“Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician.” So says Hillary Clinton of her former Senate colleague and 2016 rival for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders.

Sometimes the timing of events is so auspicious that it is hard to attribute it to coincidence.

What would you do with 20 minutes of free time — stream an episode of a TV sitcom, work on a crossword puzzle, play a game, go for a run, just sit and do nothing?

Whether you support Donald Trump or think he is guilty of nefarious deeds regarding Ukraine, he is not going to be removed from office unless Republicans have a death wish. This, despite ponderous pontifications by liberals that at least 10 Republicans senators will turn on him and provide a…

Historically, U.S. health care providers have been reimbursed on a fee-for-service (FFS) basis. Under this model, primary care health care professionals are paid on a per visit with a separate fee charged for each service provided to the patient. Each time a patient has a physician appointme…

Falling in behind cardiac arrest, strokes and cancer, most causes of death are accidental (including suicide), and modern medicine has thankfully developed many treatments, procedures and modalities to extend and improve quality of life, particularly for those compromised by a host of chroni…

The directed killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s blood-soaked field marshal in the “forever war” of the Middle East, has begun to roil the politics of both the region and the USA.

Call it the Tale of the Uber Driver and the Farmer.

About the impeachment of President Donald Trump she engineered with her Democratic majority, Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday: “It’s not personal. It’s not political. It’s not partisan. It’s patriotic.”

My children go to a small Christian private school. One of the most popular teachers has been called up to go to Afghanistan for another tour. He will leave behind his wife, children and school. My kids are distraught. My oldest asked me a question for which I have no answer: Why are we send…

In March 2020, the Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of Louisiana’s new abortion law, which requires that physicians doing abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic.

Another session of the General Assembly is upon us. This is an election year and there will be more posturing under the Gold Dome than a prima ballerina in a performance of “Swan Lake.”

We’ve made it, folks: 2020. And for this political science nerd, that means election season.

Coastal Outreach Soccer’s success story deserves to be celebrated. It started in 2004 as an after-school program aimed at underserved and low-income families. Since then Coastal has grown into an organization that in 2019, supported more than 200 children between 4 and 18 years old.

The law of unintended consequences applies not just to those who write laws, but those who interpret them. A legal dispute in Savannah could harm thousands of Georgians, unless common sense prevails.

In the modern era, it is difficult to come up with an administration that has spent as much energy trying to sabotage its successor in office. Obama administration officials have worked tirelessly to embed themselves into media outlets as supposedly objective voices.

When you name a structure in honor of someone, it is because that person has made a profound impact on the area where the building, bridge or road is located. That is especially true in the Golden Isles where we have the Sidney Lanier Bridge, The F.J. Torras Causeway and Howard Coffin Park —…

The muted reaction of leading Democratic politicians to the elimination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani reinforces my sense of what divides our country and differentiates the two parties.

Fifteen years after the U.S. invaded Iraq to turn Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship into a beacon of democracy, Iraq’s Parliament, amid shouts of “Death to America!” voted to expel all U.S. troops from the country.

To Cameron Charles Yarbrough:

I’ve found that the holiday season and weeks at year’s end are great for perspective and inventory, and the occasional strolls down memory lane.

The story of the 2020 legislative session will be the budget. Gov. Brian Kemp ordered some agencies to cut their budgets while others expect increases, the normal rejiggering of priorities under a new governor.

These days, when you listen to the gloom of the media and many of the presidential candidates, you have to wonder what country these Debbie Downers are talking about.

About 40 years ago, a man named Eddie Chiles became a momentary political celebrity in my state by buying airtime on hundreds of radio stations to broadcast his daily political rants. Having made a fortune in the Texas oil fields, he pitched himself as a rags-to-riches, self-made success sto…

If Western elites were asked to name the greatest crisis facing mankind, climate change would win in a walk.

The Pew Research Center reports among its major findings in 2019 a dramatic drop in Americans identifying as Christian.

Gadzooks! Can it really be 2020? That sounds more like what I wish my vision was than an actual year. Wasn’t it only yesterday when we sat holding our breath awaiting Y2K and wondering if all the computers in the world would go crazy and die? The only thing that happened was that a bunch of …

Do you make resolutions to start the New Year? I avoid them. I don’t need something else to remind me that I have not gotten something done or have failed to keep a commitment. This year, however, I will make one: I resolve to not repeat myself too much in these columns — unless needed.

Metro Atlanta is now virtually the only top 10 population center in the nation (eighth largest), not within a two hour drive of a major gaming destination. Casinos, sports books and parimutuel betting surround us in Alabama (Indian casino in Wetumpka and greyhound racing in Montgomery), Tenn…