Author: George Chidi
So, apparently, I’m a racist. That’s one way to read the message of “Welcome to Pine Lake,” airing on CBS’ online platform. It premiered Sunday night. It’s how a lot of people who live ...
Guys in Hawaiian shirts make my teeth itch even on a good day, unless they’re playing a ukulele. Better, when those shirts aren’t covered in Glocks. These days, I am paying much more attention ...
I had visions of white guys with baseball bats rolling through Clarkston looking for hijabis to assault after Trump won the election. It felt like America had become 1928 Germany overnight. As a practical ...
A few nights ago I had an Anthony Bourdain relapse. I really miss him. My wife Sara and I shelled out $8 for the 2013 season of The Layover with his Atlanta visit, when ...
I’ve been speaking quietly to colleagues of State Rep. Pam Stephenson for the last day or so, parsing the news that she is resigning her seat — that her daughter has taken power of ...
Protest is good. Protest is healthy. Protest is necessary. Riots may get Donald Trump reelected. That’s a hard truth. It is not meant to diminish the necessity of protest or the legitimacy of anger. ...
Just study harder. Work your way up. Start a business if you can. If you’re poor, you can make it. This is America. The world is just. People get what they deserve. It’s all ...
Atlanta, GA — The extra pandemic money ran out last week. So did the eviction moratorium. The courts started issuing eviction orders again on Tuesday. But there’s desperate, and then there’s desperate. Because some ...
Atlanta, GA — A federal grand jury handed up an indictment of Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown, charging him Wednesday with multiple counts of bank fraud. The charges come as Brown’s profile had been ...
Full disclosure: I am literally a card-carrying Democrat. But I don’t go out of my way to beat up on Black Republicans. Their lives are hard enough as it is. So, what to make ...
