Some random thoughts on some random subjects

Our intrepid public servants must think we are a bunch of imbeciles. (And they may be right, since we are the ones who elect them.) But if the recent episode of mistakenly inviting a reporter to listen in on a group chat of senior U.S.

Thinking about 1925, 2025

A number of years ago, while browsing in a used bookstore on St. Simons Island, I found a thick volume titled: “American Newspaper Annual and Directory - 1926.” I carefully lifted the heavy book from the shelf, noting it was in fair condition. After bartering with the owner, we agreed on $25.

Hatchett: Week 11 under the Gold Dome

We’re almost down to the final week of the 2025 Legislative Session, and what’s happening at the Capitol right now affects your family, your paycheck, and your way of life. That’s why I’m working hard to ensure our values and needs are front and center as we finish strong.

It’s The Law: When children start caring for parents

The role reversal between parent and child isn’t easy. Many children, including celebrities, like Michael Douglas, and Queen Latifah, assumed the role of caregivers, to protect their parents from financial predators and assisting in the management of their finances.

Legislators homer with lawsuit reform, but more hits needed

Every legislative session is weird in its own way. There are sessions dominated by the budget, sessions oriented toward a particular brand of election-year politics, sessions shaped by a new personality in leadership or large turnover among the rank and file.

Help us stop the burn

Rabun County is home to a significant portion of National Forest land. The wooded areas are a blessing that allow for hiking and camping and other fun recreational activities.

School of journalism takes hands-on trips to mountains

“They didn’t teach that in ‘J School’” is one of my oft-used lines. When the time arises, I will utter it aloud and, yes, on occasion, silently churn it around in my cranium.

If we can’t be happy, can we just annex Finland?

Perhaps you are not familiar with the World Happiness Report that ranks countries on how happy their citizens are.

Hatchett: Week 10 under the Gold Dome

Ten weeks into the 2025 Legislative Session, we reached several major milestones, delivering real results for our farmers, job creators and hardworking Georgians. We’re also making sure you keep more of what you earn.

Companies should not be turning profit through courts

Gov. Brian Kemp’s effort to curb abusive lawsuits marked a major milestone Friday, as the General Assembly approved a comprehensive measure that protects property owners and brings a dose of reality to jury awards, among other things. But in a sense, the work is only halfway done.