Who decides what Georgia laws mean?

For four decades, the American regulatory state operated under a convenient, if constitutionally dubious, doctrine: that when a federal law was “ambiguous,” the tie went to the regulators. Georgia lawmakers are considering ending the practice known as “judicial deference” at the state level.

The arrival of Spring

Goldilocks may have said it best. “Not too hot, not too cold, but just right,” the blonde female from “The Three Bears” fame spoke. Now Goldilocks was referencing bowls of porridge, but as for us in Georgia’s northeastern mountains the “just right” is about the emergence of Spring.

A handful of cobwebs

Once upon a time, the renowned 18th Century English preacher George Whitfield  was getting the people of Edinburgh, Scotland out of bed at 5:00 am to come hear him speak.

Affordability and Food

One important issue everyone deals with daily is food. Food leads us to consider diets, nutrition, sweets, effects of what we put into our bodies on the heart, on risks for diabetes, and on risks for cancer.

Leading Okefenokee mining opponent takes issue with county commissioner’s rationale

Last week, Charlton County commissioner Drew Jones used this space to defend the actions of Toledo Manufacturing in the Okefenokee mining controversy. Comm.

Hatchett: Week Nine Under the Gold Dome

With Crossover Day behind us, the Senate is now turning its attention to House legislation and one of our most important responsibilities: crafting a fiscally responsible Fiscal Year 2027 state budget.

U.S. Rep. Clyde pens letter to Gov. Kemp for more disaster relief for NE Georgia

The following is a letter sent from U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde to Gov. Brian Kemp requesting assistance in receiving additional federal emergency for the Northeast Georgia region after Winter Storm Fern.

Winners on the grand stage

What a season, and it ain’t over – the big game is Friday. Your Rabun County Wildcat basketball team has set a school record 29 wins this season to further bolster the high school’s hoops program.

The Strait of Hormuz

In June of 1976 I set out to cross the Strait of Hormuz… I traveled with a British horiculturalist. We worked at the Faisal hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We took the path less traveled. A journey of 2000 km and three weeks off the grid. From Riyadh to Kuwait. Across the Arabian Gulf to Abadan.

Toledo Manufacturing gives its side of Okefenokee mining issue

My columns opposing the mining for titanium dioxide on Trail Ridge near our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge have drawn a heavy reader response. Almost all of it supporting a permanent ban on mining in the area. I also have received a rebuttal, asserting I have gotten my facts wrong.