Tom Friedman writes in The New York Times: I am deeply worried that our political system doesn’t grasp how much our financial crisis can still undermine everything we want to be as a country. Friends, this is not a test. Economically, this is the big one. This is August 1914. This is the morning a...

The following is from The Augusta Herald under the caption "Lawmakers mull tax on groceries:" State Rep. Chuck Sims has unsuccessfully sponsored proposals for several years that would restore the sales tax on groceries for the first time since the late 1990s. But as the state grapples with a multibi...

David Brooks writes in The New York Times: You wouldn’t know it some days, but there are moderates in this country — moderate conservatives, moderate liberals, just plain moderates. We sympathize with a lot of the things that President Obama is trying to do. We like his investments in education ...

From The Wall Street Journal: A week after Republicans accused Sen. Roland Burris of lying under oath, President Barack Obama's spokesman delivered an ominous warning to him and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn added to calls for his resignation. There are growing signs that that Democrats in Washington were...

From the AJC's Political Insider: [A]ccording to the White House, the stimulus will be the greatest boon in north metro Atlanta congressional districts whose Republican representatives opposed it. The package will create or save about 9,900 jobs in Georgia’s 7th congressional district, represented...

Frank Rich writes in The New York Times: SOMEDAY historians may look back at Tom Daschle’s flameout as a minor one-car (and chauffeur) accident. But that will depend on whether or not it’s followed by a multi-vehicle pileup that still could come. Even as President Obama refreshingly took respons...

You don't see many posts like this on this blog, but I could not resist. Having gone to Davidson, I can't claim to be a Georgia alumnus. But my three daughters and a son-in-law are Dawgs, and I do love the game. Furman Bisher of the AJC is reporting that Bobby Kight would accept if offered the head ...

From The New York Times: Pentagon officials say they have been relieved that Mr. Obama has so far proceeded slowly on two campaign promises: to pull all combat troops out of Iraq within 16 months and to allow gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military. Mr. Obama’s aides have signaled tha...

If we as attorneys prevail in what is known as a suppression hearing to get the court to suppress evidence, that is, rule it inadmissible, a guilty defendant will usually walk. From The New York Times: In 1983, a young lawyer in the Reagan White House was hard at work on what he called in a memorand...

Tom Crawford of Capitol Impact writes: Political science professors for years have been teaching their students that Georgia’s affairs are managed by the traditional three branches of government: the executive, the legislative and the judicial. That is not the whole story, however, because our sta...