Sunday Morning Meditation
I often get asked what my business model is. That’s a fair question. I usually respond by saying that the model is to find the model. If figuring out how to fund and provide quality ...
There’s a scene in “No Country for Old Men” where Anton Chigurh, a hit man, has a gun pointed at another hit man, Carson Wells. They’re sitting in a hotel room, staring at each other. ...
Star Trek and Star Wars made space exploration look easy. The concepts that daunt even the most brilliant scientists, like traveling faster than light speed or creating artificial gravity, were either solved or non-existent conflicts ...
In the fall, time speeds up as you fall back into familiar routines. The start of the school year. Football. Trick-or-treating. Elections. Traffic. Meetings. More meetings. Switch goes on. Switch goes off. Tick. Tock. Winter ...
This post has been updated. Avondale Estates is in a tough spot right now. The positive vibe of the city’s downtown renaissance has been overshadowed by the poor-handling of the annexation issue by its elected officials. ...
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn would like us to know that David Perdue, her Republican opponent, likes outsourcing jobs. If I understand her political ads correctly, David Perdue personally took thousands of jobs, stacked ...
The other night, after a contentious Avondale Estates City Commission meeting, I met one of my critics in person. It was a nice change of pace, actually. Most of them prefer to leave anonymous comments with ...
This post has been updated. There’s a phenomenon in the Legislature known as DeKalb and Fulton fatigue. Our legislative delegation knows it well. Incorporation of new cities in our region to eats up inordinate amounts ...
The last time Avondale Estates Mayor Ed Rieker spoke to me was on April 15, three days after a tragic fire occurred in the city. He sent me an email that was a reply to an email ...
A part of my childhood died this week. Robin Williams died. He committed suicide. That’s the most shocking part of it, really. The man who brought so much joy into our lives took his own. ...