Amid shifting political winds in Georgia, one of the closest things to a constant has been Sen. George Hooks.
Two recent items might on the surface seem unrelated. They are, in fact, anything but.
Let us hope there's a bull market for low-flow toilets in Atlanta.
Large-scale visions raise large-scale questions, as they always should.
The acute shortage of mental health treatment for soldiers and veterans, which prompted the Department of Veterans Affairs to announce it will add 1,900 to its employment rolls, is just the surface reality of a bigger and uglier problem.
Alabama's incumbent Superintendent of the Year and Phenix City's most influential policymaker are deeply and broadly divided in more ways than just alphabetically.
Michael Adams had the gall to take on University of Georgia royalty.
A few state lawmakers -- including, notably, Sen. Josh McKoon of Columbus -- have been trying to strengthen ethics laws.
The need for teachers to dip into their own mostly modest incomes for school supplies has been one of the worst-kept secrets in public education for years.
Maybe someday we'll get tired of lip service and empty political posturing about "supporting the troops" and actually get serious about the debt we owe men and women in uniform.
Since 1926, the College Board has been branding high school students with test scores that can significantly alter their path to college. The College Board's standardized exams, tainted with bias, claim to be able to determine a student's success in college merely after 4 hours of testing. The dreaded SAT has become more heavily weighted on the college application, which has resulted in many more fretful teenage lives. Four years of rigorous courses, great grades, community service and involvement, and determination can easily be overlooked in the admissions office because of a not-so-great SAT score.
An astute reader, who obviously has been paying attention to the water disputes that have divided and subdivided this region over the last three decades, posted this comment on the Ledger-Enquirer website:
Pat Summitt should be pacing the courtside at Tennessee Lady Vols games for another 10 or 15 years, inspiring players with her legendary energy or terrifying them with her chilling glare, and usually some of both.
This lapse of judgment is so jaw-dropping as to be one of those "What on earth was he thinking?" moments.
Think of Chevy Chase in "Vacation" telling Christie Brinkley he's ex-CIA. Or Bill Paxton schmoozing Jamie Lee Curtis in "True Lies" by posing as an international spy.
More than 40 years ago The Who sang: "I don't care about pollution … I'm an air-conditioned gypsy."
How can we take a bite out of high school truancy, and maybe improve graduation rates in the process? Hit the hooky players where it hurts.
Jim Arnold’s “Letter to Washington” is somewhat disingenuous, and I recommend that Mr. Arnold and your readers take the time to read an excellent article, “The Failure of American Schools,” written by Joel Klein, former chancellor of New York City’s school system, in the June issue of Atlantic Magazine.
Jimmy Carter, with his volunteer projects and international diplomatic work, is probably our highest-profile living former president. The highest profile among former first ladies is unquestionably that of the woman who now serves as U.S. secretary of state.
