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Opinion November 24, 2025

Bookman: What’s real and what’s not these days in Georgia politics?

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 20, 2025 The lines that separate truth from falsehood, reality from fantasy, have…

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Health & Wellness October 21, 2025

‘Cancer Doesn’t Care’: Citizen Lobbyists Unite To Push Past Washington’s Ugly Politics

This article by Noam N. Levey first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Noam N. Levey October 21, 2025 Mary Catherine Johnson is a retired small-business owner from…

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Government & Politics October 15, 2025

What the First Amendment doesn’t protect when it comes to professors speaking out on politics

by Neal H. Hutchens, University of Kentucky and Jeffrey C. Sun, University of Louisville, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] American colleges and universities are increasingly…

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Government & Politics September 12, 2025

Who was Charlie Kirk? The activist who turned campus politics into national influence

by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a speaking engagement…

Ethics & Morality July 2, 2025

Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics

by Lindsey Breitwieser, Hollins University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025,…

Government & Politics June 12, 2025

Politics based on grievance has a long and violent history in America

by Peter C. Mancall, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Recently, President Donald Trump declared that he is…

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Opinion February 24, 2025

Bookman: Ossoff chose principle over politics voting against some weapons for Israel

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 20, 2025 Jon Ossoff is a Georgian, a U.S. senator and a Jew….

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National February 18, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination signals a new era of anti-intellectualism in American politics

by Dominik Stecuła, The Ohio State University; Kristin Lunz Trujillo, University of South Carolina, and Matt Motta, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The…

Opinion December 30, 2024

Davis Chapel Cemetery on Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton

[The Cobb County Courier is republishing some of our evergreen articles we published at a time when our readership was much lower than our current traffic. This article was originally…

Home sale prices, Real Estate December 7, 2025

October 2025 home sales in the Wheeler High attendance zone

These prices for October home sales in the Wheeler High School attendance zone are from the Cobb County Tax Assessor’s site. For an explanation of why we sort home sales…

Community, Engagement December 7, 2025

How much do you know about Cobb’s government and departments?

The Cobb County Courier has a daily quiz in our free email newsletter (click on the previous link to check out yesterday’s newsletter. If you like what you see there’s…

Weather & Environment December 7, 2025

Dense fog advisory for Georgia until 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 7

Hazardous travel conditions are expected across north and central Georgia tonight as dense fog blankets the region, prompting a Dense Fog Advisory through 10 AM. The National Weather Service issued…

Weather & Environment December 7, 2025

Cobb climate summary & weather forecast for Sunday, December 7, 2025

The National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies here in Cobb County on Sunday, December 7, 2025, with a high near 51 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…

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