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Opinion: Who’s afraid of the big, bad ‘establishment’?
We’re now six months away from picking party nominees for Georgia’s statewide offices. Most voters probably aren’t paying much attention to the campaigns yet, but some themes are starting to emerge....
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Opinion: No, Senate Republicans aren’t raising taxes on the poor
If you want to believe the worst about these Republicans, you’ll believe they’re trying to raise taxes on the poor. Or you could believe the truth. (AP File Photo / J. Scott Applewhite) It seems the...
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Opinion: Why Mary Norwood is the clear choice for Atlanta mayor
Atlanta mayoral candidate Mary Norwood speaks during a forum with opponent Keisha Lance Bottoms at the Carter Center, Tuesday. (AJC Photo / Alyssa Pointer) The sprawling field of candidates to be...
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Opinion: What Michael Flynn’s guilty plea does and doesn’t tell us
National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, Feb. 1. (AP File Photo / Carolyn Kaster) A lot of people spent their morning trying to figure out the...
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Opinion: Dealing with the good and the bad of our falling icons
Garrison Keillor sings with the audience during the encore of “A Prairie Home Companion” on May 21, 2016 at the State Theatre in Minneapolis. (Leila Navidi / Minneapolis Star Tribune / TNS) We spent...
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Opinion: An example for Atlanta’s new mayor to follow
Former Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin, in an August 2017 file photo. (AJC Photo / Hyosub Shin) A departing administration stained by corruption charges. Campaign issues such as inadequate...
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Opinion: A day of reckoning coming to Congress?
AP File Photo / J. Scott Applewhite Al Franken’s announcement Thursday that he will resign from the Senate may not be the beginning of the end of the story of powerful elected officials in Washington...
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Opinion: Wild Alabama Senate race offers one last twist before the end
U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks to supporters, Aug. 15, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo / Brynn Anderson) Here is your weird, no-one-knows-which-end-is-up news of the day (so far), in two...
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Opinion: What does their Alabama win mean for Democrats in 2018?
Doug Jones speaks during a campaign rally on Sunday. (AP Photo / Brynn Anderson) We now have an answer to the question, what does it take for the Republicans to lose in a deep-red state like Alabama?...
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Opinion: A substantive effort to boost ailing rural Georgia
Health care access in rural communities such as McRae, where Telfair Regional Hospital (above) closed in 2008, is one of the goals of the proposals unveiled by the House Rural Development Council on...
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Opinion: Tax reform is coming, and here’s the best part
Yes, Washington can still get some big (or kind of big) things done. (Jim Lo Scalzo / via AP) The House is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the final version of tax reform, and the bill seems all but...
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Opinion: What you didn’t know about tax reform and ‘the rich’
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, speaks about the GOP tax bill, Tuesday. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon) The tax-reform bill cleared the House Tuesday afternoon and is expected to be taken up by the...
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Opinion: Why joy in politics is in such short supply
Joy to the world. Please. I realize the entire world is not the political one, but in those precincts there is precious little mirth these days. The happy warrior is an endangered species. This...
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Opinion: Hurry up and get here, 2018
2017 … amirite? (WSB-TV via AP) 2017 is all but over and, as of this writing, the world has not ended. Given the many dire predictions made this time last year, as Donald Trump was preparing to enter...
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Opinion: Welcome to 2018, which is starting off right
Remember what I said about 2018 needing to be better than 2017? So far, so good. Georgia defender John Atkins celebrates beating Oklahoma 54-48 during double overtime in the College Football Playoff...
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Opinion: Orrin Hatch to retire; enter Sen. Mitt Romney?
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah (AP Photo / Alex Brandon) Seven terms in the U.S. Senate will be all for Utah’s Orrin Hatch, who said Tuesday he will not seek re-election this fall. If only he’d made the...
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Opinion: The electoral map is still growing redder, but not as quickly
The 2020 census, and the reapportionment of congressional seats that takes place afterward, may seem far off. But control of the state legislatures and governor’s offices that redraw the lines is up...
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Opinion: Why the economy could be GOP’s saving grace in 2018
It’s always tempting to look ahead to the next elections, and the results from November’s contests in New Jersey and Virginia, and special elections in Georgia and elsewhere, have our Democratic...
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Opinion: How this session starts will tell us much about how it ends
Legislative sessions have a particular rhythm. They start slowly, then pick up the pace as more bills are filed and vetted by committees. There’s a rush to the first deadline, Crossover Day. Then a...
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Opinion: On presidential visits to ballgames and long security lines
Fans stand in line to go through security in the rain outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium before College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 8, 2018. (AJC Photo / Hyosub Shin) I was there in the...
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