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Long answers his accusers–sort of

Finally, after five days and the emergence of a fourth plaintiff in the sexual coercion allegations against New Birth Missionary Baptist Church’s, Bishop Eddie Long—he speaks out. Long addressed an overflowing sanctuary at the 8 a.m. service on ...

Domestic violence: worth noting

I’m not going to succumb to the temptation to talk about the Bishop Eddie Long debacle. There is more than enough being said in print, on the radio and television airwaves and in cyberspace. I’d rather devote this space to something more universa...

Class and no class

Four women in the news recently—two of them exhibiting class, and two no class. First up Karen Handel. With a very slim margin between them, Handel conceded defeat to Nathan Deal in the GOP gubernatorial primary runoff. She could have called for a ...

Freedom’s Sisters exhibit—well worth your hour

Take your daughters and your sons, in fact, take the entire family and as many friends as you can round up to the Freedom’s Sisters exhibit at the Carter Presidential Library. The exhibit, which runs now through Oct. 3, is a compelling audio-visual...

And then there were three

  The field has been winnowed from 14 to three. Among the many who “would be” Georgia’s next governor, three remain standing, with the GOP contest still to be settled on Tuesday, Aug. 10. Primary turn-out was an apathetic 25 percent, and just...

Dems no surprises – GOP shuffle

  Georgia’s 2010 Primary Election is history. In the Democratic gubernatorial race there were no real surprises. Call him “Hammering Hank,”—Congressman Hank Johnson handily beat his Democratic challengers without a runoff. No surprise there ...

And the winner is...

  As of this writing, the Georgia General Primary elections are just days away.  When you read this, they will be in your rear view mirror.  With that said, I thought I’d offer a forecast of what to expect, as well as the movement and momentum a...

Billy McKinney: A tall Georgia pine

  Former State Representative Billy McKinney, father of former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, has transitioned to the spirit world. And, by the time you read this no doubt his homegoing service will have been held. He passed at 11:30 a.m. on Thursd...

What is taking so d--- long?

  In January, after being sworn in, newly elected Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed promised that selecting a chief of police to replace embattled former APD Chief Richard Pennington was a top priority—and true to his word, in less than six months, the may...

Booze + ink = career crash

What sometimes starts out as a private lark ends up a very public debacle with extremely dire and far-reaching consequences. Such is the case with former University of Georgia Athletic Director Damon Evans, forced to resign following a DUI arrest. At...

More census nonsense

  I just hung up on a rude, abrasive U.S. Census temp worker.  I don’t even hang-up on the tele-marketers at suppertime.  During the worst stretch of my divorce of more than a decade ago I think I only hung up on my former wife once. I warned th...

Perdue taps Bryant – A good thing

Our lame duck Gov. Sonny Perdue has done another really good thing. He named former DeKalb School Board Chairman Brad Bryant as the new State School Superintendent. Bryant, who resigned as 4th district representative on the State Board of Education, ...

Big lessons from a tiny isle

Just back from a restful week in the Caribbean, on the island of Aruba.  What the Spanish once ceded to the Dutch as a “useless island rock” now has among the highest standards of living in the Caribbean, as well as Latin America.  I learned se...

Had enough!

Major kudos to the city of Atlanta and Fulton County. The word has gone forth—we’ve had enough! Mayor Kasim Reed and Fulton District Attorney Paul Howard are saying in no uncertain terms to the thieves, muggers and home invasion thugs, “We’ve...

Say it ain’t so, Helen!

  Proof once again that an ill-thought and unguarded sentence, spoken in the White House Rose Garden, can end or irreparably harm even the most impressive career. Senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas, longtime correspondent with United Pres...

Penny wise, pound foolish

A property tax increase in DeKalb County is inevitable. Nothing much else can be done. It should have been done when CEO Ellis suggested it at the beginning of the budget process. Instead, we have the cries of “no tax increase” from individuals w...

Obama not an oil expert, Katrina is not a fair comparison

Though some readers view me as less than a fan of President Barack Obama, in this case, I rise to his defense, and protest the rising volume of comparisons of this oil spill in the Gulf with the devastation brought to the region five years ago by Hur...

Honoring fathers

This time in this space allow me to honor the memory of a great father, Grady Mayfield, who transitioned June 1, from complications of diabetes. Grady is not a national luminary and perhaps is not recognized by the masses. But he was the kind of salt...

Where do we grow from here?

For most of the past 25 years, the Sunbelt and Georgia have been the place for job growth and economic development.  For four consecutive years during the mid-1990s, metro Atlanta led the nation in job growth, housing starts, in-migration and corpor...

Jacobs journey for Jaheem

Kudos to State Rep. Mike Jacobs, Gov. Sonny Perdue and members of the Georgia Legislature.  Jacobs got through a new anti-bullying measure, which Gov. Perdue has signed into law. Rep. Jacobs was spurred into action by the death last year of 11-year-...

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