign, is rumored to be looking at Georgia's upcoming Senate race . . .

Tags: Georgia Senate race , Newt Gingrich , Paul Broun , Phil Gingrey , Sheldon Adelson

Enough is Enough

State Sen. Buddy Carter (R-Pooler) lambastes the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) for its handling of the King America wastewater permit in southeast Georgia . . .

Tags: Buddy Carter , EPD , King America , Ogeechee River , wastewater permit

What the demographic trends indicate

In Georgia as well as nationally, the percentage of non-white voters continues to grow while the percentage of white voters continues to shrink -- which has implications for future elections . . .

Tags: demographics , non-white voters , voting trends , white voters

Georgia’s politicians fix a past mistake

Gov. Nathan Deal and the legislature correct a mistake they made two years ago that drove thousands of students away from the state's technical colleges . . .

Tags: HOPE Grant , Nathan Deal , Stacey Evans , Technical College System

This is why our kids aren’t learning

One reason Georgia's schools perform so poorly is that our elected leaders perform even more poorly . . .

Tags: low performing schools , poor leadership , publlic education

Here’s a political race for the big spenders

Anyone who's thinking of running for the U.S. Senate next year should heed one piece of advice: bring money, and plenty of it . . .

Tags: Jack Kingston , John Barrow , karen handel , Michelle Nunn , Paul Broun , Phil Gingrey , Tom Price , U.S. Senate race

Should we even talk about guns?

What will Gov. Nathan Deal do if the General Assembly passes a bill next year allowing guns on college campuses and in K-12 schools? . . .

Tags: gun carry law , Johnny Isakson , Nathan Deal

The state will give Arthur Blank his stadium

The elected leaders of Georgia and Atlanta arrange for more than $800 million in tax funds to be transferred to the benefit of one of the state's wealthiest billionaires, Arthur Blank, while school kids go untaught and roads go unpaved from a lack of money . . .

Tags: arthur blank , Atlanta City Council , Falcons stadium , Georgia World Congress Center Authority , Kasim Reed , Nathan Deal , tax funds giveaway

Sometimes, it’s better to do nothing

The legislative session made more news for what didn't pass than for what did . . .

Tags: Abortion , Flint River , General Assembly session , gun carry law

HB 657 – Georgia’s Solar Monopoly Bill

Atlanta attorney and former PSC member Bobby Baker has some cautionary advice about a solar energy bill introduced in the Georgia House just prior to the end of the legislative session . . .

Tags: Bobby Baker , PSC , solar power
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