It takes a lot of courage for a president to target almost a quarter of the federal budget for reform in an election year.

WASHINGTON

The cable bill was the last straw, says Kristin Tate. “That’s the one that really made me mad.”

Well, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Dr. G. Gil Watson, aka, the World’s Greatest Preacher, up and retired after two decades of trying to save my sorry soul. Not only was he my preacher, he was and is my friend. He did his best to resuscitate me. He just didn’t have a l…

Efficiency and collaboration are not words that most people associate with the federal bureaucracy. Many people tend to think about bureaucratic systems in the United States as obstructionist organizations designed to create roadblocks through red tape and bulky organizational structures. Ac…

DeKalb County’s population is now majority/minority. DeKalb’s county commission, school board, office of sheriff, county clerk and tax commissioner are all either held by African-Americans or are majority black. A school district of more 100,000-plus students has more than 75,000 of African-…

Lots of things die at the end of a legislative session: bills, constitutional amendments, one’s faith in humanity (just kidding about that last one — mostly).

It’s no secret that at about 11:30 a.m., Jan. 18, I lost the reporting job I had held for 34 years on a big city newspaper. The city is still big, but the newspaper? Not so much, thus mine and others’ departures.

Wednesday morning, President Trump jolted the nation with a tweet that contained both threat and taunt:

Donald Trump achieved the presidency telling the American people he would “Make America Great Again.”

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I could tell by the way the telephone rang that Skeeter Skates was calling. The phone sort of jumps and jangles when he calls. He can be a pretty intimidating guy, even to a telephone.

Last Wednesday I had a refreshing and uplifting experience. I attended a Brunswick City Commission meeting.

”... This chasm that has been as naught to me, to that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be; He too, must cross in twilight dim; Good friend, I am building this bridge for him!” — “The Bridge Builder” by Will Allen Dromgoole, first published in 1900.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

Charter schools are public schools. Charter schools are public schools. Charter schools are public schools.

When I was in elementary school in Starr, S.C., a big cream-colored van used to pull up at the front door.

With ISIS on the run in Syria, President Trump this week declared that he intends to make good on his promise to bring the troops home.

Kevin Williamson has been fired by The Atlantic. Williamson is one of the great conservative intellectuals of our times. He has a keen wit and frequently engages in heterodox opinions that make his writing and thinking intriguing. For a decade he wrote at William F. Buckley’s National Review…

Make no mistake.

On many issues — naming Scalia-like judges and backing Reagan-like tax cuts — President Trump is a conventional Republican.

The first step toward solving any problem is admitting it exists.

To whom is the Federal Reserve formally accountable? Answer: no one. Is the Federal Reserve funded by congressional budget allocations? Answer: No. By holding a portfolio of financial assets they manage while conducting monetary policy, the Fed just happens to generate sizeable profits, a pa…

Is it possible that Donald Trump is winning on trade?

As most of you are already aware, consideration is being given, and discussions are underway to re-open a toll booth (or more modern day version of same) on the F.J. Torras Causeway, connecting St. Simons and Sea Island to Glynn County and the Georgia mainland. Yes, the proceeds from the ori…

Legislators passed scores of bills this year, as usual. But the 2018 session, which ended just after midnight Thursday, will be remembered best for three seemingly contradictory fiscal measures.

About 60 people gathered recently as I celebrated my 68th birthday. I expected a larger crowd, but, by my count, there were about 40 no-shows. I was a little disappointed.

Survey academic historians on the most important events in history and, regardless of their personal beliefs, they inevitably tend to list the execution of a Jewish carpenter some time around 33 AD as one of the most important events. Whether atheist or religious or Muslim or Buddhist, histo…