Bus trips, muted mics and hallowed grounds as photo ops
The Harris/Walz South Georgia bus tour is on (where yet, is unknown) is on ... and the back & forth bickering between their camp and the Trump team about muted mics (it's wild who's for and against 'e...
27 Aug 202444min
Kamala embraces "a precious, fleeting opportunity" for America
Officially accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for the U.S. Presidency, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a near-40 minute speech, weaving in autobiographical anecdotes and details and la...
23 Aug 20241h 8min
Night 3 at the DNC: Gus was all of us
If I'm being honest, Governor Tim Walz' speech was just "alright" ... in that I'd heard much of it before in prior stump speeches. Forgive me for being unimpressed; but his high school football teams'...
23 Aug 202444min
"Paw Paws" grandson, Michelle and Doug steal the show on DNC Day 3
Between former state senator Jason Carter (his "Paw Paw," former President Jimmy Carter waiting to vote for Kamala Harris), former First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, oh and th...
21 Aug 202441min
Saying “we are altering how the election is being conducted" with a straight face
Janelle King, one of the maligned and newly-seated "MAGA 3" Georgia Elections Board members, panned the idea of insisting Georgia revert to using hand-marked paper ballots, saying "we are altering how...
21 Aug 202444min
If ATL is "cop city," where's the cops? | Coming for the "pitbulls"
Personal anecdote last night I was involved in a scuffle where a guest in our condo building got belligerent and unruly. He'd had a long day of drinking and was wandering the building and making some ...
20 Aug 202444min
Harris-Walz strategy: let Donald be Donald
It seems America's fixation with Donald Trump has worn thin; his shtick is no longer attracting record crowds or ratings, and in the month since Kamala Harris became his general election opponent, his...
17 Aug 202444min
The expense (and misery) of a car-centric Atlanta and America
Bankrate crowned Georgia the state with the highest "hidden" costs of car ownership, recently. Here in Atlanta, you have to add "time spent in the car" as one of those hidden costs, given the gridlock...
16 Aug 202444min
