Hillary Clinton- What Has She Done?
Hillary Clinton appears to be the Democrat candidate for president and that leads to an obvious question- what has she done to deserve the nomination? […]
Political Commentary
Signs, Signs- Everywhere A Sign
You can always tell when election time is approaching- campaign signs start popping up like weeds. Campaign signs are obviously intended to encourage people to […]
Fail to Vote and You Fail Yourself
I haven’t heard them all, but I’ve heard most of them—excuses for not voting: “What difference does it make, they’re all crooks?” “I’m tired of […]
DeKalb County Commission- A Candidate’s Perspective
Nancy Jester first found a public spotlight focused on her when, as a “mom with a blog and calculator”, she exposed a host of financial […]
Senate Candidate Meets Apartment Controversy
A proposal to build apartments in Snellville has created a level of controversy that is rarely encountered, yet not unprecedented when such proposals involve a […]
Common Core- Uncommonly Rotten
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interview Nancy Jester, a former member of the DeKalb county school board who was then a candidate […]
July 4, 2014
The fourth day of July, 2014 marks the 237th anniversary of the grand social experiment known as the United States of America. Like all experiments, […]
Obamacare, Sinking Like the Titanic
The desire to provide health insurance for every citizen is a noble one, but can only be achieved if people who can afford insurance pay […]
Profiling- Racial and Otherwise– Epilogue
A few months ago, in the midst of the aftermath of the George Zimmerman trial, I wrote Profiling- Racial and Otherwise, a post that detailed […]
The (Un)Affordable Care Act
Even without electronic amplification, the rhetoric arising from debate over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is as deafening as the guitar riffs at heavy metal […]
Attack Syria- Political Theater at its Worst
The call to attack Syria is a response to the Assad regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons. Often referred to as weapons of mass destruction […]
Affordable Care Act- Titanic Deja Vu
In a recent post to his blog, Jef Fincher created an analogy between ocean sailing and the course corrections needed to steer the Affordable Care […]
Georgia Health Insurance Costs Up 198%?
A recent trend in the naming of legislation is to include the purported benefits in the title, hence, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”—aka […]
Profiling- Racial and Otherwise
The trial of George Zimmerman has sparked an unprecedented level of conversation about the practice of racial profiling. As distasteful and inexcusable as racial/ethnic profiling […]
For Race Baiters- There’s No Money in Saving Lives
Note: The following was originally posted in April, 2012 shortly after the shooting of Trayvon Martin gained national attention. Now that the trial has begun, […]