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A scale shaped like a pencil with uneven weights

Opinion January 30, 2024

Opinion: Georgia Youth Justice Coalition (GYJC) statement on Cobb school board maps

The Georgia Youth Justice Coalition (GYJC) issued the following statement concerning the Cobb County School District board maps: The Georgia House has pushed through a redrawn Cobb County School District…

Outline maps of Iowa and New Hampshire with a red white and blue "vote" button in the lower left-hand corner

Opinion January 27, 2024

Georgians Won’t Have A Say In The Nomination Without A National Primary Day

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Every four years, we go through the charade of the political party nomination process, where the same fraction of the…

Opinion January 26, 2024

Bookman: Two stories of vows taken and vows broken, of boundaries crossed, trust shattered

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 25, 2024 This is a recipe for chaos: Take the most important legal…

Opinion January 26, 2024

Political Cartoon by John Cole

Opinion January 26, 2024

Political Cartoon by Clay Jones

Opinion January 23, 2024

Political Cartoonist Clay Jones riffs on SI swimsuit issue

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Opinion January 23, 2024

We Just Might Be Safe During This Georgia Legislative Session

by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College A year after the Civil War, lawyer, editor and politician Gideon John Tucker became famous for arguing “No man’s life,…