Most of us are aware of the three branches of government – the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial. However, other than the basic awareness, it seems from many social media posts, often by people […]
Well, well, well. We all thought that would never happen. The end of 2020. What a year. I suppose there’s someone out there who is thinking, “This was my best year ever!” but I can […]
Most Americans are under the impression that when they cast a vote for their choice for their candidate in the Presidential election that they are voting for that candidate directly. They aren’t. Our system is […]
About a dozen or more years ago, on Christmas Eve, I found myself in the emergency room with blinding pain in my abdomen. I put up with the pain for a few days, pretending I […]
If you are a nerd like me and you follow not so much the news but the inner workings of the court battles that the news then reports on, in the past week you have […]
I know, I know. Your grandmother made the absolute best brownies. She cracked the code in brownie making, and everyone says that you should sell them using her recipe. You make a mean muffin, too, […]
It’s not like washing our hands is something we only figured out was a thing during this pandemic. We were always supposed to wash our hands regularly. After we went potty, for example, and before […]
Georgia House Bill 463, passed this year and effective June 30, 2020, allows you to ask the Department of Drivers Services to issue you a copy of your Driver’s License in Electronic Form. Everything else […]
I am 50 years old and I have owned a grand total of four cars in my life. The first was a 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 with a hood the size of a regulation basketball […]
Back in the day, before America was America, America was a part of Great Britain. We weren’t all that excited about being a part of Great Britain and said so, loudly and often. We wrote […]
During this COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of things have changed. The Courts have changed their method of operation more than just about anything. The reason being is that Courts take away an element of free […]
I probably ought to be more afraid of Big Brother, but the truth is that my life is a little too boring for me to get all worked up about who is looking at the […]
Determining the custody of a child has to be one of the hardest things a judge has to do. Strangely enough, the determination is easier when one of the parents has a problem. When one […]
My children tell me I’m rude, but they’ll forgive me because I’m old. I’m rude, they say because I insist on punctuation. I agree I’m rude, but I think it’s for other reasons. These are […]
You may have heard about the new Georgia law that allows for home delivery of alcoholic beverages. The law, House Bill 879, is fairly lengthy, and convoluted, so I thought I’d break it down here. […]
My Dad is just now winding up what he is calling his Farewell Tour. “Yeah, yeah.” said my son. “Cher had five of those.” He is making an up and down road trip of the […]
The United States Post Office has been in the news a lot lately. Wherever you stand on the matter, here’s some information you probably didn’t know about it: the post office is constitutional. The original […]
“Think before you speak.” Is there anyone – anyone? – who will doubt the wisdom of this old saw? I’m going to go with “no.” I mean, “speak before you think” makes no sense. “Go […]
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